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Stout Foundation Awards $12,000 Grant to the NJC

12/4/2007

The Charles H. Stout Foundation generously awarded a grant of $12,000 to the National Judicial College to help fund the NJC’s participation in the National Judicial Conference on Leadership, Education and Courtroom Best Practices in Self Represented Litigation, held Nov. 1-3, 2007, at Harvard Law School. This conference was an important first step in assuring the due process rights of those who come before the courts without professional representation. It brought together teams of leading judges and key judicial educators from a significant number of states. The grant matched monies awarded by the State Justice Institute and satisfied SJI’s requirement that the College raise matching funds to qualify for the grant.

The Stout Foundation, a longtime supporter of the NJC, was established in 1982 by Charles “Chick” and Elizabeth “Betty” Stout. The Foundation laid the groundwork for the Stout family’s generosity to continue long after Charles Stout’s passing in 1992. Today, it is maintained by trustees: Richard M. Stout, president, Reno, Nevada; Martha Stout Gilweit, vice president, Tiburon, California; Ross B. Stout, treasurer, Siloam Springs, Arkansas; Douglas B. MacDonald, secretary, Fernley, Nevada; Katherine Gilweit Carteglia, New York City, New York.

Since 1982, the Stout Foundation has given annual donations to The National Judicial College totaling more than $50,000, not including what Charles Stout gave privately before the Foundation was formed. In 25 years of the supporting the College, the Stout Foundation has provided funding for scholarships, the Rollan Melton Fund, and NJC’s endowment.