{"id":2395729,"date":"2025-01-27T16:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-church-in-red-from-migrant-grants-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T16:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:22:19","slug":"catholic-church-in-red-from-migrant-grants-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-church-in-red-from-migrant-grants-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Church in red from migrant grants &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatholic-church-in-red-from-migrant-grants-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395729&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200b United States conference of Catholic Bishops\u2063 (USCCB) has responded\u200d to claims \u200bthat it financially benefits from\u2063 federal grants associated with migration. Following comments from Vice President JD Vance on CBS News suggesting that the church opposes \u2064some <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">immigration \u200denforcement measures due<\/a> to financial concerns,the USCCB emphasized that it spends more on services for migrants and refugees than it receives in \u200dgrants. A review of its financial audits corroborates this, showing that \u200cin 2023, USCCB received over $129 million\u200c in government contracts but \u2062spent more \u2063than $130 million on migrant services, \u200bresulting in \u2062a financial deficit.<\/p>\n<p>The USCCB clarified that while it dose receive government funding to support refugee resettlement programs, these funds\u2064 do not fully cover \u200dthe costs incurred. Their work is considered a\u200d ministry, prioritizing humanitarian\u2062 assistance. An\u200d internal audit by KPMG supports their statement, indicating that the organization operates at a loss\u200c in \u200bits migrant assistance initiatives. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the financial challenges, pressure from government funding contributes to maintaining jobs within the USCCB\u2019s migration services. Meanwhile, other \u2063organizations benefiting substantially from federal funding for migrant services have seen their revenues swell significantly in \u200brecent years. The \u2063article also mentions that the USCCB is led by clergy who typically earn modest salaries, contrasting with leaders of other prominent NGOs in the field. <\/p>\n<p>the USCCB insists \u2063its commitment to\u2062 migrant and refugee assistance is centered on humanitarian efforts,despite \u200dthe associated financial burdens and external criticisms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Catholic Church pushes back on claim it financially benefits from migration grants<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1835718\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The United States Conference of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Catholic<\/a> Bishops has asserted that it spends more money on providing services to migrants and refugees than it receives in federal grants for that purpose. A <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>review of the USCCB&rsquo;s annual financial audit forms reveals that claim to be accurate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Claims that the Catholic Church was benefitting from federal immigration grants intensified on social media Sunday after Vice President JD Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/vice-president-jd-vances-first-interview-face-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">stated<\/a> on CBS News&rsquo;s <em>Face the Nation <\/em>that the USCCB may be opposing some of the Trump administration&rsquo;s recent immigration enforcement orders because the church is &ldquo;worried about their bottom line.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Vance&rsquo;s interview, influential names like conservative commentator Charlie Kirk amplified similar sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;JD Vance just CALLED OUT the hypocrites who spent the last four years cashing over $100 million in government checks while remaining SILENT as countless young girls were sex trafficked, raped and murdered thanks to the Democrat&rsquo; open border,&rdquo; Kirk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1883548942774030829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> on X. Kirk&rsquo;s post was viewed over 2.6 million times, and other large right-of-center voices <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1882602777475686870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">echoed <\/a>similar ideas.<\/p>\n<p>The USCCB released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2025\/usccb-statement-its-work-us-refugee-admissions-program?utm_source=hootsuite&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_term=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement<\/a> rebuking such claims.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every person resettled through USRAP is vetted and approved for the program by the federal government while outside of the United States,&rdquo; the statement reads. &ldquo;In our agreements with the government, the USCCB receives funds to do this work; however, these funds are not sufficient to cover the entire cost of these programs. Nonetheless, this remains a work of mercy and ministry of the Church.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An internal audit of the USCCB performed by professional services firm KPMG substantiates this statement.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_audit\/2023-12-GSAFAC-0000052938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2023<\/a>, for instance, the USCCB and its affiliates received $129,626,673 in funds from government contracts. The contracts, per the audit, came from a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-617000-criminal-aliens-walking-free-committing-crimes-homeland-security-committee-chairman\/\" title=\"Over 617,000 &#039;criminal aliens&#039; at large, involved in crime, says Homeland Security Committee chairman\">federal programs aimed<\/a> at helping refugees and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-3k-unaccompanied-alien-children-being-held-in-dhs-custody\/\" title=\"More than 3K unaccompanied alien children being held in DHS custody\">unaccompanied migrant children<\/a>. Funds awarded for these programs must be spent on activities related to their goals, <a href=\"https:\/\/taggs.hhs.gov\/Detail\/CFDADetail?arg_CFDA_NUM=93567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/fal\/0cf4ba30e3af4402bb10f07412386d8d\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/fal\/e125ca83210f4984abc9017e71621231\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">federal <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaudit.org\/program\/?id=19.510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">records<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the USCCB received just over $129 million in federal migration service grants, it spent more than $130.5 million on such programs, leaving the church in the red. The USCCB&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_audit\/2023-12-GSAFAC-0000052938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2022 audit<\/a> tells a similar story, with it receiving $122,574,428 in federal funds to serve migrants and spending $124,881,840 on such services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The USCCB did end 2023 with a $35.3 million increase in net assets. A significant portion of these funds, however, come with &ldquo;donor restrictions&rdquo; meaning that they are earmarked for a specific purpose. When looking at only unrestricted funds, the USCCB increased its assets by just over $1.1 million between 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Catholics pray during Mass at Benedictine College on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Atchison, Kansas. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Though it is true that taking on these refugee and migrant resettlement programs leaves the Catholic Church financially worse off than it would be otherwise, there still could be internal incentives for it to keep the grant money flowing as a considerable number of USCCB employees work in areas related to its migrant programs. The USCCB has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/committees\/migration\/who-we-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">five separate offices<\/a> under its &ldquo;Department of Migration and Refugee Services.&rdquo; Without the influx of government funds to bankroll such programs, jobs in these offices could be cut.&nbsp;Of the roughly $130 million the USCCB spent on migrant and refugee services in 2023, about $9.7 million went to salaries.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to taking government grants for such programs, the USCCB also accepts private contributions.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration massively increased funding for migrant and refugee resettlement services after taking power in 2021. A May 2024 <em>Free Press<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/nonprofits-make-billions-off-migrant-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">investigation<\/a> found that Global Refuge, Southwest Key Programs, and Endeavors, three of the most prominent migrant-focused NGOs in the world, saw their revenue grow from $597 million in 2019 to $2 billion in 2022, largely due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-really-need-to-do-to-make-college-affordable\/\" title=\"What We Really Need To Do To Make College Affordable\">increased federal spending<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the heads of each nonprofit organization identified by the <em>Free Press<\/em> made over $500,000 per year, with Southwest Key Programs&rsquo;s top executive raking in over $1 million. The USCCB, by contrast, is led by clergy, who typically accept modest salaries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The relationship between the Trump administration and the Catholic Church hasn&rsquo;t been entirely negative. Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan led the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BmnHlqIHb-o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">opening prayer<\/a> at President Donald Trump&rsquo;s inauguration on Jan. 20, and the USCCB put out a statement on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2025\/bishop-thomas-welcomes-restoration-protections-preborn-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">praising <\/a>the administration&rsquo;s anti-abortion stance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The USCCB and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s office did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1835718\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1835718\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic Church denies claims of profiting from migration grants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2395730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24143348632578.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33551,3813,49286,49287,32076],"class_list":["post-2395729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-catholic-church","tag-immigration","tag-migrant-grants","tag-religious-organizations","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24143348632578.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395733,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395729\/revisions\/2395733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}