The California Missions Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to
preserving and protecting the 21 California missions, is currently one of only
16 charities eligible for voluntary contributions on the 2004 California tax
forms.  CMF has already raised $150,000 from charitable donors who checked off a
portion of their 2003 state tax refund to be donated to CMF for sorely needed
seismic retrofitting, artifact conservation, and emergency stabilization of
the missions.  Find out more on the web at <www.missions of california.org>.

Preserving and maintaining the California Missions for the benefit of public
visitors and schoolchildren is very important, and also very expensive.  When
doing your 2004 state income taxes, please consider checking-off a small
amount for the sake of these wonderful historic treasures.  The exact spot on the
540 form is step 10, line 62.  When you donate to the CMF, your donation is
matched by money from the California Missions Preservation Act, a federal law
that goes into effect in 2005 and will provide $10 million in matching funds to
CMF.  This means that for every $5.00 donation, $10.00 goes toward preserving
the missions