Is the issue that individual donations are unpredictable (and therefore difficult to use as justification for such a large scope increase)?
Would you consider setting up something akin to a Patreon to allow individuals to commit to recurring monthly support for the project?
The main issue is that the effort it takes to setup and maintain it greatly outweighs the amount of money we get (typically). There is also complexity with taxation, jurisdictions and all kinds of mess that is usually very much not worth couple dollars (e.g. $7/week on gratipay for example)
