The Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund is the advocacy and political arm affiliated with the Southern Poverty Law Center; it conducts public education, grassroots organizing, lobbying, and advocacy to combat hate, extremist groups, and discrimination and to advance civil rights and social justice.
Civil rights and anti-discrimination legislation, anti‑hate and counter‑extremism measures, voting rights and election protections, immigrant and refugee rights, criminal justice reform, LGBTQ protections, and education/anti‑bias initiatives.
Primarily individual donations and philanthropic grants, supplemented by membership contributions and fundraising activities.
Non-profit (501(c)(4) social welfare advocacy organization)
