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Tulsi Gabbard could be denied access to the debate stage if she does does not get at least 65,000 donations it's not based on amounts just donations so any amount but from 65,000 different people. She is facing a real chance she will not be on the stage.
There's two criteria. They added the fundraising criteria to allow a candidate to make the stage if they don't poll at 1% or higher. As long as you poll 1% or higher, you should make the stage.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...ont-make-the-2020-primaries-any-less-chaotic/The party has capped the number of debate participants at 20, and to qualify to take the stage, a candidate will need to get at least 1 percent support in three national polls or polls of early primary states, or raise money from a minimum of 65,000 donors from 20 states, including at least 200 unique donors per state.