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Donors of $5,000 or more
Reflects gifts and pledges of $5,000 or more recorded in a single year, consistent with Schedule B of IRS Form 990.
(Alphabetical listing, updated Feb. 14, 2023)
- Jim and Janet Anderson
- Arvest Foundation
- Kate Baird and Mike Stevens (The La Boda Fund)
- Rob and Sally Baird Fund
- Thomas H. and Josephine Baird Memorial Fund
- Tom and Jamie Baird
- Jim Baker
- Annie Busch
- Tom and Chandler Carlson
- Joe and Marie Carmichael
- James Leon Combs
- Mark and Mary Eck
- Thomas and Kay Finnie Fund
- Fogle Family Fund
- Rob and Cindy Fulp
- Great Southern Bank
- Sam F. and June S. Hamra
- Hatch Foundation
- Hal Higdon
- Dr. and Mrs. Michael D. Hoeman
- Jeff Hutchens/Hutchens Industries
- Kim and Fritz Jacobi
- John and Kerry Jungmann
- Mike and Beverly Keltner
- Kelly and Louise Knauer
- John E. Moore Jr.
- David and Stacey O’Reilly
- Ryan and Brandi O’Reilly
- Eric Peterson
- Thomas and Kimberly Prater Family Fund
- M. Suzanne Shaw
- Gail and Clif Smart
- SMC Packaging Group/Southern Missouri Containers Inc.
- Stephen H. Snead
- SRC Holdings Corp.
- Earl A. Steinert Jr.
- David Stoeffler
- Turner Family Foundation
- Michael and Nancy White
- Tal and Rosalie O’Reilly Wooten Family Foundation Fund
Donors giving less than $5,000 (NewsMatch campaign listed separately)
Note: Donors giving less than $5,000 may choose to be omitted from this list.
(Alphabetical listing, updated Feb. 17, 2023)
- Jim Atteberry
- Dr. John and Roseann Bentley
- Barbara Bolton
- Greg and Betsy Burris
- Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Christiansen
- Jerry Clark Quinn
- Lynn S. Cline
- Andy Dalton
- Kara DeBacker
- Eric Eckert
- Miranda Eudaly
- Galanes Family Foundation
- Ella Goeppinger
- Mark and Angie Harrell
- Debbie and Bill Hart
- Judi Kamien
- Gordon and Laura Kinne
- Winter and Marshall Kinne Family Fund
- Kay Logsdon
- Morey and Norm Mechlin
- John F. Monaghan
- Daniel Moser
- Larry Murphy
- David B. Offer
- Betty and Todd Parnell
- Nicholas Rodenberg
- Peter Salter
- Ted Smith
- Stephanie Stenger
- Charles and Jan Taylor
- John Twitty
- John Wanamaker
- Ronnie Willis
- Rusty Worley
- John Wyrsch
Donors to NewsMatch 2022
(Alphabetical listing, updated Jan. 30, 2023)
- Anonymous
- Anonymous (Community Match)
- Rick Ayre
- Rob and Sally Baird
- Ron and Paula Baird
- Barb Baker
- Kemery Baldwin
- Sandy Balsters
- Dennis Barr
- Cheryl Bartkoski
- Jane Bennett
- Lisa Berger
- Denis Bergquist
- Stephen Berkwitz
- Michael Bishop-Jones
- Jonathan Booze
- Kent Boyd
- LeAnn Brazeal
- Tom Carver
- William Cheek
- Sue Chrisman
- Lynn Cline
- Bruce Colony
- William Cooper
- Linda Crim
- Robin Daniels
- Rita Davis
- George Deatz
- Ernest Decamp
- Jane Elder
- Perry Elkins
- Judy Freeman
- Gloria Galanes
- Steve Gardner
- Duan Gavel
- Juliana Goodwin
- Mark Harrell
- Ralph Harris
- David and Sandy Harrison
- Donald Hartley
- Gretchen Heinz
- Holly Henderson
- Richard Hernandez
- Sony Hocklander
- Jamie Holdt
- Fritz Jacobi
- Tamera Jahnke
- Warford and Jane Ann Johnson
- Judi Kamien
- Terry Kapp
- Mike and Bev Keltner
- Paul Kincaid
- Sandra King
- Gordon Kinne
- Roberta Laney
- George Latimer
- Linda Leicht
- Patrick Logue
- Nicholas London
- Lisa Longwell
- Nancy Maddy
- Cory Matteson
- Mattax Neu Prater Eye Center (Community Match)
- Rick Matz
- Renie McClay
- Lindsey McDaniel
- Elaine McDonald
- Patricia McGregor
- John Melton
- Merrill Lynch/Nelson Hallam Group (Community Match)
- John Mihalevich
- Victoria Moore
- Patricia Morey
- Arden Munson
- Debra Murray
- Kathleen O’Dell
- Charlie O’Reilly
- Barbara Parker
- Mary Ann Pendergraft
- Richard Pendleton
- Martin Preuss
- Joyce Pyle
- Brian Ranft
- Lee Rasch
- Betty Ridge
- Mark Ringenberg
- James Robinette
- Doug Roller
- Jeff Rowe
- Rita Ruckert
- George Salmon
- Gloria Scarlet
- Debbie Seitzer
- Melissa Shantz
- David Shaw
- Terry Shelton
- Mary Alice Simpson
- Jeanie Skibiski
- Erica Smith
- Ted A. Smith
- Cathy Smith
- Stephanie Stenger
- Mike Stevens
- Bill Stoeffler
- Christine Stoeffler
- Oxana Tronina
- Melissa Wakefield
- Terry Whaley
- Mike and Nancy White
- Jym Wilson
- Mark Woolsey
- Mike Yeomans