More Than 400 Nonprofits Got Up to $10 Million in Federal PPP Loans

More than 400 nonprofits nationwide got loans of $5 million to $10 million through the Paycheck Protection Program, the largest amount any organization could receive, according to a Chronicle analysis of government data.

The list includes well-known charities, such as Carnegie Hall, the Anti-Defamation League, and Unicef USA, as well as lesser-known nonprofits, like Michigan’s Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Health care-related organizations dominate the list, including 63 general medical and surgical hospitals, 22 physicians’ offices, and 14 outpatient mental-health and substance-abuse centers.

Thirty organizations on the list are classified as elementary and secondary schools, and another 30 are classified as colleges, universities, and professional schools. Seventeen religious organizations and eight museums got loans of $5 million to $10 million.

Beyond those categories, there’s just a smattering of most other types of nonprofits. Only three nonprofits classified as musical groups got loans that large: the San Francisco Symphony, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Musical Arts Association in Cleveland. Two theater companies got loans of $5 million to $10 million: the San Francisco Opera and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The People Concern, a Los Angeles nonprofit that fights homelessness, got a large loan, as did KQED, a San Francisco public broadcasting station.

Nonprofits are eligible for PPP loans that can be largely forgiven if they keep their staffs on the payroll during the health and economic crisis facing the nation.

The government released the loan data Monday. A previous Chronicle article includes a link to the full dataset for nonprofits that got loans of $150,000 to $10 million.

The government did not provide precise amounts of individual loans; rather, recipients are grouped into a range of dollar amounts.

News organizations have identified some inaccuracies in the government’s data. Please contact the Chronicle at surveys@philanthropy.com to report incorrect information.