The investors are investing for the monetary incentive attached to the success of the film... not "donating."
You never heard of kick starter, cacs have entire film series lord of the ring series
indie go go as well
if you don't know any rich investors how else are you suppose to get funding
also those investors are rich and lose money films the majority of the time in hopes one of them would recoup their losses
also the Producers get money from these groups call all the shots and have creative control over the entire project
none of tariq's movies would've been made under these circumstances
people are donating SO THEY CAN GET THE MATERIAL THEY WANT WITHOUT COMPROMISE
This is direct to consumer era, which is why hollywood is dying and all those investors have been losing money