No you are incorrect. If you read the article and the original article they did in Jan 2021, the original effort was completely funded by him and his neighbors

No you are incorrect. If you read the article and the original article they did in Jan 2021, the original effort was completely funded by him and his neighbors (as in they'd pay $X that will cover future monthly bills later.) This article is about how he has obtained additional government funding to supplement the efforts he was already doing on his own.