Here's my bottom line on this. Yes a better patreon method would work and probably help this get funded a little easier, but the real issue is that this is costing way too much. Why have people donate to something that can have it's priced reduced significantly? I'm not too sure of the reason for hosting on a dedicated server, but if it's security, you're wrong. If it's manageability, you're wrong. If it's price, you're wrong. Moving this over to a shared hosting solution can save you like 70% if not more of this monthly cost while also adding several layers of security, and probably more features. I'd gladly donate knowing that the site was costing what it should and not contributing to something financially irresponsible, personally.