The SPLC 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.
By the Numbers
149active legal cases including 21 new lawsuits and 7 amicus briefs.
151discriminatory bills blocked or crucially amended due to SPLC advocacy across the Deep South.
1,430hate and antigovernment extremist groups tracked, examining the pervasive infrastructure of white supremacy in the U.S.
3,000+Georgia voters had their voices heard after an SPLC lawsuit ensured their absentee ballots — delayed in the mail — were counted.
3,200+naturalized citizens in Alabama protected from an unlawful voter purge.
1,100+voters registered ahead of the 2024 general election through community engagement by the SPLC’s state offices.
12new SPLC reports released, examining topics such as gender- and sexuality-based bigotry, the overemphasis on punishment in Georgia’s youth legal system, and the significant disparities in Mississippi’s special education system.
5M+social media impressions of the SPLC’s The South’s Got Now | Decidimos, a bilingual voter engagement campaign to energize young voters.
A Year of Impact
Here are just a few ways your generous support made an impact in 2024.
January
Judge reverses decision to dismiss SPLC and partner lawsuit McEwen v. Lee, allowing Tennessee families to continue challenging private school voucher program funneling resources away from public schools.
February
With urging from SPLC and community activists, mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, signs executive order forgiving all unpaid municipal court fines older than ten years.
March
Georgia State 2024 Legislative Session ends with all anti-LGBTQ+ bills blocked from passage thanks to SPLC and community advocates.
After years of advocacy from SPLC and community partners, Pasco County School District of Florida reaches settlement with U.S. Department of Justice to end discriminatory predictive policing against disabled students.
April
SPLC and partners file Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Marshall, successful lawsuit blocking Alabama’s SB 1, which criminalizes most forms of absentee voting assistance for disabled and low-literacy voters.
SPLC testifies at United Nations alongside young Black Alabamian CJ Jones and father on racial inequities in the U.S. education system and the school-to-prison pipeline.
Judge blocks Florida Department of Education from enforcing ban on use of chosen pronouns and title against transgender educator in SPLC lawsuit Wood v. Florida Department of Education.
SPLC Intelligence Project investigation and subsequent community action against neo-Nazi training compound in rural Maine prompts state legislature to pass anti-paramilitary legislation.
SPLC reaches settlement with Jefferson Parish School Board of Louisiana in lawsuit S.L. v. Jefferson Parish School Board to amend policies leading to involuntary placement of students in punitive alternative schools without due process.
May
SPLC launches The South’s Got Now | Decidimos, a bilingual engagement campaign to energize young Black and Brown voters in the Deep South.
June
SPLC’s Intelligence Project releases Anti-Abortion Extremism: Inside the Movement Dismantling Our Reproductive Rights, a report on the anti-abortion extremist movement’s history, trends, key figures and strategies.
SPLC’s Intelligence Project releases annual Year in Hate & Extremism report to document activity and trends of domestic hate and antigovernment extremist groups.
July
After investigative report from SPLC, first Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama, reaches settlement to retake mayorship after being shut out by former unelected mayor and city council.
August
After organizing help from SPLC’s Mississippi state office, the community of Gulfport, Mississippi, influences city’s final proposal for federal community development funds by ensuring proposed budget equitably supports the most economically under-resourced areas for first time in 20 years.
September
SPLC files motion to challenge Florida’s “pay to stay” fees imposed by Florida prisons to collect millions of dollars from formerly incarcerated people.
Judge blocks enforcement of Alabama’s SB 1, which criminalizes most forms of absentee voting assistance, in SPLC lawsuit Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Marshall.
SPLC and partners file lawsuit Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice v. Allen in response to Alabama secretary of state’s plans to unlawfully purge voter rolls less than 90 days before the general election.
In partnership with Interfaith Alliance, SPLC hosts summit bringing together Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders and faith-based organizations to strategize against rise of white Christian supremacy.
After advocacy from SPLC and community activists, the city of Chickasaw, Alabama, agrees to stop the criminalization of residents unable to pay sewage and trash bills.
October
Judge blocks Alabama secretary of state from unlawfully purging voter rolls less than 90 days before the general election in response to SPLC lawsuit Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice v. Allen.
November
SPLC files successful emergency lawsuit Ayota v. Fall to ensure absentee voters in Cobb County, Ga., have enough time to complete mail ballots after receiving them late.
SPLC launches investigation of racist text messages sent to young Black people in Alabama, Georgia and other states after Election Day.
U.S. Department of Justice files statement of interest in support of SPLC lawsuit Yellowhammer v. Marshall, which challenges threats of prosecution for aiding pregnant Alabamians traveling out of state for abortion care.
December
SPLC releases Learning Gap: Mississippi’s Education Funding Disparities Deny Opportunities for Students of Color, a report exposing racial inequities plaguing state’s public education system and how to fix them.
SPLC files lawsuit after Florida department does not release important data on involuntary psychiatric examinations of children under the Florida Mental Health Act, also known as the Baker Act, in Disability Rights v. Florida Department of Children and Families.
Apathy is not an option
The challenges we are facing in the fight for justice are urgent, complex and deeply entrenched. Across the U.S., we see efforts to silence voters, roll back civil rights and spread hate. We know that justice does not move forward on its own — it takes all of us, refusing to turn away, refusing to accept injustice as the status quo.
At the Southern Poverty Law Center, we are unwavering in our commitment to dismantling white supremacy, protecting democracy and advancing the rights of all people. In the year ahead, we will continue to fight to preserve the vote, hold far-right extremists accountable, defend communities targeted by hate and discrimination in court, and push for policies that create a more just and equitable society.
But we don’t do this work alone. Donor support allows us to challenge injustice and drive lasting change.
Thank you for being in this fight with us. Please consider making a donation to power our work in the months ahead.