[contingencies]

Not sure where to start here. The community include much of the actual scientific community. As such they have dedicated their lives to accruing specialist and leading knowledge often not held by any other individual - now or ever. Accusing them of free riding is simply ignorant.

IMHO funds received by well-run non-profits will be banked, not spent, therefore they yield ongoing returns which are used to meet costs and sustain the organization. The fund origin is immaterial.

[scellus]

Yeah, just wanted to point out in my reply that the community is not paying the salaries their employees, the community in the sense of me and you, those who send observations and ids. The money mostly comes from big donors. To me that sounds a bit like bootstrapping the system, a startup if you wish. Moore giving them $10M per year from here to eternity is not a plausible future.