Churches don’t pay taxes, and therefore should not have been bailed out with taxpayer funds.
We have a private school, which is where the funds were spent.
So we pay a pretty good chunk of taxes. The church staff were not covered for it.
But just about every non profit that had staff (and I know more than a handful) had PPP loans. Some had multiple, though the rumors are they are getting hammered for it (a camp has a retreat center, and doubled dipped on paying staff for both).
My company was pushing for us to do it, but since we didn’t shut down (essential), my boss was able to successfully argue we don’t need it.
The loans are funneled through employers (even churches) to pay employee salaries. Doesn't matter who paid taxes. Even church employees pay taxes. Without these loans, the unemployment offices would have collapsed, with the unemployment rates double or triple what we already experienced.