Over 40% of Planned Parenthood revenue comes from government reimbursements and grants.
Updated on Thu, August 1, 2024 by the USAFacts Team
Home / Articles / How much government money does Planned Parenthood receive?The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned the constitutional right to abortion, leaving the legality of the procedure up to state legislatures. The ruling also placed a renewed focus on abortion providers throughout the US. Some providers have had to shut down operations while others find themselves overwhelmed with new patients traveling from other states where abortion has been recently restricted.
One of the main abortion providers in the US is Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit that runs clinics focused on providing reproductive and sexual health services. While abortions are about 3% of the services it provides to patients, federal restrictions on government funding of abortion have placed scrutiny on their finances. But since Planned Parenthood provides myriad other sexual health services, they still get a significant amount of funding through Medicaid reimbursements and government grants.
About 43% of Planned Parenthood revenues came from government reimbursements or grants in the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Out of the $1.29 billion in total revenue, $553.7 million came from the government reimbursing Planned Parenthood for providing medical services covered by programs such as Medicaid or from government grants from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The remainder of revenues mostly come from donations (27%) and patient fees (24%).
While as a nonprofit Planned Parenthood is required to file 990 forms with the IRS providing some budget data, those forms don’t require detailing specific revenue categories. The Congressional Research Service compiled this more detailed data for FY14-15 in response to congressional interest in the organization’s finances. These are the most recent financial details on Planned Parenthood from a government source.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a nonprofit organization providing low-cost reproductive, sexual health, and family planning medical services through clinics across the US. The organization operated a total of 661 health centers or clinics across the US in 2014-2015 through independently managed regional affiliates.
About 45% of services provided in FY14-15 at Planned Parenthood clinics were for sexually transmitted infection tests, 31% were for contraceptive services, and 3% were for abortion services. In that fiscal year, Planned Parenthood patients received a total of 9.5 million services.