The New York Times reviewed dozens of expense reports and receipts from January 2022 through June 2023, as well as employment agreements, tax filings, audit reports and other financial documents to detail a pattern of lavish spending at the nonprofit organization GLAAD, one of the country’s leading L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy groups.

Such perks, luxurious business travel and large pay packages might be commonplace at a for-profit company. But legal experts said they were inappropriate for a nonprofit organization with about 60 employees that, in exchange for being exempt from federal and state taxes, must ensure that executive pay is reasonable and aligned with the charity’s mission and the intent of donors.

The spending, much of it by GLAADs chief executive Sarah Kate Ellis, may have violated the organization’s own policies as well as Internal Revenue Service rules, the Times reporting shows.

Here are some takeaways from the reporting.

GLAAD paid for first-class flights, car services and luxury accommodations.

Ms. Ellis sought reimbursement for more than 30 first-class flights in the 18 months for which The Times reviewed expense reports. GLAAD often paid for expensive car services for Ms. Ellis, including over two days in Washington that cost the nonprofit $3,900. GLAAD also spent more than $60,000 on airfare and hotel accommodations for Ms. Ellis and a colleague when they attended last year’s Cannes Lions advertising industry festival on the French Riviera.

When Ms. Ellis attended the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2023, she and her colleagues stayed at the Tivoli Lodge, a seven-bedroom chalet that cost nearly half a million dollars to rent for the week. The group, which has an annual budget of roughly $30 million, paid for Ms. Ellis’s trip, as well as a day of skiing.