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Southern Poverty Law Center

EIN 63-0598743Human and Civil Rights Alabama Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Fighting Hate, Teaching Tolerance, Seeking Justice

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, SPLC is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups. Throughout its history, SPLC has worked to make the nation's Constitutional ideals a reality. The SPLC legal department fights all forms of discrimination and works to protect society's most vulnerable members, handling innovative cases that few lawyers are willing to take. The SPLC Intelligence Project monitors hate groups and tracks extremist activity throughout the U.S. To combat the causes of hate, SPLC in 1991 established Teaching Tolerance, an educational program to help K-12 teachers foster respect and understanding in the classroom.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.78Overall score
out of 100

84.42Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$136,373,624

Total expenses · USD$59,784,321

Program expenses

$39,158,730.26 recorded amount

65.5%

Fundraising expenses

$12,674,276.05 recorded amount

21.2%

Administrative expenses

$7,831,746.05 recorded amount

13.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Richard Cohen
Recorded compensation: $350,589.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.58%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Southern Poverty Law Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, SPLC is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups. Throughout its history, SPLC has worked to make the nation's Constitutional ideals a reality. The SPLC legal department fights all forms of discrimination and works to protect society's most vulnerable members, handling innovative cases that few lawyers are willing to take. The SPLC Intelligence Project monitors hate groups and tracks extremist activity throughout the U.S. To combat the causes of hate, SPLC in 1991 established Teaching Tolerance, an educational program to help K-12 teachers foster respect and understanding in the classroom.
`ein` EIN	63-0598743
`tot_exp` Total expenses	59784321.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.131
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.212
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.655
`fscore` Financial score	84.42
`leader` Recorded leader	Richard Cohen
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	350589.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0058
`motto` Tagline	Fighting Hate, Teaching Tolerance, Seeking Justice
`name` Charity name	Southern Poverty Law Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	136373624.0
`score` Overall score	88.78
`state` State code	AL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	39158730.255
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	12674276.052
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	7831746.051

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 63-0598743
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Alabama (AL)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.