They absolutely do say "To motivate Bram and others to continue working on Vim please send a donation." It's the second sentence on https://www.vim.org/sponsor/
They GO ON to say that they'll use the money to help kids in Uganda, which is great (both for transparency and the thing itself).
They GO ON to say that they'll use the money to help kids in Uganda, which is great (both for transparency and the thing itself).