I'm confused. Is DonateWC a philanthropic effort, or primarily another way to expand the WordPress community?

Whatever DonateWC is, its existence illustrates how complicated and expensive it is to build and maintain proper WordPress sites.

While many people promote the large "WordPress community" and WordCamps as proof of WordPress' success, I also see it as proof that if you build and maintain WordPress sites, you're going to need a ton of never-ending help.