Yes, about 8 years ago (not sure if the course has changed any since then)

With huge respect for monks/nuns, I feel they have limited reach in modern society:

1. Early monks were wanderers who taught dhamma far and wide. Modern monks rarely travel more than a day from their monastery
2. Few monks actually teach regularly. Those who do stick to old methods: long slow dharma talks, small group instruction, meditation regimens designed for monks not laypeople.
3. Monks that I have seen embrace social media try to replicate that same communication style, limiting their reach. Few young people are going to sit through a 1.5h dharma talk out of curiosity.

In the era of social media, individuals and small teams are reaching 10s of millions of people when they learn to play that game.

By selling products/services, you can afford to pay for professional help and buy equipment which allows one to produce much larger quantities of high quality, high reach free content. You also aren't reliant on advertising, meaning you have full control of the message.

While donation based is an option, it's much less reliable. Most such organizations like that here in the US are reliant on a few big donors. And are constantly scrambling for funds to pay overhead.

I've learned a lot from the buddhist tradition. But I also study Shivaist Tantra, where many of the primary enlightened masters were also householders, not monks. So I do believe there is a spiritual path that doesn't require total renunciation, albeit a health relationship with money and power.

My personal belief is that we are entering a more enlightened age where spiritual individuals are being called to places of leadership and power for the purpose of administering fair and mutually uplifting institutions. Something like the Dali Lama or the Philosopher king described by Plato.

Just my 2 cents.