ANALYSIS: Some Planned Parenthood affiliates bleeding cash before defunding

Were many Planned Parenthood affiliates already in dire financial trouble prior to the one-year defunding measure from Congress that was signed into law by President Trump in July? Recent reports indicate that over half of affiliates had expenses in excess of the revenue dollars they received.

What We Found:

• 24 out of 47 Planned Parenthood affiliates showed some sort of deficit in the most recently reported year.

• These deficits were recorded prior to the one-year defunding of Planned Parenthood and certain other abortion providers.

• This reveals that some Planned Parenthood affiliates were showing signs of potential financial troubles before any federal government dollars were removed.

The Backstory:

On July 4, 2025, the “Big, Beautiful Bill” was signed into law by President Trump and commenced on July 7, 2025. It removed Medicaid dollars from entities that provide abortion (as of October 1, 2025) and receive more than $800,000 in Medicaid expenditures (during a previous fiscal year).

In response, Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and immediately thereafter, an Obama-appointed judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO), and a back and forth legal battle to defund Planned Parenthood began.

Then, on September 11, 2025, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the preliminary injunctions issued on July 21 and 28, 2025, were stayed, allowing Planned Parenthood to be defunded while its lawsuit proceeds.

Live Action News has previously documented that years prior to the defund of Planned Parenthood (which began only a few months ago), plans were in place to close facilities or eliminate affiliates and restructure to an online (less expensive) Virtual Health Center business model.

Planned Parenthood's (PP) claim that the defund is what has led to the shuttering of multiple brick and mortar facilities is a ruse to manipulate state lawmakers into funding them with state dollars.

As affiliates were showing a deficit, some staffers were complaining about pay cuts while executives were unwilling to slash their own pay to save those staffers' jobs. In addition, donors at the abortion corporation were dropping out.

The Deficits:

For this analysis, operating deficits were calculated by Live Action News by subtracting expenses recorded at the affiliate level from revenue collected that year. (Excess revenue potentially carried over from the previous year or years was not factored.)

The deficits, which ranged from $1 million to more than $16 million, raise suspicions that approximately half of PP's affiliates may have been having financial troubles well before the defund measure passed.

See below: (R=revenue/E=expenditures)

PP Association of Utah: -$4.4M (2023 990)

• $11.4M (R)/$15.8M (E)

• Nearly $9M spent on salaries, benefits, compensation

PP Columbia Willamette: -$6.8M (2023-24 AR)

• $26.5M (R)/$33.3M (E)

• Over $5M spent on "management and general"

• Previous years also recorded deficits (2022-23, 2020-21, 2019-2020).

PP Great Northwest, Hawaiʻi, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky: -$3.2M (2023 990)

• $72M (R)/$75.2M (E)

• $46M spent on salaries, benefits and other compensation

• Previous years also saw deficits (2021)

PP Great Plains: -$3M (2023 AR)

• $24M (R)/$27M (E)

• $5.2M deficit also shown in 2022

• $7-8M spent on salaries, benefits, compensation

PP Greater Ohio: -$8.2 (2023-24 AR)

• $37.4M (R)/$45.6 (E)

• Nearly $9M spent on "Management & General"

• Deficit in previous year (2022-23).

PP Greater Texas: -$16.5M (2023 990)

• $32M (R) /$48.5M (E)

PP Hudson Peconic: -$.4M (2024 AR)

• $26.4M (R)/$26.8M (E)

PP Keystone: -$1.2M (2023 990)

• $15.6M (R)/$16.8 (E)

• $8.3M spent on salaries, benefits, other compensation

PP League of Massachusetts: -$2.2M (2024 AR)

• $31.7M (R)/$33.9M (E)

• Nearly $8M went to "management and administration" while receiving over $4M in government grants

• Deficits were also seen in 2022 and 2020.

PP of Arizona: -$3.5M (2023-24 annual report)

• $13.8M (R)/$17.3M (E)

• $6,008,002 spent on "Management & General"

• Previous year also showed a deficit

PP of Central and Western New York, Inc. ( 2024 and 2023 990)

• 2024: $29.1M (R)/$29.2M (E) = -$.1M

• 2023: $25.2M (R)/$27.6M (E) = -$2.4M

• Both years' 990s recorded nearly $19M in salaries.

• 2024 audit: "At December 31, 2024 and 2023 there were borrowings of approximately $6,150,000 and $2,900,000, respectively, outstanding under the terms of the agreement."

PP of Delaware: -$1M (2023 990)

• $5.2M (R)/$6.2M (E)

PP of Metropolitan Washington, DC: -$1.9M (2023 990)

• $19.4M (R)/$21.3M (E)

• $12.8M spent on salaries, benefits, other compensation.

PP of Michigan: -$2.3M (2022-23 990)

• $26.4M (R)/$28.7M (E)

• Nearly $16M spent on salaries, benefits, other compensation

PP of Northern New England: -$5.5M (2023-24 990)

• $23.6M (R)/$29.1M (E)

• $16.4M spent on salaries, benefits, compensation

PP of the Rocky Mountains: (2023 990)

• 2023: $56.4M (R)/$66.9M (E) = -$10.5M

• 2024: $62.9M (R)/$65.1M (E) = -$2.2M

• $39.5M (2023) and $35.3M spent on salaries, benefits, compensation

PP of the Pacific Southwest: -$8.8M (2024 Impact Report)

• $118.3M (R)/$127.1M (E)

PP of Western Pennsylvania: -$1.1M (2023 990)

• $7.8M (R)/$8.9M (E)

• $5M spent on salaries, benefits, compensation

• Document also showed slight deficit in previous year

PP of Wisconsin: (2023 990)

• 2023: $37.9M (R)/$40.5M (E) = -$2.6M

• 2022: $36.2M (R)/$41.9M (E) = -$5.7M

• $21.6M (2023) and $18.6M (2022) spent on salaries, benefits, compensation

PP Mar Monte: (2023 990)

• 2023: $129.5M (R)/$134.9M (E) = -$5M

• 2022: $120.3 (R)/$123M (E) = -$2.7M

• Nearly $84M (2024) and $77.7M (2023) spent on salaries, benefits, and other compensation

PP North Central States: -$3M (2023-24 990)

• $66.5M (R)/$69.5M (E)

PP Southwest Ohio Region: -$4.7M (2024 AR)

• $12.6M (R)/$17.3M (E)

• A small deficit was also seen in 2023.

Upper Hudson PP: -$.9M (2024 AR)

• $9.7M (R)/$10.6M (E)

Virginia League for PP: -$1.4M (2023 990)

• $15.5M (R)/$16.9M (E)

• Nearly $10M spent on salaries, benefits, compensation

The Bottom Line:

Planned Parenthood Federation of America's (PPFA) latest (2023-24) annual report reveals over 400,000 abortions were committed that year (and over 7.5M since 2000).

In their last reported year, the abortion giant raked in $800 million from taxpayers, receiving nearly $11.4B from taxpayers since 2000, and accumulating nearly $2.2B in excess revenue. The majority of those dollars come from Medicaid which could begin funding the abortion giant again in 2026.

Despite only serving an estimated 2% of American women of reproductive age, Planned Parenthood's deceptive marketing business with declining non-abortion services is replaceable. Federally Qualified Health Centers and Pregnancy Help Centers, which do not commit abortions, could receive those funds instead of Planned Parenthood.