At today's hearing on the supposed "investigation" of Planned Parenthood, several GOP members of Congress harped on Planned Parenthood getting something like 41% of its funds from the government. They decried this fact, and mentioned the thousands of charitable organizations that would love to get significant government funding, but didn't do so. Of course most of those organizations don't perform services that the government reimburses regardless of whether they're performed by a charitable organization or a profit-making business. But at least one of the Republicans went further, and asked Cecile Richards whether she knew of any other charitable organizations that received such a high percentage of their funds from the government. At least in the part of the hearing I watched, she wasn't able to answer that, but with a little bit of research on the internet, I can provide at least a partial answer:
Catholic Charities: In 2010, Catholic Charities received approximately 62% of its funding from government sources. http://www.nytimes.com/...
Catholic Relief Services: Catholic Relief Services receives 46.7% of its funding from government sources. http://www.charitynavigator.org/...
Although others may feel differently, I have no problem with these Catholic organizations receiving government funds for providing needed services, even though I'm not a Catholic and fundamentally disagree with some of their positions. It's just too bad that Republicans in Congress seem unwilling to extend similar tolerance to Planned Parenthood when it provides needed services, simply because they disagree with some of the other things it does without government money