In early January 2004, a multiracial group of citizens in Neshoba County formed the Philadelphia Coalition, to seek justice in the 1964 murders. Led by co-chairs Leroy Clemons and Jim Prince, the group met over several months and then issued a call for justice, first in March 2004 and then on the 40th anniversary of the murders. At that event, attended by over 1500 people, including the sitting Mississippi governor and four congressmen, including Rep. John Lewis and Rep. Bennie Thompson, included a lauded speech by former Mississippi Secretary of State Dick Molpus, imploring those with information about the crimes to come forward. After that June call for justice, the members of the Coalition met over the summer with the state attorney general Jim Hood, along with Andrew Goodman's mother Carolyn Goodman and brother David Goodman. They asked Hood to re-open the case. The group also met with local district attorney Mark Duncan. Throughout the process, the group was supported by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation. In the fall of 2004, an anonymous donor provided funds through the Mississippi Religious Leadership Council for anyone with information leading to an arrest.