The lessons of crowdfunding sites are that you need to be a gung-ho entrepreneur--and you need to Give The People What They Want. And apparently, at least at GoFundMe, they want bigotry--that Indiana pizza parlor is past the quarter-mill mark. (Damned if I'll link to it.)
Whereas, if I tried again to crowdfund research--say a full 2015 pass in early 2016 of gold OA publishing, goal $10K--I'd almost bet I wouldn't reach three digits, much less four. Maybe if I threw in some religious persecution aspect? - walt crawford