San Francisco Nonprofit Spent Money on Limos, Vacations, and Luxury Items: Controller’s Report

Published on January 22, 2024

A nonprofit with multimillion dollar agreements with San Francisco’s Police Department spent at least $80,000 on illegitimate expenditures between July 2022 and March 2023, according to a report released Jan. 18 by the city’s Controller’s Office. Money meant for crime prevention education programs was used for luxury gifts, trips to Lake Tahoe, and limousine rides, among other things. Such is in violation of grant terms that exclude “personal or business-related costs or expenses related to meals, catering, transportation, lodging, fundraising or education activities.” Evidence of improper spending amounted to about 9 percent of the $910,000 in total grant funds paid to SF SAFE—a nonprofit hired to provide community services and act as a liaison between residents and police—over the nine months, the report said....

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