Items relevant to more than one category may appear more than once in this summary. From the issue dated June 14, 2001 About Technology THE HEADY DAYS of high-flying technology companies may be over, but charities, businesses, and entrepreneurs alike are adjusting to the new perils and promises of the Internet era. A GROWING NUMBER of nonprofit groups are experimenting with online fund raising, but relatively few are using e-mail or other electronic methods to solicit donors, according to a new Chronicle survey. A SURVEY of online fund raising conducted by The Chronicle is based on responses from 181 organizations. UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS and a cultural chasm helped scuttle several online-giving companies that marketed their services to charities. SOFTWARE COMPANIES that offer Web-based application services to charities are gaining customers, despite lingering questions about data security and company stability. SOME TIPS for charities looking to lease their software from application service providers. A SILICON VALLEY ENTREPRENEUR who is spending a large chunk of his fortune on causes as varied as asteroid searches, baldness research, and transportation policy also urges his peers to become more philanthropic. POSTINGS on the Web site of the Kirsch Foundation illuminate Mr. Kirsch's gospel of wealth and giving. A GUIDE to technology resources for charities. About the New Tax Law THE NATION'S CHARITIES find themselves essentially shut out of the most important and largest piece of federal tax legislation enacted in two decades. THE TAX LAW contains changes to retirement-plan rules that could help nonprofit groups attract and keep employees, especially top executives. CHARITIES are examining how the recently enacted federal tax cut will affect estate and gift-tax laws, while some seek to persuade taxpayers to donate their rebates to charity. About Giving and Grant Makers THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY: A charity in Boston's South End uses baseball to teach kids about teamwork. ONE IN THREE Americans believes that more entertainment celebrities should get involved in helping charitable or social causes gain publicity than currently do, according to a recent poll. SIXTY-ONE PERCENT of adults contributed to one or more churches or other places of worship last year, according to a just-released study. A MEDIA EXECUTIVE has given real estate worth $45-million to the University of Virginia; other recent gifts to nonprofit institutions. MORE THAN 40 photojournalists from around the world donated their time and photographs to help the Capuchin Soup Kitchen of Detroit raise money through an online auction and photo exhibit, "Visions of the Sacred." RECENT GRANTS by foundations, corporations, and other grant makers. SUMMARIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS from the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation, William Penn Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund. UPDATE ON CAMPAIGNS for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs. INTEREST RATES for planned gifts, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. POINTS OF LIGHT 1,903 to 1,911 were named by the Bush administration. Also in This Issue OPINION: Vikki Spruill on going overboard with nonprofit "branding." LETTERS on whether foundations exert influence over the editorial decisions of journalistic efforts they support. BOOKS: A book about how courts and legislatures have allowed an increasingly broad range of groups to qualify for nonprofit status; a manual on achieving excellence in board leadership; a guide to conducting fund-raising events. PRESS CLIPPINGS: National Review on the pending shutdown of the John M. Olin Foundation; and Forbes on the tax benefits of volunteering in vacation spots. PEOPLE: Appointments and promotions in the nonprofit world. AWARDS: Honors for people and organizations in philanthropy.