Definitely. It would be awesome if they would use something like bountysource.com or any other way to pay directly for developer time, even better so if you can

Definitely. It would be awesome if they would use something like bountysource.com or any other way to pay directly for developer time, even better so if you can specify a broad project you want to support. I like how pypy is doing it. At the moment their donations page says, that you can support some conference. While it is a nice way to give something back, it is not a cause that gets me excited about donating or telling others to donate.