Items relevant to more than one category may appear more than once in this summary. From the issue dated October 13, 2005 About Giving and Grant Making MORE THAN $1.7-BILLION has been raised for relief and recovery following the Gulf Coast hurricanes, but the pace of donations has slowed significantly. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY has given a multimillion-dollar collection of African art to the Smithsonian Institution. THE CLEVELAND CLINIC received a pledge of $70-million for a cardiac-care center; other recent gifts to nonprofit organizations and institutions. RECENT GRANTS by foundations, corporations, and other grant makers. SUMMARIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the Keck Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. FACE OF PHILANTHROPY: Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services helps 400 elderly patients get health-care checkups in their own homes. The patients get video monitors that connect to nurses at local hospitals. About Fund Raising FUND RAISERS UNDER 30 say their youth can be a challenge in dealing with older colleagues and donors. YOUNG FUND RAISERS AND THEIR BOSSES offer tips to managers on what works best to motivate development officers in their 20's and 30's. WEALTHY DONORS need to be made aware of a new tax break for charitable gifts that will be in effect only until year's end, said speakers at a conference of the National Committee on Planned Giving. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS have introduced bills creating tax incentives for charitable giving that have been much sought after by nonprofit groups (Tax Watch). UPDATE ON CAMPAIGNS for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs. INTEREST RATES for planned gifts, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. About Managing Nonprofit Groups THE MAKEOVER OF A CONVENTIONAL ART MUSEUM as an interactive exhibit space for contemporary crafts breathed new life into an institution grown stale. TWO DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE GROUPS struggled to provide the same services in the same community, and both lost directors at the same time; even outsiders saw a merger as the answer. A REINVIGORATED BOARD made the difference when a foster-care charity was faced with the loss of its main source of private support. AN UNCANNY SIMILARITY between Hurricane Katrina and the South Asian tsunamis has prompted nonprofit groups that normally work in international relief to pitch in on the Gulf Coast. THE RUSH TO CREATE NEW CHARITIES in the wake of disasters like recent hurricanes is a mistake, many experts say; others see it as a sign of the nonprofit world's vitality. WOMEN who head the largest charities have won big pay increases, but still lag behind their male peers, according to a study by GuideStar. CONTROVERSY OVER COMPENSATION AND SPENDING by American University's president has triggered a broader discussion of nonprofit oversight by board members COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS need to reinvent themselves as agents of change if they are to survive, says a report released at the groups' annual conference in Seattle. IN ITS SECOND REPORT, a committee of nonprofit leaders established by Independent Sector has acknowledged that some changes to federal and state laws may be needed to curb abuses at charities and foundations (Tax Watch). THE DIRECTOR of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh will bring long experience as a corporate executive to his new job (New on the Job). PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS has yet to rebound from the decline experienced following the attacks of September 11, 2001, says a new report. About Technology TWO CHARITIES THAT OFFER ONLINE TOOLS to help other nonprofit groups raise money have agreed to merge. THE MARCH OF DIMES and three other charities have won awards from the ePhilanthropy Foundation for excellence in their use of the Internet for fund raising and other operations. TECHNOLOGY BITS: A nonprofit technology expert is a contestant on The Apprentice television show, while SBC Communications gives $500,000 to set up technology centers to help Hispanics create small business. Also in This Issue OPINION: Christopher Nordlinger proposes a major effort by business and philanthropy to double the number of science and technology graduates in 15 years; Pablo Eisenberg, says foundations could do a lot to make their grant making faster and more flexible. BOOKS: A guide for trustees of arts organizations and a handbook on nonprofit alliances, plus summaries of publications on how churches can get government money and trends in social-justice grant making, and a CD-ROM on how to draft a strategic plan. PEOPLE: Appointments and promotions in the nonprofit world. AWARDS: Honors for people and organizations in philanthropy.