I agree with @Habryka that our current process is relatively lightweight which is good for small grants but doesn’t provide adequate accountability for large grants. I think I’m more optimistic about the LTFF being able to grow into this role. There’s a reasonable number of people who we might be excited about working as fund managers—the main thing that’s held us back from growing the team is the cost of coordination overhead as you add more individuals. But we could potentially split the fund into two sub-teams that specialize in smaller and larger grants (with different evaluation process), or even create a separate fund in EA Funds that focuses on more established organisations. Nothing certain yet, but it’s a problem we’re interested in addressing.
Ah yeah, I also think that if the opportunity presents itself we could grow into this role a good amount. Though I think on the margin I think it’s more likely we are going to invest even more into more early-stage expertise and maybe do more active early-stage grantmaking.
I agree with @Habryka that our current process is relatively lightweight which is good for small grants but doesn’t provide adequate accountability for large grants. I think I’m more optimistic about the LTFF being able to grow into this role. There’s a reasonable number of people who we might be excited about working as fund managers—the main thing that’s held us back from growing the team is the cost of coordination overhead as you add more individuals. But we could potentially split the fund into two sub-teams that specialize in smaller and larger grants (with different evaluation process), or even create a separate fund in EA Funds that focuses on more established organisations. Nothing certain yet, but it’s a problem we’re interested in addressing.
Ah yeah, I also think that if the opportunity presents itself we could grow into this role a good amount. Though I think on the margin I think it’s more likely we are going to invest even more into more early-stage expertise and maybe do more active early-stage grantmaking.