ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Hi, was just checking out dwarf fortress the other day, and these guys had an animal sponsorship drive. It might not work for tome4 yet but it is still a good idea. I think for this to work you need a decent size user base and donator community.
Here is the forum post on their forum: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=73252.0

For tome, you could have a sponsor your own class, or monster, or map or interface feature or whatever theme

just some ideas...