The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1971 that is dedicated to fighting hate, bigotry, and discrimination through litigation, education, and advocacy. The organization is widely known for tracking and reporting on extremist groups and promoting policies that advance racial justice, voting rights, and equal protection under the law.
Civil rights enforcement, anti-discrimination laws, voting rights protections, criminal justice reform, immigrant justice, LGBTQ+ rights, and policies addressing domestic extremism and hate crimes
Primarily funded through individual donations, foundation grants, and charitable contributions
SPLC Action Fund; Teaching Tolerance (now Learning for Justice); civil rights advocates and legal scholars
Non-profit organization
