These Are Among the Area Entities that Applied for Government PPA Loans

These are just some of the Montgomery area entities that caught my eye as I scanned the listings of firms and organizations that applied for money from the Federal Government's Paycheck Protection Program. 

Pro-Publica released a program this week allowing you to search the massive lists.

According to the Pro-publica, some 68,000 Alabama firms applied for loans to prevent layoffs (4.89 Million Nationally), including:


First Baptist Church of Montgomery                     $350,000 to $1-Million
(There are 107 pages listing U.S. religious organizations receiving loans.)

Jim Massey Cleaners                                              $350,000 - $1-Million

Beasley Allen Crow, Methvin, Portis and Miles     $2 - 5 Million

RePower South                                                        $350,000 - $1-Million  (Owner of Montgomery's relaunched recycling plant)

Biscuits Baseball                                                    $350,000 -  $1Million
(Note: The Birmingham Barons also applied for a loan)

Trinity Presbyterian Church                                   $150,00 - $3-Million

Valliant Cross Academy                                         $350,0000 - 1-Million
(Male-only private religious school)

Matrix LLC,                                                           $150,000 - $3-Million
(A lobbying and political consulting firm)

MDJ SAZA LLC                                                    $150,000 - $3-Million

Doubletree Hotel by Hilton                                    $150,000 - $350,000

Alabama State Employees Association                  $150,000 - $350,000

FBC Community Ministries                                   $150,000 - $350,000

McPhillips Shinebaum, LLP                                  $150,000 - $350,000

Bahakel Communications                                       $2-Million to $5-Millon
(Owns CBS 8 TV in Montgomery and other stations)

ADDENDUM: Some I didn't catch in the first go around: 

ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL           $350,000 - $1-Million

AIDS ALABAMA, INC                                        $350,000 - $1-Million

EASTER SEALS ALABAMA                              $1-Million - $2-Million

WIRELESS TIME ALABAMA LLC                   $350,000 - $1-Million
T-Mobile Cell Phone retailer

BAPTIST FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA          $150,000 - $350,000

FURLONG'S OF ALABAMA, INC                      $150,000 - $350,000

ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION, INC.     $150,000 - $350,000

CENTRAL ALABAMA MEDICAL CONTRACTORS  $150,000 - $350,000
(Primary Care clinic, Millbrook)

ALABAMA GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, I           $350,000 - $1-Million

BRK OF ALABAMA LLC                                     $350,000 - $1-Million
(Wendy's in Alexander City)

ALABAMA RETAIL ASSOCIATION WC SIF     $350,000 - $1-Million

HAYNES AMBULANCE OF ALABAMA, INC    $1-Million - $2-Million

ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION $150,000 - $350,000

(This is not a complete list!)