$242/month was the previous cost of hosting on my old host, limestonenetworks.com. I never updated the goal to $365/month when I moved to firehost.
If the donation goals are not met I would need to increase advertising.
Please keep in mind the forum has other costs besides just hosting, for example legal expenses tied to lawyer consultation when issues arise.
I can work to reduce advertising on the top of the site (and paid sticky threads) but I would need to increase donation goals.