The SPLC has a history of attracting controversy surrounding its politics, "hate group" identification and monitoring methods, and financial practices. Some criticisms have focused on its fundraising methods. For example, a 1996 USA Today article claimed that the Southern Poverty Law Center is "the nation's richest civil rights organization", with $68 million in assets at the time (in the fiscal year ending in 2003, its assets totalled $156 million [6]). A 2003 article in the Fairfax Journal (of Fairfax, Virginia) claimed that 89% of income was spent on fundraising and administration. See also:

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The SPLC's political initiatives include a project entitled "Teaching Tolerance" based at the website Tolerance.org. According to the SPLC the project is "an educational program to help K-12 teachers foster respect and understanding in the classroom." "Teaching Tolerance" is a multi-pronged program aimed at two different age groups of students with separate materials for teachers and parents. One portion of the project targets elementary school children, providing informational material on the history of the civil rights movement.[3] ...

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Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Poverty Law Center - History, Southern Poverty Law Center - Educational programs, Southern Poverty Law Center - Documentaries, Southern Poverty Law Center - Controversy, Southern Poverty Law Center - David Horowitz, Southern Poverty Law Center - Montgomery Advertiser investigation, Southern Poverty Law Center - Harper's Magazine investigation, Southern Poverty Law Center - Chronicles Magazine article, Southern Poverty Law Center - Groups listed as hate groups

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The Southern Poverty Law Center was organized by Dees and Levin in 1971 as a law firm to handle anti-discrimination cases in the United States. The organization's first president was Julian Bond, formerly of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Bond served as president of the SPLC until 1979. The first case the Center took on forced the local YMCA to racially integrate their athletic offerings. In 1979 the Center brought its first of its many cases against the Ku Klux Klan. In 1981 the Center began its "Klanwatch" project to monito ...

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Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Poverty Law Center - History, Southern Poverty Law Center - Educational programs, Southern Poverty Law Center - Documentaries, Southern Poverty Law Center - Controversy, Southern Poverty Law Center - David Horowitz, Southern Poverty Law Center - Montgomery Advertiser investigation, Southern Poverty Law Center - Harper's Magazine investigation, Southern Poverty Law Center - Chronicles Magazine article, Southern Poverty Law Center - Groups listed as hate groups

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