The former operators of the Colorado Humane Society have been barred from nonprofit work for 10 years under a settlement of a state lawsuit, The Denver Post reports.

Mary C. Warren, the organization's executive director, and her husband, Robert Warren, its head of development, were also banned from operating any animal-related business for five years.

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers filed suit against the couple in 2008, alleging numerous violations of state laws governing charities and claiming that the Warrens euthanized animals at an Englewood, Colo., shelter, which had been advertised as "no-kill." A court last month authorized the sale of the now-shuttered organization's assets.

City College of San Francisco's foundation is seeking full control of its $19-million in assets in the wake of allegations of financial impropriety involving three former school officials, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Philip Day, the school's former chancellor, and two retired administrators face felony charges stemming from alleged misuse of funds. While the foundation raises money for scholarship and programs, the college maintains its accounts. All have pleaded not guilty.

In letters late last year to the current Chancellor Don Griffin, top foundation officials said the case has undermined donors' confidence and that the foundation should have full control over its assets and record-keeping.

A U.S. aid charity's failed attempt to deliver hundreds of thousands of meals to Haitians this week highlights the logistical problems facing relief workers on the island, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Scott Lewis, head of the Eagles Wings Foundation, in Florida, organized a 15-truck convoy to carry beans and rice to hungry and homeless earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. But little of the 150-ton haul reached its intended targets as traffic snarls and communication breakdowns stranded drivers for hours at a time, preventing delivery before sundown, when security concerns halted the mission.

A Duke University instructor who teaches Haiti's Creole language has developed a crash course to equip students and professors heading to the island to aid relief and reconstruction efforts with basic linguistic and cultural skills, reports the public radio program ...

A British aid group is relying on volunteer labor in Kenyan farm areas to help develop programs with long-term impact and foster greater self-reliance in the villages where it works, the Telegraph reports.

Excellent Development, founded in 2002 by Briton Simon Maddrell and a Kenyan farmer and engineer, Joshua Mukusya, takes on projects requested by rural areas and builds them with local volunteers. Programs that emphasize local involvement and investment of time over direct aid handouts are gaining favor in global-development circles, the British newspaper reports.

Projects such as water-filtering sand dams and terracing soil to reduce erosion repay the investment of labor by making harvests more reliable and saving villagers hours now spent walking miles for clean water, Mr. Maddrell said. The local involvement lowers costs, adding nearly 50 percent to the ...

Paul R. Jones, who donated millions of dollars worth of works by African-American artists to universities in Delaware and Alabama, died Tuesday at age 81 following a brief illness, the Associated Press reports.

A civil-rights activist and former Peace Corps official in Thailand, Mr. Jones began buying pieces in the 1960s with a goal of increasing the presence of black artists in U.S. galleries. He made major gifts to the University of Delaware in 1993 and to the University of Alabama in 2008, 59 years after that institution's law school rejected him because of his race, according to the article.

In other arts news, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is starting what its music director termed a "fantasy camp" for amateur musicians, The Baltimore Sun reports. The one-week BSO Academy, financed by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and scheduled for June, will...

The heirs of the late businessman and philanthropist Norman Levy have reached a settlement with the Bernard Madoff bankruptcy trustee to pay $220-million to settle a claim over the money in the estate that came from the Madoff fraud, according to papers filed Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, says Bloomberg.

The trustee, Irving Picard, will not pursue the family's charitable foundation, he said, because the money had been given to charity.

The Associated Press reports that music impresario Quincy Jones is planning a new version of "We Are the World," one of the first major all-star charity recordings, to benefit Haiti relief.

The 1985 hit was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie to raise money to combat famine in Africa and featured Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, and dozens of other performers. Mr. Jones said the new recording will take place Monday in Los Angeles.

Also: A global education organization is offering emergency grants of up to $2,000 for Haitians studying in the United States who are facing financial difficulties following the Haiti earthquake, according to the Associated Press.

The New York Institute of International Education says more than 850 Haitians are attending U.S. colleges on student visas. Schools can nominate eligible students for the aid.

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The Getty Foundation announced a $3.1-million round of grants to support an ambitious group of exhibitions devoted to post-World War II art in Southern California, reports the Los Angeles Times.

"Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980," is scheduled to open in fall 2011 in more than two dozen museums and galleries. Getty had already committed $3.6-million to the project, which has been in the works since 2002.

In other arts news, the Los Angeles Opera unveiled a trimmed-back schedule for 2010-11, its 25th season, the Times reports.

The opera will present 42 performances of six productions, down from peaks of 75 performances and 10 productions in 2006 and 2007. The opera has struggled with the financial demands of its upcoming production of Wagner's Ring cycle and last month took a $14-million emergency loan from Los Angeles County.

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Nonprofit Continuum Health Partners, one of New York's largest hospital systems, has made an offer to take over the financially ailing St. Vincent's hospital, the city's last Catholic general hospital, and turn it into an outpatient center, reports The New York Times.

St. Vincent's has been losing millions of dollars a month and is facing a possible second bankruptcy three years after emerging from its first. The Greenwich Village hospital gained iconic status in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, when it became a gathering place for people searching for loved ones.

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