News Release

Austin, TX: : Texans for Public Justice (TPJ) announced today that it received a major grant from the Open Society Institute’s Program on Law and Society. The grant supports TPJ’s ongoing research into how private money influences Texas’ judicial elections. The $50,000 grant will fund the first year of a proposed multi-year research agenda. Investor George Soros is the founder, funder and chairman of the New York-based Open Society Institute.

“We are pleased that such a respected institution is supporting our legal reform work,” said TPJ Director Craig McDonald. “No other state in the union has a greater need for fundamental judicial reform.”

Receiving no corporate or government funding, TPJ relies on foundation grants for most of its funding. In 2001, it raised $275,000 from foundation grants, or enough to cover 85 percent of its $325,000 annual operating budget. TPJ also receives financial support from approximately 1,000 individual Texans.
 

The following foundations support Texans for Public Justice research and advocacy projects:

• Alliance For Better Campaigns, Washington, DC  [Pew Charitable Trusts supports ABC]
• Arca Foundation, Washington, D.C
• Deer Creek Foundation, St. Louis, MO
• Magnolia Charitable Trust, Houston, TX
• National Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL), Washington, D.C
• The Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), New York, NY
• The Ottinger Foundation, New York, NY
• The Piper Fund, Amherst, MA
• Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund, Los Angeles, CA
• Rockefeller Family Fund, New York, NY
• The Solidago Foundation, Northampton, MA
• The Stern Family Fund, Arlington, VA
• Margaret Cullinan Wray Charitable Trust, Houston, TX

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