GETTY TRUST ADMONISHED

For the first time in its history, the Council on Foundations, a Washington association of about 2,000 grant makers, said this week that it has placed a member organization—the J. Paul Getty Trust, in Los Angeles—on probation, reports the Los Angeles Times. The council took the steps after the trust did not turn over all the information the council requested for an investigation into the trust’s financial practices. The council asked for the information in June, after news reports revealed that the Getty’s chief executive had spent the trust’s money on lavish perks. Getty officials said they were responding as quickly as they could, but that they also had to meet requests from the California attorney general’s office, which is also investigating the trust. (Read The Chronicle’s article about problems at the Getty. A paid subscription is required to read the Chronicle article.)