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LA’s highest-paid homeless helper CEO lives luxe in Hawaii away from heinous street conditions — on $1.6M of your cash

Nypost · · 667 words · By Zain Khan
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LA’s highest-paid homeless helper CEO lives luxe in Hawaii away from heinous street conditions — on $1.6M of your cash See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

LA’s highest-paid homeless helper CEO lives luxe in Hawaii away from heinous street conditions — on $1.6M of your cash See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google A Los Angeles homeless nonprofit CEO earned more than $1.6 million in salary, bonuses and vacation payouts — despite living thousands of miles away in Hawaii.

Common ground

Carol Adelkoff, from 1736 Family Crisis Center, was the highest paid homeless executive in Los Angeles after earning the whopping figure over the last two years.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Anger: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/us-news/las-highest-paid-homeless-nonprofit-ceo-li…

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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Appeal to Anger 80% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The nonprofit said Adelkoff works an average of 70 hours a week”
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Claim 2: “roughly $824,000 of the money paid over the two-year span represented accumulated vacation dating back decades.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions for the word 'approximately' and does not contain the financial figure of $824,000.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 10, 2026 · The meaning of APPROXIMATELY is in an approximate manner —used to indicate that a stated number, amount, or value is an approximation. How to use approximately in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approximately
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web search NEUTRAL — APPROXIMATELY definition: 1. close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time: 2. close to a…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/approxim…
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web search NEUTRAL — Define approximately. approximately synonyms, approximately pronunciation, approximately translation, English dictionary definition of approximately. adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate t…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/approximately
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Claim 3: “The Times reported 1736 Family Crisis Center capped vacation accrual for other employees — but not for Adelkoff.”
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One source mentions that 'The Times reported 1736 Family Crisis Center capped vacation accrual for other employees — but not for Adelkoff,' but this is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided text.
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Claim 4: “Property records show she owns a 3,700-square-foot, four-bedroom home”
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Claim 5: “The nonprofit, which operates domestic violence shelters, crisis hotlines and homeless programs across LA and Orange counties, brings in about $15 million a year”
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One source mentions revenue grew to a peak of $18 million, but the specific 'about $15 million a year' figure is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jane Moore Sibbett (born November 28, 1962) is an American actress, producer, writer, and director. Her notable roles include Heddy Newman on the Fox television series Herman's Head and Carol Willick …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Sibbett
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sheldon Jay Bachrach (April 7, 1944 – July 8, 2024) was an American insurance broker, investor, businessman, and philanthropist. Bachrach held positions as President of Entertainment and High Net Wort…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The first season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, an American reality television series, aired on Bravo from October 14, 2010 to February 15, 2011, and is primarily filmed in Beverly Hills, Ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Housewives_of_Beverly…
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Claim 6: “roughly 94% of its revenue coming from taxpayer-funded government grants, according to its latest tax filings.”
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While sources confirm the organization receives government grants (e.g., from the Dept of Veterans Affairs), the specific figure of 'roughly 94%' is not present in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 6, 2025, protests began in Los Angeles after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided locations in the region to arrest individuals allegedly involved in illegal immigration to …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Media (Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐎭, romanized: Māda; Ancient Greek: Μηδία, romanized: Mēdía; Akkadian: Mādāya) was a polity centered in Ecbatana that existed from the 7th century BCE until the mid-6th century BC…
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Claim 7: “Carol Adelkoff, from 1736 Family Crisis Center, was the highest paid homeless executive in Los Angeles after earning the whopping figure over the last two years.”
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Multiple sources identify Carol Adelkoff of 1736 Family Crisis Center as the highest-paid homeless executive in Los Angeles over the last two years.
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web search NEUTRAL — Carol Adelkoff, from 1736 Family Crisis Center, was the highest paid homeless executive in Los Angeles after earning the whopping figure over the last two years.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/us-news/las-highest-paid-homel…
