We don't want to come to rely on donations and have to show Wikipedia-style beg banners in our app (I would personally hate to see that myself).
So with the limited resources that we have, we currently only consider bigger donations valued $10k or more. We've had monetary donations from DuckDuckGo and Espressif so far.
I didn't get the begging feeling from using Blender, though it has been some years ago. IIRC they focused on donations for specific features and showpieces like their movies.
As a very happy Home Assistant user, hopefully you can manage something similar so you have enough money to stay afloat and keep up the good work.
So with the limited resources that we have, we currently only consider bigger donations valued $10k or more. We've had monetary donations from DuckDuckGo and Espressif so far.