paycheck protection program

January 9, 2023 | 11:59 AM

How the Paycheck Protection Program went from good intentions to a huge free-for-all

By Sacha Pfeiffer and Austin Fast/NPR

October 11, 2021 | 10:25 AM

PPP loans went to Philly museums that still laid off staff, report says

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Zoo, and Franklin Institute, were among the most heavily subsidized local cultural institutions in the country.

By Laura Benshoff/WHYY

April 27, 2021 | 12:02 PM

Did emergency PPP loans work? Nearly $800 billion later, we still don’t know

Economists are divided on whether it saved enough jobs to justify its cost.

By Scott Horsley/NPR

February 11, 2021 | 7:51 AM

Black-owned businesses find lifeline in small banks as they scramble for survival

Even before the pandemic, these businesses were more than twice as likely as white-owned firms to be "at risk" or "distressed," according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

By Scott Horsley/NPR

February 4, 2021 | 5:21 AM

Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid

New financial statements that several dozen dioceses have posted for 2020 show available resources improved despite the pandemic’s hard, early months — the same time they sought paycheck protection aid.

By Reese Dunklin and Michael Rezendes/The Associated Press

December 30, 2020 | 7:50 AM

Farmers got a government bailout in 2020, even those who didn’t need it

The aid, delivered in two separate packages over the course of the year, went to a wide variety of people in agriculture, including corn and soybean farmers, cattle ranchers, and fruit and vegetable producers.

By Dan Charles/NPR

December 29, 2020 | 8:16 AM

Omni hotels accepted millions in PPP funds but didn’t pay workers

Unite Here, a service workers' union with more than 300,000 members in North America, said several Omni hotels where it represents workers took Paycheck Protection Program loans but never paid hundreds of workers.

By Bill O'Driscoll/WESA for NPR

December 16, 2020 | 8:08 AM

Scores of private charitable foundations got Paycheck Protection Program money

Scores of private charitable foundations, set up by some of the nation's wealthiest people, received money from the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program, which was created last spring to save jobs at small businesses as the coronavirus tanked the economy.

By Sacha Pfeiffer/NPR

July 28, 2020 | 4:56 AM

Millions of paycheck protection dollars went to Pennsylvania lobbyists

Data newly released this month by the U.S. Treasury and Small Business Administration shows that in Pennsylvania, more than 26,000 small businesses and organizations have received $150,000 or more since April.

By Katie Meyer/WHYY

July 20, 2020 | 7:36 AM

‘This is for you’: New Pa. grant targets minority business owners hurt by coronavirus shutdown

“I would never have applied if they hadn’t come and talked to me about it."

By Miles Bryan/Keystone Crossroads

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