The Rosenberg Fund for Children (RFC) is a public foundation started in 1990 by Robert Meeropol and named in honor of his parents Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, the only two United States civilians to be executed for conspiracy to commit espionage during the Cold War.
Orphaned at age 6, Robert was adopted by Anne and Abel Meeropol. They long campaigned to clear their parents name believing them to be innocent. However, The later revelation of classified documents from U.S.S.R. and U.S. archives, as well as a September 2008 statement from their convicted co-conspirator Morton Sobell, confirm that Julius Rosenberg and Morton Sobell did indeed spy for the Soviet Union. Yet they still believes that execution of their parent was wrong nevertheless. The website for this organisation claim that their espionage was not specifically related to nuclear weapons, as was charged by the prosecution in their trials. The extent of involvement of Ethel Rosenberg in espionage is still disputed.
The fund "makes grants to aid children in the U.S. whose parents are targeted, progressive activists" and to "assist youth who themselves have been targeted as a result of their progressive activities."[1] They do not pay for legal expenses.[2] As of 2008[update], the organization has given over $3.4 million in grants to more than 400 children since 1990.[3]