Alabama · Public charity
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc
The southern poverty law center is a catalyst for racial justice in the south and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 72%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 89
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $922M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 72% of the organizations Southern Poverty Law Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $587k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Food & NutritionEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $998k | 88% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $1.5M | 72% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $2.4M | 93% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $209k | 88% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $1.1M | 92% |
| FY2020 | 89 | $3.3M | 93% |
| FY2019 | 42 | $364k | 81% |
| FY2018 | 62 | $450k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Food & Nutrition$3.0MEducation$2.7MHousing & Shelter$2.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.1MPhilanthropy$720kCrime & Legal$400kCivil Rights$330kPublic Benefit$222kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quest Community Development Organization Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 33% |
| American University | $1,255,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ignite Alabama | $175,000 | 2 | 14% |
| International Research & Exchanges Board Inc | $135,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tougaloo College | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mississippi Votes | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sncc Legacy Project | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quest Community Development Organization Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 33% |
| American University | $1,255,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ignite Alabama | $175,000 | 2 | 14% |
| International Research & Exchanges Board Inc | $135,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tougaloo College | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mississippi Votes | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sncc Legacy Project | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Redemption Earned Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alabama Post Conviction Relief Project Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 86% |
| Westside Community Action Council | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Delta Fresh Foods Initiative Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 19% |
| The Boston Educational Development Foundation Inc | $60,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Uncle Jerrys Farms Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concerned Clergy and Laity Christian Churches Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Centro Campesino Farmworker Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Responsible Lending | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Zion Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Servants Love Incorporated | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Open Arms Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 34% |
| The Experience Christian Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tangi Food Pantry | $50,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Second Helpings Atlanta Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Magnolia Medical Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franciscan Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Feeding South Florida Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding Ga Families | $50,000 | 1 | 57% |
| Montgomery Area Council on Aging | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Alabama Childhood Food Solutions Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wecount | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Reuben V Anderson Center for Justice | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Reaching Educating for Community Hope Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Mid-South Food Bank | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Alabama Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern Foundation for Homeless Children Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Giving Hope Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlfamilymeal Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Kikstart Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Trinity Wellness Center | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upstate Circle of Friends | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Selma Area Food Bank | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Wiregrass Area Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Metropolitan United Methodist Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farmworker Association of Florida Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenwood Community Center | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ouachita Multi-Purpose Community Action Action Program Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| When We All Vote | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tuskegee-Macon County Community Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 8th Wonder Corporation | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cary Christian Center Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Re-Creational Community Development Inc | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tutwiler Community Education Center | $35,000 | 1 | 6% |
| B&GC of MS Band of Choctaw Indians | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clay County Schools | $25,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $25,401 | 3 | n/a |
| Esperanza Community Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
| El Sol Jupiters Neighborhood Resource Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chicago Connected | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iaje | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project South Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Justice in Motion Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Food Bank of Central Alabama | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Piney Woods School | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mill Village Ministries | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mississippi Food Network Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Immigration Law Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Selma Center for Nonviolence Truth and Reconciliation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Delta Council F0r Workers Opportunities Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeastern Food Bank Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bread of the Mighty Food Bank Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Recipe Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Selma-Dallas County Childrens Policy Council Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Life Interfaith Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of East Alabama Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Golden Harvest Food Bank Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| We2gether Creating Change | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Feeding the Valley Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Mountain Food Bank Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Human Rights Coalition of Alachua County | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sandalwood Community Food Pantry | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Food Bank of Central Louisiana | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Louisiana Food Bank | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart of Alabama Food Bank Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Jackson Arts Council | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding the Gulf Coast | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of South Georgia Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cesar Chavez Academy | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Regional Career & Tech Center | $20,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Cleveland School District | $20,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| United Nations International School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| John Jay College Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fund for Public Schools Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fayette Helping Hand | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transformative Justice Coalition | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| National Council of Nonprofits | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | $19,968 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Andover | $19,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Blackstone Academy Charter School Inc | $19,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Decatur Education Foundation Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Living School Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosedale Community Youth Center | $18,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $16,950 | 1 | n/a |
| NYC Department of Education | $16,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Delta Hands for Hope | $16,000 | 1 | 8% |
| North Thurston Public Schools | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Amherst | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chapel Hill - Carrboro Schools | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vcuvcu Health Campus | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Odyssey Charter School | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oakland Unified School District | $11,813 | 1 | n/a |
