The Providence Foundation of San Francisco is one of many groups that receives money from the city to help it deal with homelessness. Yesterday the Providence Foundation was accused of fraudulently billing the city for more than $100,000 and barred from applying for city funds for five years in the future.
The false invoices, according to the City Attorney’s Office, were submitted in 2022 and linked to an exterior paint job and the removal of deadbolts at the Oasis Hotel, a family shelter on Franklin Street that was at one point under threat of closure. But investigators said the work never occurred.
“There’s a difference between having challenges with financial compliance and intentionally defrauding the City and its taxpayers,” said City Attorney David Chiu in a statement on Monday. “This nonprofit took over $100,000 of public money meant to benefit people experiencing…
