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I don't think we need that at all. Each instance can look after its own hosting and funding.
A centralised pot is asking for trouble - what about theft or corruption? What happens about disagreements like defederation? Seems a lot more trouble than it's worth.
I hear you, but with funding you want to remove barriers when someone has that moment of generosity. I deliberately said it was counter and not an easy solve by any means, but if I decide to donate, then start to think...
All that is a great way for me to say, "I'll get to this later when I have time" and ultimately not donate at all - even if I had the initial impulse to do so.
Versus, this is the pot, it's vetted, or had a transparent structure and communal management and a plan to distribute based on need.
If we're serious about this place maintaining at scale (or better, collection of places) it's a hard problem we might want to invest time in.