| Westabou Montessori School | $11,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Clark County School District | $10,305 | 1 | n/a |
| Kingdom East School District | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Prairie Independent School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collegiate Academies | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tigard Tualatin School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warren City Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ossining Union Free School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jacksonville Public Education Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Westbrook | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clayton County Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Winona Area Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana State University Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haddonfield School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| State College Area School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Olympia School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Partnership of Business and Education Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastside Union School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter School Association of Willits | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kodiak Island School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wake County Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Oakland Public Education Fund | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Muskegon Heights Public School Academy | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Rosa City Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice United | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Norwood City School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jubilee School | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rural Womens Health Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Long Beach Unified School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wallingford-Swarthmore School Dist | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Orange County Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| One Voice | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Voices in Voting | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University Preparatory Academy | $9,995 | 1 | 0% |
| Dane County School Consortium | $9,975 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Rapids Comm School District | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| City School District of Albany | $9,790 | 1 | n/a |
| Guilford Co Public Schools | $9,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Burlington Public Schools | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Erase the Space | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quakertown Community School District | $8,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Public Schools | $8,620 | 1 | n/a |
| Youngstown City School District | $8,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Public Schools | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools | $8,411 | 1 | n/a |
| Democracy Prep Public Schools | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Freire Charter School | $7,896 | 1 | 0% |
| Touchstone Community School Inc | $7,661 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Endicott Central School District | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Springhouse Community School | $7,600 | 1 | 5% |
| Monmouth County Vocational School | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Clarkston Community Center Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Rev George Lee Museums of African American History Heritage | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Hull | $7,054 | 1 | n/a |
| Tucson Unified School District | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Wellness Association of Mississippi | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Malcolm X Shabazz High School | $6,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Haven Area Public Schools | $6,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of World of Inquiry Inc | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Capitol Region Education Council | $6,329 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvert County Public Schools | $6,117 | 1 | n/a |
| Affton School District | $5,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of New Haven Academy Inc | $5,750 | 1 | 12% |
| WORTH FOUNDATION - Working Through Obstacles Reaching True Heights | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nicolet High School | $5,265 | 1 | n/a |
| Gwinnett County Schools | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Fall River | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peace Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YES Prep Public Schools Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Williamsville Central School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Department of Education | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bard College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison Metropolitan School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson County Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Erie Elementary Charter School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Katherine Anne Porter School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital City Public Charter School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rome Alliance for Education Ltd | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Learning Center for the Deaf Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pinellas County Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thomas Edison Elementary Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Hayward Unified School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oxbow Unified Union School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Schools in Action | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fort Peck Community College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Paul Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alvord Unified School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stockton Unified School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Muskogee Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Brockton - Treasurer's Office | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lapwai School District 341 | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Frontier Central School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Endless Charities | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Connection Charter School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adrian Public School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Soulard School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asheville City Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| School Administrative District #44 | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tapestry Charter School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Anchorage High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Saugus | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crane Elementary School District #13 | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stafford County | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Foundation For Joint School District #2 Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hawaii Technology Academy | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Howard County Public School System | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Highcroft Ridge Elementary School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sun Prairie Area School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bellingham School District 501 | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Garfield Board of Education | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Township of Franklin Board of Education | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DC Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Workshop Learning | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Overbrook Senior High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 122 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 122.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
GenYOUTH IncorporatedIL53.5× affinity36 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: GenYOUTH Incorporated · Round It Up America Inc · Share Our Strength · Project Lead the Way Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Project Lead the Way Inc · Save the Music Foundation · The George W Bush Foundation · Feeding America · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · I Car Education Foundation · Action for Healthy Kids
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Southern Poverty Law Center Inc
- How much does Southern Poverty Law Center Inc give?
- Southern Poverty Law Center Inc reported 18 grants totaling $1,012,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 89 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Southern Poverty Law Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (28%), Education (25%), Housing & Shelter (18%).
- Who are Southern Poverty Law Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Quest Community Development Organization Inc ($2.0M), American University ($1.3M), Feeding America ($1.0M).
- Does Southern Poverty Law Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 72% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Southern Poverty Law Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include GenYOUTH Incorporated, Round It Up America Inc, Share Our Strength.
- Where is Southern Poverty Law Center Inc based?
- Southern Poverty Law Center Inc is based in AL.
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