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Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was the top recipient of funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Forbes reported Feb. 3.
According to Forbes, CRS, a nonprofit, received $4.6 billion from 2013 to 2022. Other top recipients include Chemonics International, a for-profit organization that received $4.5 billion; FHI 360, a nonprofit that received $3.8 billion; and Development Alternatives, a for-profit organization that received $3 billion.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio became the acting director of USAID on February 3, as CatholicVote previously reported. This decision came after the agency tried to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing its financial records.
CRS has been controversial in the past for supporting programs that are involved in terminating the lives of unborn babies.
As CatholicVote reported in 2023, the organization tried to mislead senators by claiming that African bishops were not opposed to an AIDS relief program that would promote abortion. In reality, six African bishops signed a letter organized by the conservative advocacy group The Heritage Foundation opposing the Biden-era President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). CRS then claimed that the bishops did sign the letter but didn't understand what they were signing.
“Heritage reached out to the bishops, who said they knew exactly what they were signing,” Catholic Vote President Brian Burch said at the time. “A seventh African bishop sent a statement to point out that he wasn’t on the original letter and wanted to be added.”
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