Changes

The SPLC's [[IRS Form 990]] for the year ending October 31, 2015, showed a total income of $54.2 million, and expenses of $45.3 million with a surplus of $8.9 million.  The organization has a net worth of $315 million, and the top salaries were paid to Morris Dees, Chief Trial Counsel, $337,146; Richard Cohen, President, $333,296; Wendy Via, Chief of Development, $186,645; Jerri Katzerman, Deputy Legal Director, $183,752; and Joseph Levin, General Counsel, $160,626.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/990-10-31-15.pdf|format=PDF|title=SPLC Form 990|accessdate=January 11, 2017}}</ref>

The SPLC's [[IRS Form 990]] for the year ending October 31, 2015, showed a total income of $54.2 million, and expenses of $45.3 million with a surplus of $8.9 million.  The organization has a net worth of $315 million, and the top salaries were paid to Morris Dees, Chief Trial Counsel, $337,146; Richard Cohen, President, $333,296; Wendy Via, Chief of Development, $186,645; Jerri Katzerman, Deputy Legal Director, $183,752; and Joseph Levin, General Counsel, $160,626.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/990-10-31-15.pdf|format=PDF|title=SPLC Form 990|accessdate=January 11, 2017}}</ref>

The last year that the [[Better Business Bureau]]'s Philanthropic Advisory Service reported on the SPLC, in 1994, Dees and then Executive Director Edward Ashworth took home over $150,000 each, and the organization then possessed over $62 million in assets.<ref>http://www.zpub.com/notes/znote-splc.html</ref> It now controls over $200 million, and Dees pulls $286,000 in salary.<ref>http://www.splcenter.org/donate/financialinfo/financial.jsp</ref> In 2000, SPLC fundraised $27 million and made an additional $17 million from investments, but spent only $13 million on its civil rights program.<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a3e5cb925c4.htm</ref> It is no longer listed in the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance<ref>http://us.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=113&id=1bce9b1f-74e9-4c94-96e8-1ee2b519b0c4</ref> because that would require that "at least 50 percent of total income from all sources, should be applied to programs and activities directly related to the purposes for which the organization exists." The SPLC spent 89 percent of its total income on fund-raising and administrative costs.<ref>http://www.theamericanresistance.com/thousand_words/pics_splc_expands.html</ref>

The last year that the Better Business Bureau's Philanthropic Advisory Service reported on the SPLC, in 1994, Dees and then Executive Director Edward Ashworth took home over $150,000 each, and the organization then possessed over $62 million in assets.<ref>http://www.zpub.com/notes/znote-splc.html</ref> It now controls over $200 million, and Dees pulls $286,000 in salary.<ref>http://www.splcenter.org/donate/financialinfo/financial.jsp</ref> In 2000, SPLC fundraised $27 million and made an additional $17 million from investments, but spent only $13 million on its civil rights program.<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a3e5cb925c4.htm</ref> It is no longer listed in the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance<ref>http://us.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=113&id=1bce9b1f-74e9-4c94-96e8-1ee2b519b0c4</ref> because that would require that "at least 50 percent of total income from all sources, should be applied to programs and activities directly related to the purposes for which the organization exists." The SPLC spent 89 percent of its total income on fund-raising and administrative costs.<ref>http://www.theamericanresistance.com/thousand_words/pics_splc_expands.html</ref>

The SPLC has also been moving millions of dollars out of the U.S. into international accounts which it can use at will with no accountability.  As a non-profit organization, this kind of activity is at the very least irregular if not illegal.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/5/irs-investigate-splc-cayman</ref> By September 2017, they had amassed at least $67 million in these offshore accounts.<ref>https://www.lc.org/newsroom/details/083117-splc-sends-millions-of-cash-to-tax-haven-accounts-1</ref>

The SPLC has also been moving millions of dollars out of the U.S. into international accounts which it can use at will with no accountability.  As a non-profit organization, this kind of activity is at the very least irregular if not illegal.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/5/irs-investigate-splc-cayman</ref> By September 2017, they had amassed at least $67 million in these offshore accounts.<ref>https://www.lc.org/newsroom/details/083117-splc-sends-millions-of-cash-to-tax-haven-accounts-1</ref>