I donated solely in hopes that I will receive something in return. But given that this looks like a real event unfolding, and /everyone/ is donating... any prizes will probably be worthless, IF any are given out at all. But that's just me speculating, hell, I could be wrong.
And no, I don't feel sorry for Gambino at all. He's made of pixels, AND he's an NPC. Hard to feel sorry for something that doesn't really exist.