Operating and maintaining a wide-coverage repeater system of this size with necessary redundancies needed for emergency backup is very costly. We need your financial support in order to maintain and improve our existing equipment and to purchase necessary backup equipment that will keep us on the air in the event of a failure. As it stands right now, we are one lightning strike away from being off the air.
A. Tax-Deductible Donation Through our 501(c)(3) Fund
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation in support of our repeater system, you can do so via our 501(c)(3) fund which is managed by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. The Southern Missouri Emergency Communications Fund was established in 2012 in the wake of the devastating Joplin tornado which hit in May 2011. Because this fund is managed and overseen by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, any tax-deductible donation must be sent directly to the Community Foundation of the Ozarks while naming the Southern Missouri Emergency Communications Fund as the recipient of the donation.
1) Potentially-Tax-Deductible Donation Online
To make a potentially-tax-deductible donation online, visit this direct link to the Community Foundation of the Ozarks Southern Missouri Emergency Communications Fund page and complete the online form.
Note: This is a dedicated link to our fund, so there is no need to indicate to which fund your donation will go. Below the heading titled “Gift Designation”, it says “Southern Missouri Emergency Communications Fund”.
2) Potentially-Tax-Deductible Donation by Postal Mail
To make a tax-deductible donation by mail, send a check payable to Community Foundation of the Ozarks to the following address:
Community Foundation of the Ozarks
PO Box 8960
Springfield, MO 65801
Very important: in the memo section of the check, please write: Southern Missouri Emergency Communications Fund
B. Non-Tax-Deductible Donation Directly to Us
3) Non-Tax-Deductible Donation Online
If you would like to make a non-tax-deductible donation directly to us via our PayPal account, please use the “Donate” button below. You do not need to have a PayPal account in order to use this method. You can use a major credit card, and PayPal will simply act as the secure payment gateway.