Public Charity

Southern Center for Human Rights

Southern Center for Human Rights, of Atlanta, GA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.8M in revenue, $6.0M in expenses, $14.8M in total assets. 165 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $6.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 621025326 Atlanta, GA Management & Technical Assistance NTEE: R02 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.8M
Total Expenses$6.0M
Total Assets$14.8M
Grant Records165
Funding Total$6.6M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

The Southern Center for Human Rights is working for equality, dignity, and justice for people impacted by the criminal legal system in the Deep South. SCHR fights for a world free from mass incarceration, the death penalty, the criminalization of poverty, and racial injustice.

Where $100 goes at Southern Center for Human Rights

How Southern Center for Human Rights divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$81 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$10 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $81 for programs

$35
SCHRs Capital Litigation Unit provides direct representation to clients who are facing or who have received death sentences; consults with other capital defense teams and shares our expertise…
44% of program spending
$25
SCHRs Impact Litigation Unit files civil suits to protect our communities against numerous injustices
31% of program spending
$18
SCHRs Public Policy Unit develops and advocates for legislation that reforms harshsentencing laws, provides alternatives to incarceration, abolishes the death penalty, strengthens the public defender system, and ends…
22% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$220,300
$150,000
2024
ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY
$125,000
2024
CIVIL RIGHTS/SOCIAL ACTION/ADVOCACY
$102,450
2024
General operating support
$100,000

Showing up to 5 of 165 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DEPUTY DIRECTOR Atteeyah Hollie
DIRECTOR Beverly Martin
Board Chair C Allen Garrett
DIRECTOR Cliff Sloan
DIRECTOR David Stern
DIRECTOR Donald B Verrilli Jr

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,958,064 116 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$1,207,300 21 grants
Human & Social Services
$577,250 9 grants
Economic Development
$330,000 4 grants
Education
$254,000 6 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.8M $6.0M $14.8M
2024 $5.7M $5.4M $14.0M
2023 $4.2M $5.5M $13.2M
2022 $5.9M $5.7M $13.5M
2020 $7.3M $4.2M $15.4M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $7.3M to $5.8M (-21%), with total assets most recently reported at $14.8M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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