Michael Personally I think some of the large corporations who are members of the Unicode Consortium should support the work of the SEI since a) they will get some benefit out of it and b) they could probably write off a large part of the donation / contribution.
It would almost certainly be more expensive if they got someone in-house to do the same work for them. Anyway you shouldn't have to go round with a begging bowl. regards - Chris -- Christopher J. Fynn