[yolo42]

Thank you for your comments!

This would have been natural but the timing of this could not be worse. I just got a raise (last week) and I doubt they will consider anything more. They gave me a raise because I was doing good work for other things. I've serious doubts that there would be any financial barter possible.

I'll probably the lead for the project and my managers are fine with that. Promotion is something that I've considered either so thank you for that suggestion.

[charlesdm]

An alternative is to sell them IP. Whether they're interested in that is another thing, but if your employment contract doesn't contain relevant clauses that automatically transfer IP ownership to your employer, it also doesn't seem like a bad solution to the problem.

[webmaven]

There are other forms of compensation, such as more vacation time, company-sponsored attendance (ie. membership, travel, and lodging) at industry events, a continuing education budget, a private office, higher company matching funds for your 401k, etc.

Think "perks" rather than "salary".

[Papirola]

looks like you've outgrown your workplace.