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California nonprofit CEO lives in Hawaii while employer funds BMW
Carol Adelkoff leads a Los Angeles-area crisis nonprofit while living in Hawaii.
She has lived on Hawaii’s Big Island for at least 11 years, although the 1736 Family Crisis Center has no shelters or clients there.
The nonprofit paid for a BMW as part of her compensation, and its lawyer says those payments began before she left California in 2002.
Adelkoff received $1.6 million in salary, vacation pay and other compensation in 2023 and 2024.
The center gets about 94 percent of its $15 million budget from public funds, through government contracts and grants.
It also paid for a Santa Monica apartment for her visits to the Los Angeles area, describing it as a business travel expense and citing security concerns.
The nonprofit says she continues to do important work, including fundraising and overseeing its programs, and there is no accusation of wrongdoing.
The available information does not say what happens next.
Carol Adelkoff, head of the California-based 1736 Family Crisis Center, has lived in Hawaii for at least 11 years, according to the Los Angeles Times, while the nonprofit paid for a BMW.
The nonprofit’s attorney said the BMW was part of Adelkoff’s compensation package and that she continues to perform important agency work.
Adelkoff received $1.6 million in salary, vacation pay and other compensation in 2023 and 2024.
The nonprofit also paid for a Santa Monica apartment for Adelkoff’s visits to the Los Angeles area, with reported costs of about $7,200 a month including associated expenses.
The center has a $15 million budget, about 94 percent of which is taxpayer-funded, and operates 16 facilities in the Los Angeles area.
- Who
- Carol Adelkoff, CEO and executive director of 1736 Family Crisis Center.
- What
- She has lived in Hawaii while the nonprofit paid for a BMW and a Santa Monica apartment for her visits to the Los Angeles area.
- When
- Adelkoff has lived in Hawaii for at least 11 years. She received $1.6 million in compensation in 2023 and 2024.
- Where
- The nonprofit is in the Los Angeles area; Adelkoff lives on Hawaii’s Big Island.
- Why
- The nonprofit’s attorney said the BMW was part of Adelkoff’s compensation and that the apartment was a predictable travel expense that addressed security concerns.
1736 Family Crisis Center attorney Kerry Garvis Wright
Attorney Dorsey Kleger–Heine for three senior employees
BMW
1736 Family Crisis Center attorney Kerry Garvis Wright
Wright said the nonprofit paid for the BMW as part of Adelkoff’s compensation package, beginning before she left California in 2002.
Attorney Dorsey Kleger–Heine for three senior employees
Kleger–Heine claimed in 2019 that the nonprofit also paid the BMW’s gas, repairs, maintenance and insurance.
Adelkoff’s work from Hawaii
1736 Family Crisis Center attorney Kerry Garvis Wright
Wright said Adelkoff performs important agency work, including fundraising and overseeing programs and operations.
Attorney Dorsey Kleger–Heine for three senior employees
The senior employees raised concerns about the nonprofit’s use of funds; their specific position on Adelkoff’s work from Hawaii is not stated.
Adelkoff began running 1736 Family Crisis Center.
The nonprofit’s attorney said it began paying for the BMW as part of Adelkoff’s compensation before she left California.
Emails reviewed by the outlet showed board members approved the Santa Monica apartment expense as a business travel expense.
An attorney for three senior employees claimed the nonprofit paid the BMW’s gas, repairs, maintenance and insurance.
Adelkoff received $1.6 million in salary, vacation pay and other compensation over the two years.
- Nonprofit
- 1736 Family Crisis Center
- CEO
- Carol Adelkoff
- Compensation
- $1.6 million in 2023 and 2024
- Nonprofit budget
- $15 million; about 94 percent taxpayer-funded
- Santa Monica apartment
- $6,500 monthly rent; reported total costs of about $7,200 a month
- Facilities
- 16 in the Los Angeles area
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What people are saying
performs important agency work, including but not limited to raising money for 1736, overseeing program and business operations, and developing/implementing expansions
more of a predictable expense for the nonprofit than hotel stays whenever the executive visited LA