Yeah. Previous poster points out sources how a maintainer could get resources (money, support, etc). Maintainers may be exhausted or overwhelmed by the (imposed) responsibility / work. Actively acquiring those resources would just push that over the edge.

There is also the possibility that a maintainer simply doesn't care about what the community wants, it's his baby and he can do what he wants.

Forking a project is built-in by licensing. A lot of complaints, but those complainers don't fork. Why is that? Yeah right.

Side Note: Transferring projects to foundations etc with funding may be a solution for projects that are highly depended on and require active, reliable maintenance. They wont work well for innovation or experimentation. Just saying they are just a part of the equation and not the sole solution.