Charities

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.

ActionAid International USA's (AAI USA) mission is to create change on behalf of poor and disenfranchised people worldwide. In so doing, AAI USA advocates reforms that speak directly to decision-makers on key policies such as poverty reduction, trade, education, agriculture, and the expenditure of federal, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank funds. Much of AAI USA's work revolves around themes deemed essential for global change, including global governance and international finance; food and hunger; HIV/AIDS; and education. Located in over 40 countries worldwide, AAI and its 2,000+ partners, fight poverty and injustice on a global level.