1) They aren't out of money, they still have about $2mil. It'll last them about a year with their current plans.
2) About half of the money was lost with the bitcoin price decline. That leaves "only" $7mil squandered since the time of crowdfounding.
If they start being more efficient they still have the chance to reach their goals.
Having a very small community fund forced us to be economical, particularly with marketing, but if that wasn't the case.....
As it is, I estimate that we've spent around $ 250,000 on Nxt core related stuff over the last 2 years, if not more.