A former nonprofit executive accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from a San Francisco police-funded charity is suing the shuttered organization, alleging she is owed thousands in unpaid wages.
Kyra Worthy, the fired executive director of the nonprofit San Francisco SAFE, sued her former employer and its last board chair, Dan Lawson, in San Francisco Superior Court on Friday seeking a roughly $26,000 payout. Prosecutors say the nonprofit’s bank accounts were essentially depleted by the time Worthy was fired.
SF SAFE was in many ways the longtime nonprofit arm of the San Francisco Police Department. Its collapse under Worthy in early 2024 tarnished the reputation of a once respected charity, illustrated how the SFPD had failed to oversee the use of public funds by its trusted partner and left its employees without jobs or health care. It came amid mounting concerns about nonprofits mispending government funding in San Francisco…