Not providing a solution but further info:
1) Paypal charges quite a bit for transactions (eg. 3.4% + 0.25 EUR per payment made).
2) There are CrowdFunding campaigns but those result in around 7-11% of fees per transaction (usually 5-8% to web and rest for banking/card gateway).
3) There are transparent accounts - random example:
https://www.fio.cz/ib2/transparent?a=29 ... 09.03.2016 however, as these are in EU, a SEPA payment from accounts are advised as the fee is 1 EUR for both sides while non-SEPA result in about 4 EUR fee and non-EU payments in about 6 or more EUR + loss at currency conversion.
If no "hero" stands up from the community to cough up the cash and then request reimbursement, then the crowdfunding campaign is the next best thing - and since the effort & fees are involved, going for full year is the only option IMHO.