Items relevant to more than one category may appear more than once in this summary. From the issue dated October 4, 2001 Special Report: After the Attacks AMERICANS have mounted one of the largest philanthropic campaigns in U.S. history in the wake of last month's terrorist attacks. NONPROFIT GROUPS across the nation are bracing for what could be a disastrous end-of-year giving season. HUNDREDS OF CHARITIES operating in Lower Manhattan are scrambling to find new office space, restore service to their clients, and regain their financial footing. EXCERPTS from a diary kept by a New York City resident who volunteered with the Red Cross. ONLINE DONATIONS in the weeks since the attacks have dwarfed all previous Internet fund-raising efforts. TECHNOLOGY played a significant role in charities' response to last month's disasters, both in areas hit by the terrorist attacks and across the country. THREE ISLAMIC CHARITIES are on a list of 27 organizations and individuals whose financial assets have been ordered frozen by President Bush because of alleged links to terrorists. THE NEW HEAD of chapter fund raising at the American Red Cross came on board just as the organization is facing a massive challenge in responding to the attacks. OPINION: Four views on how the terrorist attacks will alter philanthropy. DOZENS OF FUNDS have been established by nonprofit and government leaders to help victims of the terrorist attacks. CREATIVE GENEROSITY on display: a photo essay. A SAMPLING of organizations collecting donations for relief efforts. NATIONAL CRISES, whether economic, political, or military, often have affected charitable giving. GRANTS AWARDED to help cope with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. About Giving and Fund Raising THE FOUNDER of the Robert Mondavi Winery and his wife have pledged $35-million to the University of California at Davis; other recent gifts to nonprofit institutions. A FEDERAL JUDGE has overturned a U.S. Postal Service regulation pertaining to fraternal organizations' mailings of insurance-policy offers. RECENT GRANTS by foundations, corporations, and other grant makers. SUMMARIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS from the Joyce, Jessie Smith Noyes, and Donald W. Reynolds Foundations. INTEREST RATES for planned gifts, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. About Managing Nonprofit Groups TOP EXECUTIVES at the nation's largest nonprofit organizations received pay raises well above the rate of inflation last year, according to The Chronicle's 10th annual survey of compensation and benefits. INCENTIVE PAY stirs philosophical differences within the nonprofit world as its popularity increases. HOW INFORMATION for The Chronicle's salary survey was compiled. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE employed by American foundations grew by more than 1,500 last year, according to a new study by the Foundation Center. DISASTER-RELIEF GROUPS, including those formed to aid victims of the September 11 attacks, must be careful about whom they help if they hope to receive tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue Service cautions (Tax Watch). A PROPOSED DEDUCTION to encourage giving by people who don't itemize their tax returns would have little effect on charity, a new report suggests (Tax Watch). MONTPELIER, VT., has asked local charities to make voluntary property-tax payments in recognition of the municipal services they receive (Tax Watch). Also in This Issue OPINION: Peter Frumkin on rethinking the relationship between public and private action; Mark R. Kramer on new opportunities for philanthropy; Sandra A. Glass on grant makers' need to dig deeper in the aftermath of the recent attacks; and Kumi Naidoo on civil society's role in confronting international terrorism. LETTERS on U.S. immigration policy toward "guest workers," and on faith-based groups and social services. BOOKS: A book on how charities can assess their performance; a manual on getting publicity; a guide for donors on charitable giving; a history of Volunteers of America; and summaries of recent publications on whether foundations should alter their mission over time, and on nonprofit groups that help street children in Mexico. PEOPLE: Appointments and promotions in the nonprofit world. AWARDS: Honors for people and organizations in philanthropy.