YEAR (LINKS ARE TO MORE DETAILED BUDGETS)	BUDGET	INFLATION %	ELECTORAL BALLOTS DISTRIBUTED TO BAR MEMBERS (BY POSTAL MAIL AND / OR THE INTERNET)
2024-25	$59 million	unknown	unknown
2023-24 (additional details)	$55 million	unknown	113,771
2022-23 (additional details)	$55 million	unknown	111,000, approximately
2021-22	$51,902,589	unknown	109,219
2020-21	$54,877,320.	unknown	unknown
2019-20	$50,811,347.	.3% (for 2020)	105,258 (year: 2020)
2018-19	$50,210,466.	2.3% (for 2019)	103,456 (year: 2019)
2017-18	$51,765,853.	1.9% (for 2018)	102,025 (year: 2018)
2016-17	$48,576,997.	2.1% (for 2017)	100,401 (year: 2017)
2015-16	$47,279,096.	2.1% (for 2016)	98,692 (year: 2016)
2015		.7% (for 2015)	97,127
2014			94,920
2013			92,459
2012			90,300
2011			88,129
2010			86,105
2009			84,022
2008			81,895
2007			79,605

 

The Texas Bar's membership increased approximately 7% since 2015-2016 through 2020.
Meanwhile, its budget increased around 16% during that time.
Inflation was around 9.4% between 2015 and 2020, according to USInflationCalculator.com.

FYI:
Salaries at the Texas Bar...

Particularly noteworthy (and vaguely listed) budget items for 2020-21:
  
“Administrative”:  $2.35 million dollars
“Board Commitments” $2.125 million dollars
“Meetings & Conferences”   $5.27 million dollars
“Publicity / Advertising” $987,078 dollars
“Salaries & Benefits” $28 million dollars
“Travel”  $2.4 million dollars

Where does all that money for "travel", "administrative", "board commitments", "publicity" and "meetings" actually go? The Texas Bar's budget apparently doesn't disclose that, does it? Slush funds? For whom?

Embezzlement issues at the State Bar of Texas...

Why doesn't the Texas Bar finally launch an externally operated whistleblower program that
confidentially awards monetary prizes to whomever uncovers fraud, waste & abuse underway
(or previously committed) at (or by) the Texas Bar? For example, where does the Texas Bar's
$55 million dollar annual budget really go? Meanwhile, please feel free to enjoy this recent report
about the SEC's whistleblower program:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/23/business/sec-record-whistleblower-award/index.html


Anyhow, for additional information about the Texas Bar's financial reports, feel free to click here.

*Sources: Texas Bar, Elections Services Corp. and USInflationCalculator.com.

**The percentages on this page are all rounded up to the next percentage point
if they end in ##.5 or greater, and down to the next one if not.**

Meanwhile...