game-editor.com

A example that GE could use kickstarter.com to hire programmers to finish the 1.5 and android/iOs. Spriter a 2D animation program, they pledged 25 000$ and have now 41 000$
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/539087245/spriter
They are also mentionned in indy game website.
http://indiegames.com/cgi-bin/mt5/mt-search.cgi?search=game+editor&IncludeBlogs=14&limit=20

Another user had mentioned this as well. We are currently looking into it and potentially other funding methods.

You should try this. I have a friend who used it and was able to get what he wanted.

We get probably 1.5 done without special funding. But kickstarters.com is indeed a great source for funding we should investigate for future projects.