Items relevant to more than one category may appear more than once in this summary. From the issue dated November 29, 2001 About Gifts and Grant Making ROSIE O'DONNELL is considered to be one of America's most philanthropic celebrities. THE NUMBER OF FOUNDATIONS issuing publications that detail their giving has decreased for the first time in 16 years, the Foundation Center reports. AMERICAN COMPANIES donated $1.56-billion to arts organizations last year, according to a new survey. FACE OF PHILANTHROPY: An Ohio charity helps low-income entrepreneurs revitalize a financially struggling area. AN INSURANCE EXECUTIVE has pledged $60-million for a science library at Princeton University; other recent gifts to nonprofit institutions. POINTS OF LIGHT 2,015 to 2,027 were named by the Bush administration. RECENT GRANTS by foundations, corporations, and other grant makers. SUMMARIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS from the Flintridge Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Meadows Foundation. About Fund Raising THANKING DONORS for their contributions in creative ways can pay dividends for charities seeking to build long-term relationships. MORE CONSUMERS are demanding that companies actively support charitable causes and increasingly are supporting businesses that do, a new survey reports. TOP FUND RAISERS at colleges and universities are very satisfied with their pay and jobs, and most don't plan to leave their posts anytime soon, according to a new survey. A FEDERAL COURT has sided with a coalition of national charities and fund-raising consultants in a lawsuit against a fund-raising law in Pinellas County, Fla. THE NEW HEAD of United Way of America hopes to promote cooperation among local United Ways. UPDATE ON CAMPAIGNS for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs. Special Report: Lessons From Oklahoma CHARITY LEADERS in Oklahoma City offer advice to September 11 workers on how to cope. RELIEF WORKERS must tend to their own needs as well as those of the people they're helping, says the former head of Goodwill Industries in Oklahoma City. RECOVERY from terrorist bombings is a long-term proposition, says the head of the local Red Cross chapter in Oklahoma City. FLEXIBILITY is necessary when dealing with major disasters involving lots of people and organizations, says the head of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. NONPROFIT GROUPS should stick to what they do best in times of crisis, says a local social-services official with Catholic Charities. About Managing Nonprofit Groups DISASTER-RELIEF FUNDS collected after the September 11 attacks can be distributed far more quickly, charities say, now that the Internal Revenue Service has reversed its longstanding policy requiring nonprofit groups to support only people who are financially needy. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, responding to widespread criticism, says it will spend all the money it raised for its Liberty Disaster Fund solely to help victims of the September attacks. MUSEUMS must draw strict boundaries around the deals they strike with corporate donors, according to new guidelines from an association of museums. TWO SMALL CHARITIES connected to one of the foremost figures in American Jewish philanthropy have been named in an Israeli investigation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's 1999 election campaign. CANADIAN CHARITIES this year are paying their executive directors an average of $48,010, according to a new study. PRESIDENT BUSH last week asked Congress to pass several tax breaks to encourage charitable giving and to make it easier for small, community-based groups to gain charity status (Tax Watch). EMPLOYEES who ask their employers to donate the value of their unused paid leave to charity this year or next won't be taxed on those wages, the Internal Revenue Service says in a notice (Tax Watch). About Technology THREE COMPANIES have joined forces to create a new philanthropy Web site -- and a nonprofit organization to run it. A CALIFORNIA COMPANY has created a grant-making organization to help schools and nonprofit groups that serve children from needy families hook up to the Internet. A SOUTH AFRICAN CHARITY that promotes the use of windup and solar-powered radios in developing countries has received an award for its creative use of technology in benefiting humanity. Also in This Issue OPINION: Nick Cater on American charities' misguided response to the terrorist attacks; Donald A. Moore on honoring donor intent; and Pablo Eisenberg on foundations and corporate opportunism. LETTERS on the benefits of online giving for small charities, and omissions in an article on the child-sex industry. PRESS CLIPPINGS: Smart Money on September 11 charities; Worth on the Salvation Army's relief work in New York; and Time on some entrepreneurial champions of the "New Philanthropy." PEOPLE: Appointments and promotions in the nonprofit world. REPORTS ON CHARITIES by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. AWARDS: Honors for people and organizations in philanthropy.