Southern Poverty Law Center CEO salary and executive pay
Southern Poverty Law Center paid its CEO, Margaret Huang, $530,740 for the fiscal year ending October 2025. That is up $8,000 (1.5%) from the fiscal year ending October 2024. Total revenue on that return was $149,576,773, up 15.9% from $129,063,290 for the fiscal year ending October 2024. Southern Poverty Law Center has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 63-0598743, Montgomery, AL.
CEO, fiscal year ending October 2025
$530,740
- Total revenue
- $149,576,773
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 44%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending October 2025, IRS object ID 202601629349300815.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 115th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.35% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 1 person was paid more than $500,000 and no one more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Margaret Huang CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $530,740 |
| Anjali J NairFORMER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SIFI MANAGEMENT (THROUG | $334,875 |
| Cherry GambleCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $317,282 |
| Erika MitchellTREASURER/EVP,CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $311,864 |
| Derwyn BuntonCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $311,081 |
Also paid on the latest return: James M Knoepp (FORMER SENIOR SUPERVISING ATTORNEY (THROUGH 9/24)), $307,941; Lashawn Warren (CHIEF POLICY OFFICER), $300,772; Seth Levi (CHIEF PROGRAM STRATEGY OFFICER), $297,762; Arun Kandel (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $296,736; Twyla Williams (CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $296,681; Julian Teixeira (CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER), $293,233; Efren Olivares (DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC LITIGATION & ADVOCACY), $282,578; Peter M Isbister (FORMER SENIOR LEAD ATTORNEY (THROUGH 10/24)), $280,042; Scott McCoy (DEPUTY LEGAL DIRECTOR), $257,888; Sybil Hadley (FORMER GENERAL COUNSEL (THROUGH 4/24)), $240,786; Kimberly Ballard (SECRETARY/GENERAL COUNSEL), $232,476.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Karen Baynes-Dunning (CHAIR), Josh Bekenstein (DIRECTOR), Robert Fox (DIRECTOR), Pam Horowitz (DIRECTOR), James Hughes Jr (CO-VICE CHAIR), Jini Koh (CO-VICE CHAIR), Isabel Rubio (DIRECTOR), Minjon Tholen (DIRECTOR), Charles V Taylor Jr (DIRECTOR), Verna Williams (DIRECTOR), Bryan Fair (INTERIM PRESIDENT/CEO).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Margaret Huang CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $530,740 | $149,576,773 | Filing |
| Oct 2024 | Margaret Huang CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $522,740 | $129,063,290 | Filing |
| Oct 2023 | Margaret Huang CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $505,304 | $169,857,376 | Filing |
| Oct 2022 | Margaret Huang CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $492,935 | $140,350,982 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending October 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending October 2025, IRS object ID 202601629349300815.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Margaret HuangPRESIDENT/CEO | $472,573 | $58,167 | $469,062 | $0 | $3,511 | $34,500 | $23,667 | $530,740 |
| Anjali J NairFORMER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SIFI MANAGEMENT (THROUG | $281,711 | $53,164 | $137,636 | $14,000 | $130,075 | $13,764 | $39,400 | $334,875 |
| Cherry GambleCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $268,335 | $48,947 | $248,851 | $19,484 | $0 | $25,170 | $23,777 | $317,282 |
| Erika MitchellTREASURER/EVP,CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $262,069 | $49,795 | $261,793 | $0 | $276 | $26,179 | $23,616 | $311,864 |
| Derwyn BuntonCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $272,979 | $38,102 | $266,449 | $0 | $6,530 | $26,645 | $11,457 | $311,081 |
These figures come from Southern Poverty Law Center's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Southern Poverty Law Center compares
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Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington$414,978 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
American Diabetes Association$1,287,811 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Community Home Health Care$1,530,005 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Boston Symphony Orchestra$1,371,354 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Woods System of Care$1,531,144 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Margaret Huang (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $530,740 for the fiscal year ending October 2025: $472,573 from Southern Poverty Law Center and $58,167 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Margaret Huang, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $530,740.
Southern Poverty Law Center paid its CEO, Margaret Huang, $530,740 for the fiscal year ending October 2025. That is up $8,000 (1.5%) from the fiscal year ending October 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending October 2022, when the CEO was Margaret Huang, paid $492,935. By fiscal year end: October 2022, $492,935 (Margaret Huang); October 2023, $505,304; October 2024, $522,740; October 2025, $530,740.
Southern Poverty Law Center's return for the fiscal year ending October 2025 reports total expenses of $127,910,803 and total revenue of $149,576,773 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $21,665,970. Expenses were $128,982,970 for the fiscal year ending October 2024, so they fell 0.8%. The CEO's pay of $530,740 equals 0.41% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Southern Poverty Law Center filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on June 11, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending October 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.