Mike, I am not sure. Back last Summer a couple of people posted asking about a fund raiser and were told it was being considered and that someone was working on it. That was the last I ever heard of it. The links are a little intrusive but I guess a necessary evil. And they do help pay the costs of running the site. I belong to one car club that we pay $40 a year in dues and I hardly ever go there, but they don't have hardly any ads on that site. It does cost more than most people think to keep a site going.
Ron