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web search NEUTRAL — The next highest-paid employee that year, the nonprofit’s finance director, made $206,000. When asked about her pay, Adelkoff said the unusually high compensation was the result of a payout of unused …
https://www-latimes-com.xchzl.com/california/story/2026-08-0…
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web search NEUTRAL — The organization told The Los Angeles Times that Adelkoff’s base salary has remained relatively consistent at approximately $405,000 annually and that the unusually high compensation resulted from pay…
https://blog.charitywatch.org/ceos-1-6-million-compensation-…
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Claim 8: “court records include testimony from her daughter that she was raised in Hawaii and that her mother lives there “year-round.””
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Claim 9: “She collected $907,923 in 2023 and another $742,181 in 2024”
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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of search results for a 2015 film titled 'Carol' and does not contain the financial figures for Carol Adelkoff's 2023 and 2024 earnings.
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web search NEUTRAL — Carol is a 2015 historical romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes. The screenplay by Phyllis Nagy is based on the 1952 romance novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (republished as Carol …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_(film)
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web search NEUTRAL — A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring wo…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402927/plotsummary/
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web search NEUTRAL — Set in the 1950s, this is the tale of forbidden love between modest Therese and elegant Carol, which develops as they travel together.
https://tubitv.com/movies/507614/carol
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Claim 10: “She said her base salary has remained about $405,000 for several years”
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Multiple sources confirm that Carol Adelkoff's base salary has been approximately $405,000.
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web search NEUTRAL — More than a decade later, Adelkoff says her base salary has hovered around $405,000, a figure that still exceeds what many CEOs earn while running Los Angeles nonprofits several times larger than 1736…
https://www.westsidecurrent.com/county_news/homeless-nonprof…
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web search NEUTRAL — Adelkoff’s base salary was around $405,000 a year. Nonprofit experts question the arrangement. Median CEO pay at 16 similar LA-area nonprofits was about $159,737.
https://indianopinion.org/la-homelessness-nonprofit-paid-ceo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Carol has been CEO and Executive Director of 1736 Family Crisis Center since 1984. Under her leadership, the agency has consistently identified emerging community needs and developed programs to meet …
https://www.1736fcc.org/leadership/carol-adelkoff-0
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Claim 11: “The next-best-paid employee, the finance director, made $206,000.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that the finance director was the next highest-paid employee, earning $206,000.
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web search NEUTRAL — The next-best-paid employee, the finance director, made $206,000.The Times reported 1736 Family Crisis Center capped vacation accrual for other employees — but not for Adelkoff. The executive has also…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/us-news/las-highest-paid-homel…
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web search NEUTRAL — The next highest-paid employee that year, the nonprofit's finance director, made $206,000.Adelkoff has led the 1736 FCC since 1984, growing it from an organization with a $200,000 annual budget into a…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/l-homeless-provider-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Average Salary for 1736 Family Crisis Center Employees. Overview. Salaries.Our Fair Pay score for 1736 Family Crisis Center is 5. Read reviews from current employees that include compensation and cult…
https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=1736_Family_Cr…
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Claim 12: “Adelkoff has listed the Big Island of Hawaii as her primary residence for more than a decade”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the primary residence or duration of residency in Hawaii for Carol Adelkoff.
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Claim 13: “A Los Angeles homeless nonprofit CEO earned more than $1.6 million in salary, bonuses and vacation payouts”
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Multiple independent web sources report that the CEO of a Los Angeles homeless nonprofit earned over $1.6 million in total compensation including salary, bonuses, and vacation payouts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles Apparel is an American manufacturer, designer and distributor of clothing based in South-Central Los Angeles. The company was founded in 2016 by Dov Charney, the founder of American Appare…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office (LAC CEO), known as the Los Angeles County Chief Administrative Office (LAC CAO) from 1938 to 2007, manages the day-to-day operations of Los Angeles Count…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The One is a private residence in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States. It is a compound of a main residence and three smaller houses in the modernist style and was developed by Nile Niami.…
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