Reg CF & Wefunder: Shifting from Campaigns to a 'Community Studio'?

Hey everyone,

I'm Lucas, a gaffer, and I've been wrestling with a question lately that I'm hoping you all can shed some light on. For years, my focus has primarily been on project-specific funding, get the money, shoot the film, move to the next. We recently did a small Reg CF raise for a short docu-series, shot mostly on an FX30 with a handful of amaran 150c lights, and it got me thinking.

That campaign felt less like a one-off ask and more like building a foundational audience. We got some great engagement. Now, as I plan out future projects, like an indie feature we're hoping to shoot on an ALEXA Mini with a SkyPanel S60-C, I'm wondering if relying solely on project-to-project funding is shortsighted.

Has the rise of Reg CF and platforms like Wefunder made anyone else rethink their approach? I'm curious if any of you have shifted your thinking from simple, isolated campaigns towards building a more long-term 'community studio' model, where instead of just funding a single film, you're raising capital for a slate of projects and a sustained creative output. How does that even work structurally or practically?