The Church is not taking Federal money. The only thing that used to get some support was Catholic Charities, which actually had a lot of agencies in a lot of places essentially doing the work that local jurisdictions either couldn’t or wouldn’t do.
Many Catholics stopped contributing to Catholic Charities long ago, and actually, it’s come full circle, because now the “Catholic” in their name doesn’t get them money from Catholics but it also virtually excludes them from getting Federal money for a lot of the good programs they used to run (such as adoption, etc.) because the newer more orthodox bishops have forbidden them to adopt to gays and do many other things that they would otherwise be doing. This funding was not in the form of direct grants, but for running programs for the disadvantaged or persons in crisis.
It’s a bad thing in many ways; Planned Parenthood wanted the Church driven out of the adoption business so that they could tell girls there was no option to abortion, and as usual, PP got what it wanted.
The problem for the church is that it is becoming another political charity. The tax breaks a church receives in essence is federal money. The government will eventually take 50 percent of everything in the US as they do in Europe, as a minimum. The government is involved in every aspect of life. Whether it is a renewable tax or even clean air, what we have remaining is less and less. Anyone or any institution that has money is subject to taxes; even if it is interest on savings, the government is going to take something. Worst still, if your organization is not an active DNC sanctioned contributor, your taxes are subject to being higher - it is ally political today - it is political war and nothing is exempt.
Funding increases for Catholic organizations in recent years include the following:
An increase from $12.45 million (2008) to $57.89 million (2011) in USDA food assistance to Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
An increase from just over $440 million (2008) to more than $554 million (2010) to Catholic Charities USA
Increases in Dept. of Labor grants to Catholic organizations such as Catholic Charities of Kansas for ex-offender reintegration and other programs from $300,000 (2009) to more than $5 million (2011)
An increase of HHS funding for Catholic Medical Mission Board global health activities from $500,000 (2008) to $7 million (2011).
www.networklobby.org/news-media/federal-funding-catholic-organizations