It might be the combination of small funding and local knowledge about people’s skills that is valuable. For example, funding a person that is (currently) not impressive to grantmakers but impressive if you know them and their career plans deeply.
I bet that if they are impressive to you (and your judgment is reasonable), you can convince grantmakers at present.
It might be the combination of small funding and local knowledge about people’s skills that is valuable. For example, funding a person that is (currently) not impressive to grantmakers but impressive if you know them and their career plans deeply.
I bet that if they are impressive to you (and your judgment is reasonable), you can convince grantmakers at present.