Former San Francisco Human Rights Commission Executive Director Sheryl Davis, who spearheaded the city’s Dream Keeper Initiative to channel tens of millions of dollars into Black communities, is the subject of a criminal investigation, according to people familiar with the matter. The District Attorney’s office declined to confirm the probe, which follows Davis’s September resignation amid allegations of financial misconduct. Civil filings by the City Attorney contend Davis enriched herself and associates by steering at least $1.5 million in city contracts to Collective Impact while she was living with the nonprofit’s leader, James Spingola, and by using grant money to pay personal expenses such as her son’s university tuition. Davis’s attorney said she repeatedly sought ethics guidance and denies benefiting at public expense. Reverberations are being felt among Dream Keeper grant recipients. Twin sisters Melonie and Melorra Green have resigned as co-executive directors of the African American Art & Culture Complex after the center collected about $5.4 million from the program despite periods of delinquency on the state’s charitable-trust registry. City officials have tightened scrutiny of Dream Keeper grants. Collective Impact faces a potential funding ban through 2030, and several other nonprofits have been warned of reduced allocations. The widening reviews underscore the city’s effort to ensure that public money intended to support underserved communities is spent lawfully.