Items relevant to more than one category may appear more than once in this summary. From the issue dated August 18, 2005 About Gifts and Giving CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS is an expensive problem that taxes government agencies and charities alike, and some grant makers are vowing to try to end it. A PIONEERING EFFORT to move homeless people directly from the streets to their own apartments, with few strings attached, is beginning to catch on around the country. THE NEW HEAD OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY brings experience as a business executive and a pastor to his job. DOCTORS at a Houston hospital are mad that their employer is naming a building after a medical-malpractice lawyer. THE RETIRED CHAIRMAN OF MERRILL LYNCH and his wife have made a donation of $25-million to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center; other recent gifts to nonprofit groups. THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL OF PHILANTHROPY, a biennial award, will be presented to the Packard and Hewlett families and four other recipients. FACE OF PHILANTHROPY: WaterAid, a London group, provides safe water, sanitation, and hygiene education to the developing world. About Fund Raising A PHILADELPHIA FUND RAISER says the fees paid to financial advisers who set up donor-advised funds are "blatantly unethical"; few experts agree, but his charges are attracting attention. A CONTROVERSIAL ANIMAL SHELTER north of Los Angeles, Delta Rescue, cares for some 960 dogs and 600 cats supported entirely by private donations. INTEREST RATES for planned gifts, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. About Managing Nonprofit Groups A VEHICLE-REPAIR SHOP in West St. Paul, Minn., may soon turn a profit for the charity that set it up, as it helps keep other charities' fleets on the road. MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING has a new public face: a black father from Florida who has just begun a three-year term as the group's national president (New on the Job). MORE NEW YORK CHARITIES are offering health insurance to their employees, but more are also making workers pay part of the premium, according to a new survey. TO EASE THE STING of rising gas prices, the United Way in Minneapolis has persuaded a regional chain of gas stations to offer discounts to charities affiliated with United Way. About Technology BOSTON'S PUBLIC-TELEVISION STATION is turning to the Internet to raise money from donors for a documentary about adoption. DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO COMPUTERS undercut the benefits young people can derive from information technology. A TECHNOLOGY GROUP plans a series of meetings, including one on humanitarian aid. About Grant Makers OFFICIALS AT THE J. PAUL GETTY TRUST have met with state investigators in California looking for information about the foundation's financial activities. HELPING CHARITIES MANAGE VOLUNTEERS is the aim of a new fund set up by the UPS Foundation and two corporate donors. RECENT GRANTS by foundations, corporations, and other grant makers. SUMMARIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS from the Annenberg, John S. and James L. Knight, and Rockefeller Foundations. Also in This Issue OPINION: Thomas J. Billitteri says foundations need to think strategically about the amount of money they give away each year; and Pablo Eisenberg urges charities and grant makers to return to their role as the watchdogs of corporate America. BOOKS: A guide to nonprofit accounting, a handbook on evaluation techniques for nonprofit groups, an examination of the motivations behind giving and volunteering, and an overview of public-relations techniques, plus summaries of publications on corporate social responsibility and grant making to advocacy causes. PRESS CLIPPINGS: Business Week examines the new corporate focus on social responsibility; and Forbes warns donors to look for big changes from Congress and the Internal Revenue Service. PEOPLE: Appointments and promotions in the nonprofit world.