Thanks, this is extremely useful feedback and if you have any more comments like this, please share!
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A version of the common application was almost funded by a major EA grantmaker this spring, but the founder left the project for reasons specific to themselves
What I think happened: The specific grant did not proceed because of reasons related to the would be “founder”, but my understanding is that funding was prepared and approved.
The reasons why the would-be “founder” left is a complicated and important topic itself, but is out of scope and unrelated to the viability of the common application.
In my opinion, based on what I know, this gives an unusually positive signal for funding interest in the project, because at least one version made it to the stage before funding was released, and it only ended because of the founder leaving.
Thanks, this is extremely useful feedback and if you have any more comments like this, please share!
I edited the relevant line:
What I think happened: The specific grant did not proceed because of reasons related to the would be “founder”, but my understanding is that funding was prepared and approved.
The reasons why the would-be “founder” left is a complicated and important topic itself, but is out of scope and unrelated to the viability of the common application.
In my opinion, based on what I know, this gives an unusually positive signal for funding interest in the project, because at least one version made it to the stage before funding was released, and it only ended because of the founder leaving.