Stacker.news node might be a good first node to connect to https://amboss.space/node/03cc1d0932bb99b0697f5b5e5961b83ab7fd66f1efc4c9f5c7bad66c1bcbe78f02 Appears to have very small channels open.

I had a similar thought journey as you are having Many small channels sounds nice but does not work very well. Between on chain fees, nodes have minimal capacity threshold (which are always not visible till you try to open a channel), and closing channel in high fee environment. One can easily have a large percentage of the balance eaten up by fees.

You could Uncle Jim for the people you are setting up. Connect them to your node (which could be better connected and better founded). You could open a channel to them to provide inbound liquidity.

I am blanking on the name/BIP# but there is a movement out there to make LSP (Lighting Service Provider) funding more easier and open (visible to all not just users in a particular LSP)