Lobbying

Southern Poverty Law Center's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $530K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $1.3M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Civil Rights/Civil Liberties and Budget/Appropriations.

Southern Poverty Law Center

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$1.3M
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Southern Poverty Law Center lobbying by quarter
Southern Poverty Law Center lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$70K2
Q1 2023$70K2
Q2 2023$40K1
Q3 2023$40K1
Q4 2023$40K1
Q1 2024$40K1
Q2 2024$50K1
Q3 2024$50K1
Q4 2024$50K1
Q1 2025$640K2
Q2 2025$980K2
Q3 2025$2.8M2
Q4 2025$300K2
Q1 2026$490K2
Q2 2026$530K2
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Civil rights and liberties$4.9M · 22 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$395.2K · 13 reports
  • Immigration$316K · 5 reports
  • Law enforcement and criminal justice$286K · 5 reports
  • Accounting$96K · 1 reports
  • Defense$62.5K · 5 reports
  • Housing$39.2K · 3 reports
  • Real estate and land use$20K · 2 reports
  • Health issues$20K · 1 reports
  • Government issues$15K · 2 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES23 reports
  • SENATE20 reports
  • Election Assistance Commission (EAC)4 reports
  • Commerce, Dept of (DOC)3 reports
  • Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)3 reports
  • Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)3 reports
  • Justice, Dept of (DOJ)3 reports
  • Interior, Dept of (DOI)2 reports
  • Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)1 reports
  • Executive Office of the President (EOP)1 reports
  • U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseSouthern Poverty Law Center$5.4M6 quarters
NVG$680K15 quarters
Epplin Strategic Planning$60K2 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
ROBERT EPPLINLD, Sen. Collins; LD and LA, Sen. Smith; Analyst, OMB Budget Review Division; Prof Staff, Senate Finance Committee; L.A. Sena. Packwood.Q1 2023

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/20for Q2NVG$50K
07/17for Q2In-house$480K
04/20for Q1NVG$40K
04/20for Q1In-house$450K
01/20for Q4 2025In-houseUnder $5,000
01/20for Q4 2025In-house$250K
01/20for Q4 2025NVG$50K
25/10/20for Q3 2025In-house$2.7M
25/10/20for Q3 2025NVG$50K
25/07/21for Q2 2025In-house$930K
25/07/21for Q2 2025NVG$50K
25/06/20for Q1 2025In-house$590K
25/04/19for Q1 2025NVG$50K
25/01/30for Q1 2025In-houseUnder $5,000
25/01/20for Q4 2024NVG$50K
24/10/21for Q3 2024NVG$50K
24/07/22for Q2 2024NVG$50K
24/04/22for Q1 2024NVG$40K
24/01/21for Q4 2023NVG$40K
23/10/19for Q3 2023NVG$40K