From 2002, Rushton was the president of the Pioneer Fund. Tax records show that in 2002 his Charles Darwin Research Institute was awarded $473,835, or 73% of the fund's total grants that year."Academic Racism: Key race scientist takes reins at Pioneer Fund , Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center, an American civil rights organization, characterizes the Pioneer Fund as a hate group."Race and 'Reason'" , Southern Poverty Law Center. Quote: "In publication after publication, hate groups are using this 'science' to legitimize racial hatred." Rushton had spoken on eugenics several times at conferences of the American Renaissance magazine, a monthly white supremacist magazine, in which he had also published a number of general articles." 'Science' at the Mall" , Southern Poverty Law Center
