Items relevant to more than one category may appear more than once in this summary. From the issue dated September 15, 2005 Special Report: PEOPLE WHO LOST EVERYTHING IN HURRICANE KATRINA are now depending on donors, volunteers, and charities as a long recovery begins. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED by the hurricane, and now nonprofit groups across the country are scrambling to get them settled. BATON ROUGE'S POPULATION has nearly doubled with the influx of people from New Orleans, stretching the resources of local charities. THE CHALLENGES TO CHARITIES posed by Katrina are exacerbated by the region's poverty and the fact that so many charities themselves were victims of the storm. GIVING TO THE HURRICANE-RELIEF EFFORTS has been unprecedented, outpacing donations following the 2001 terrorist attacks. NONPROFIT GROUPS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RELIEF EFFORTS worry that their fund raising could take a hit, especially if the destruction wreaked by Katrina causes an economic slump nationwide. BIG GIFTS AND GRANTS: A sampling of the largest commitments that corporations, foundations, and individuals have made to relief causes. HOW CHARITABLE GIVING fared after national crisis. About Fund Raising FARM AID, known as much for its annual all-star concerts as for its assistance to small farmers, will mark its 20th anniversary with a new mission to promote safer, organic agriculture. RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTRY are experiencing significant growth in local philanthropy, according to two new reports. 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 STATE LAWS SHIELDING CHARITIES from negligence lawsuits, in effect in only a handful of places, have come under fire in some of the states where they are still on the books. AFTER FOUR DECADES AS DIRECTOR of the Newton Community Service Center, in Massachusetts, Anthony J. Bibbo, who retired in July, still speaks with the idealism of someone fresh out of college (Exit Interview). THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE took steps to help charities and donors involved in aiding the victims of Hurricane Katrina (Tax Watch). THE HURRICANE forced the delay of a key vote in the Senate on the repeal of the estate tax (Tax Watch). About Gifts and Grant Making THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART, in Kansas City, Mo., has received a pledge of $50-million from three of its trustees; other recent gifts to nonprofit organizations and institutions. RECENT GRANTS by foundations, corporations, and other grant makers. SUMMARIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS from the Bill & Melinda Gates, Andrew W. Mellon, and Wallace Foundations. FACE OF PHILANTHROPY: Several foundations have made grants to public schools so they can provide yoga programs to help youngsters build self-esteem and learn how to stay focused. Also in This Issue OPINION: Leslie Lenkowsky expects that raising money for relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina will be easier than spending it effectively; and George D. Penick urges foundations and charities to take this opportunity to help correct the social inequities laid bare by the storm. BOOKS: An overview of new strategies for fund raising, a look at ways to end global poverty, essays on moral issues in philanthropy, a handbook on forming a nonprofit corporation, and a guide to creating change in communities, plus summaries of publications on data concerning children, grant writing for educators, the challenges of humanitarian work, the obstacles faced by museums, and inventing civic solutions to community problems. PEOPLE: Appointments and promotions in the nonprofit world. AWARDS: Honors for people and organizations in philanthropy.