St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Terrebonne received a Paycheck Protection Program loan for between $150,000 and $350,000 on April 28, according to the US Treasury Department.
There were 2,379 PPP loans issued in Louisiana during the week ending May 3 and the average loan amount was between $150,000 and $350,000.
There are approximately five million approved PPP loans with a total of $517,451,965,102 set aside for funding, according to the Small Business Administration. The average loan size was around $105,000 with over 5,000 lenders currently participating in the program.
The program was slow to get off the ground when it was crushed by an onslaught of would-be applicants. Another major criticism of the program pertained to who was receiving the loans. A program that was meant for small businesses witnessed the Los Angeles Lakers receive $4.6 million from the program. The Lakers qualified for the program under the rules as written but returned the funds according to a Laker’s statement provided to news outlets.
| Apr 27 | Apr 28 | Apr 29 | Apr 30 | May 1 | May 2 | May 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5-10 million | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| $2-5 million | 23 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| $1-2 million | 42 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
| $350,000-1 million | 173 | 138 | 69 | 55 | 75 | 0 | 77 |
| $150,000-350,000 | 395 | 412 | 214 | 137 | 194 | 4 | 225 |
