The donate money deal seems to work to a degree, but maybe i'm just old school but i really think the key to making bigger and better movies comes from finding a private investor. This is something that I've been denying for a while, but i really think thats the key to moving up to the next step. not that you can't make a good low budget film, but i really think at some point you gotta get an investor and step up. but i could be wrong.