L.A. nonprofit rented luxury Santa Monica apartment, BMW for CEO living in Hawaii

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Set us as preferred For more than four decades, the 1736 Family Crisis Center has offered care for victims of domestic violence, running shelters and crisis hotlines in L.A.and Orange counties on what today is a $15-million budget.But the primary residence of the nonprofit’s chief executive has been in Hawaii for at least the last 10 years.

And for at least part of that time, the organization has paid for a luxury beachside apartment in Santa Monica for her visits to the region, and leased a BMW for her personal use at home on the Big Island, according to nonprofit records reviewed by The Times and a lawyer who fielded employee concerns in 2019.It’s unclear how long the 1736 FCC paid for the $6,500-a-month apartment or if it continues to do so.Board members for the nonprofit, which runs domestic violence shelters in the L.A.

area, approved the arrangement in 2018, according to emails.The nonprofit was paying rent the following year, according to a bank transaction.

The center’s attorney, Kerry Garvis Wright, would not provide details about how long the payments lasted.In a letter to the Times, Wright said the 1736 FCC rented the apartment for its CEO because it was a more predictable expense compared with one-off hotel stays for her visits to L.A.Wright also said it offered high-level security for an executive concerned about her safety.In August, The Times reported the unusually large compensation paid to the nonprofit’s chief executive, Carol Adelkoff.According to the organization’s latest tax filings, Adelkoff was paid $1.6 million over two years, roughly half of which came from a payout of unused vacation accrued over four decades.Since 1984, Adelkoff has run the 1736 Family Crisis Center.

In that time, the nonprofit grew from an organization with a $200,000 annual budget to a multimillion dollar operat...