The Southern Poverty Law Center has pledged to help Deep South organizations to build capacity and scale-up their voter outreach and civic engagement efforts. Read about our past grant initiatives.
2022
- Rekindling the Flame: Jackson State University students continue historic fight for the vote in Mississippi – December 16, 2022
- Vote Your Voice: Black Voters Matter is among SPLC grantees working across Deep South to sow seeds of power – November 7, 2022
- ‘Connecting the Dots’: Southern Echo takes on Mississippi’s voter suppression laws – November 1, 2022
- Vote Your Voice: In Louisiana, Power Coalition pursues justice at the polls – October 12, 2022
- Vote Your Voice: Program expands with new grants to student organizations that support voting rights across the South – September 30, 2022
- Vote Your Voice: In Florida, grants help grassroots groups mobilize people to seek a more equitable future through the ballot – September 26, 2022
- Vote Your Voice: In Georgia, grant will mobilize and educate Asian Americans about new voter suppression law – September 12, 2022
- Vote Your Voice: In Alabama, grants help grassroots organizations empower communities of color – August 29, 2022
- New Grants Announced: SPLC awards over $4.6 million in Vote Your Voice funding to help grassroots organizations mobilize voters – August 29, 2022
2021
- Vote Your Voice Expands: SPLC pledges $100 million to support voter engagement and pro-democracy groups in Deep South through 2032 – December 6, 2021
- Voting for Change: SPLC initiative helps underserved Southern communities transform governance through the ballot – June 4, 2021
- Vote Your Voice: SPLC awards $11.3 million to 55 civic groups across Deep South – April 29, 2021
- SPLC Awards More Than $11 Million to 55 Civic Groups Across Deep South as Part of Its Vote Your Voice Initiative – April 29, 2021
- SPLC Announces $10 Million in Available Grants to Deep South Organizations for Voter Mobilization and Civic Engagement – February 25, 2021
2020
- Supplemental Grants Awarded for Georgia and Louisiana runoff elections – November 30, 2020
- Vote Your Voice: In Mississippi, grantee organizations are challenging systemic voter suppression – November 2, 2020
- Vote Your Voice: In Florida, grantee organizations regroup after Amendment 4 setback – October 30, 2020
- Vote Your Voice: In Louisiana, grantee organizations counter state’s strict rule on absentee voting – October 30, 2020
- Vote Your Voice: In Alabama, grantee organizations continue long legacy of voting rights activism – October 29, 2020
- Vote Your Voice: In Georgia, grantee organizations fuel record registration and turnout – October 28, 2020
- A Closer Look at the First and Second Round Grant Recipients – October 7, 2020
- Second Round of Vote Your Voice Grantees Announced – October 5, 2020
- First Round of Vote Your Voice Grantees Announced – July 28, 2020
- SPLC’s CEO and President Margaret Huang on Vote Your Voice initiative – June 16, 2020
- SPLC Announces up to $30 Million Investment in Voter Registration and Mobilization in Deep South States – June 16, 2020