Maybe, if the donor feels like it... I mean, even if dark matter is the theory most likely to be correct, it's not as if further research along that path will y

Maybe, if the donor feels like it... I mean, even if dark matter is the theory most likely to be correct, it's not as if further research along that path will yield any kind of monetary "return on investment" in our lifetime, so researching alternative theories is no more or less a waste of money :)