SF Parks Nonprofit Handed out Bonuses to top Staff as Finances Imploded
The San Francisco Standard reports four former top employees with the San Francisco Parks Alliance, received bonuses last year while the organization was racking up a massive deficit.
“You would never, in a million years, give a bonus under these circumstances,” said Joan Harrington, a nonprofit ethics expert at Santa Clara University.
Harrington said that while it isn’t unusual for a nonprofit to lose money on fundraising events, the negative financial picture raises questions about why the Parks Alliance decided to overspend.
Joan Harrington, fellow, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, quoted by The San Francisco Standard.
May 21, 2025