A new investigative report from the Lepanto Institute exposes significant financial support by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), an initiative of the US Catholic Bishops, for organizations deeply connected to socialist and Marxist movements. The report details how, under the banner of community land trusts (CLTs), millions of dollars have been funneled to groups whose founders and leaders openly advocate for socialist and Marxist ideologies.“The very concept of CLTs emerged … [Read more...]
Thurston Housing Land Trust
Thurston Housing Land Trust Thurston Housing Land Trust (THLT) received its first-ever national CCHD grant in 2022. It has received a total of three grants, including its most recent grant of $25,000 for the 2024-2025 grant cycle, for a total of $80,000. At issue is that the leadership of THLT is stridently pro-abortion and pro-LGBT. Thea LaCross is the Executive Director for THLT.On 26 September 2015, LaCross made sure to tell the world that she stands with Planned Parenthood:On 28 … [Read more...]
Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust
Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust (BVCLT) received its first-ever national CCHD grant in 2021. It has received a total of three grants, including its most recent grant of $75,000 for the 2023-2024 grant cycle, for a total of $140,000.At issue is that the BVCLT espouses distinctly Marxist viewpoints and is run by sexual deviants openly promoting LGBT ideologies. On BVCLT's "About Us" page, it clearly and distinctly points out its disposition against … [Read more...]
United Workers Association
United Workers AssociationThe United Workers Association (UWA) has received 16 grants totaling $760,000 from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) since 2004, including its most recent $25,000 grant for the 2024-2025 CCHD funding year.In previous reports, we proved that UWA was involved in the push for same-sex "marriage" around 2011, and in 2020, we showed how UWA was fueling the flames of violence with its vicious rhetoric calling for the defunding of the police. All of … [Read more...]
Prominent Catholics to US Bishops: Shut Down Controversial Campaign
Prominent Catholics from across the United States have signed an open-letter addressed to the bishops of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), asking them to permanently close down the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). For over 50 years, the CCHD has been the center of an ongoing controversy as organizations promoting abortion, homosexuality, contraception, and outright Marxist ideologies have received CCHD grants. Since 2009, scrutiny over CCHD-funded … [Read more...]
