When I was freshly graduated from college, I was aiming to find a career at some Christian nonprofit. The normal system at these places was for the employees to “raise their own salary” by basically begging their friends to “support them on their mission” with monthly donations. I knew even back then it was batshit, and after a few months realized I was gonna need to ditch that line of work, lol. But all that to say I’m not the most surprised by some of this.