Feed the Children Owns Million-Dollar House Near Hollywood

Feed the Children, an Oklahoma City charity, paid $1.2-million two years ago for a new four-bedroom home in Burbank, Calif., The Oklahoman reports.

Larri Sue Jones, a Feed the Children vice president and daughter of the organization’s founder, Larry Jones, lives in the house a few miles from Hollywood. The purchase came to light during the recent legal battle between Mr. Jones and the Feed the Children board for control of the charity, during which his daughter sided with the dissident directors and was fired from the organization. (See the Chronicle’s coverage of the Feed the Children fight.)

Mr. Jones said he had “no regrets” about buying the house, which he says serves as a combination home and office and helps the charity approach celebrities who can “open doors for us to raise in-kind and monetary gifts.”

Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy, called the purchase “a ridiculous use of charitable money.”

Plus: The Oklahoman reports that Larri Sue Jones told the police in December that she was the victim of a burglary at her Burbank home while she was in Oklahoma City being fired.

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