Items relevant to more than one category may appear more than once in this summary. From the issue dated February 8, 2007 About Gifts and Giving A LITTLE-KNOWN PHILANTHROPIST who intends to "die broke," T. Denny Sanford devotes much of his giving to helping children, especially those in South Dakota, where his business is located. WITH A $400-MILLION GIFT, one of the largest ever to a medical institution, T. Denny Sanford aims to help make a hospital system in Sioux Falls, S.D., a national leader in pediatric care. A YEARS-LONG, transatlantic dispute over artworks donated to a gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, points up the importance of spelling out the details of such a transaction. A PLEDGE OF $30-MILLION will benefit the University of Florida's graduate business programs; other recent gifts to nonprofit organizations and institutions. THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY: The charity One Heart (Health, Education, and Research in Tibet) helps make deliveries safer for pregnant women in developing countries. About Fund Raising YEAR-END DONATIONS were up significantly at many charities, thanks to a healthy stock market and recent headline-making gifts. Experts have high expectations for 2007 as well. A MARKETING DEAL that permits Clorox to display the Amercan Red Cross logo on its bleach and other products has some environmental groups up in arms. INTEREST RATES for planned gifts, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. UPDATE ON CAMPAIGNS for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs. About Managing Nonprofit Groups READY FOR PRIME TIME? Charity is becoming a presence on the TV screen, as more and more reality shows feature people doing good or giving away money. COMPETITION WAS STIFF at tryouts for contestants on Fortune, a yet-to-be-scheduled NBC show on which petitioners will vie for donations from a panel of five millionaires. A PROPOSED SET OF PRINCIPLES guiding the operations of charities and foundations, put together by a panel of nonprofit leaders, has sparked broad debate on how far-reaching such self-regulation should be. THE SENATE PASSED A BILL placing new restrictions on charities and other organizations that lobby Congress, but it granted nonprofit groups an exception to a provision regulating payments for Congressional travel. NONPROFIT EMPLOYEES are not saving as much for retirement as their counterparts in the business world, according to a study by Fidelity Investments. FORGING A NEW IMAGE for the 90-year-old Police Athletic League is the first task of its recently hired executive director, Felix Urrutia, Jr. (New on the Job). WORKING WITH ANIMALS was a passion that stayed with Sarah Cohen through several jobs and eventually led her to Hopalong Animal Rescue (Entry Level). REPORTS ON CHARITIES by the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE has issued the 2006 Forms 990 that charities must file with the tax agency, including significantly scaled-back requirements for disclosing financial information about board members (Tax Watch). A NURSING-HOME OPERATOR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE meets the requirements for charity status and does not have to pay property taxes, the state's Supreme Court has ruled (Tax Watch). TAX WRITE-OFFS: The IRS has announced that it will not increase the fees it charges nonprofit groups to apply for tax-exempt status or to receive written advice this year, and the tax agency has created a Web site for small groups that offers online tax courses (Tax Watch). HOTLINE: Advice on how to land a job raising gifts from affluent donors, how to move from clinical social-service work into a management job with a social-services charity, and what to do if a nonprofit employer is paying for part-time work but insisting on a full-time workload. About Grant Makers A FORMER GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR at the Rockefeller Foundation was found guilty of defrauding the fund of more than $400,000. BROWN UNIVERSITY has received a $100-million grant from the Warren Alpert Foundation for a new building, scholarships, and faculty recruitment at the medical school. COMPANIES CAN BOOST SALES an average of $6 for every $1 they add to their charitable-giving budgets, according to a study by three university researchers. RECENT GRANTS by foundations, corporations, and other grant makers. SUMMARIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the New York Community Trust, and the Verizon Foundation. About Technology EFFORTS TO CREATE 211 TELEPHONE HOTLINES for charity services are gaining momentum, having shown their effectiveness in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. THE AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY has set up a Web site that allows people to report fatal attacks on birds. A CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION and mtvU challenges college students to devise a video game to educate users about AIDS and ways to prevent it. MAJOR TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATIONS announce plans for April conferences. TECHNOLOGY BITS: The Microsoft Corporation has announced a $5-million grant to NPower to provide technical advice to other organizations, a major conference on computer refurbishing is scheduled for March in Washington, and the group that monitors the dot-org Internet domain is seeking nominations for slots on one of its advisory boards. Also in This Issue OPINION: Phil Buchanan and Kathleen Enright on what does and does not make a foundation effective, and Pablo Eisenberg on trustees' responsibility for out-of-control executive salaries. BOOKS: A handbook on neighborhood revitalization efforts, a critique of the nation's foundations, recommendations for "responsible giving," and summaries of other publications on board management and assistance for low-wage workers. PEOPLE: Appointments and promotions in the nonprofit world.