Program areas at Firelight Foundation
Child rights and child protection community-based interventions in the fight against child marriage in malawifirelight supported a dedicated cluster of community-based grantees to work with their communities to explore their perceptions and understandings of child marriage as well as its local root causes and to work together with those communities to reduce it's demand, appeal, and occurrence.firelight is the fiscal sponsor for the child rights and violence prevention fund (crvpf), a regional intermediary organization that provides grants and capacity development support to community-based organizations (cbos) and local non-government organizations (ngos) in uganda, tanzania, kenya and ethiopia with a focus on advancing the safety and rights of children and adolescents.
Covid-19 emergency response - in early march 2020, Firelight began to engage intensively with our grantee partners across tanzania, rwanda, malawi, and zimbabweto establish what the immediate, medium-term and potentially long-term impact might be of covid-19. Firelight raised over usd $700k for covid-19 rapid grants andmade emergency/rapid-response grants to 66 organizations across tanzania, rwanda, zambia, and malawi.
Childhood development and education supporting true community-driven early childhood systems for sustainable early childhood cut comes.firelight supports two clusters of community-based organization grantees in malawi and zambia who will be supported over a 3 to 5-year period to engage their communities in building, enacting or enhancing positive community-driven early childhood nurturing, education and care systems.
Grants made by Firelight Foundation
Who funds Firelight Foundation
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Grantmaker | Grantmaker tax period | Description | Amount |
---|
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation | 2021-12 | To Strengthen the Capacities of Community-Based Organizations and Communities Affected By Hiv and Aids To Improve and Create Enabling Environments That Support Nurturing Care for Children in Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania. | $1,034,000 |
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund | 2021-11 | Empowering Community Action To Advance Children's Rights | $700,000 |
Omidyar Network | 2021-12 | To Support Community-Based Organizations in Kenya | $377,317 |
...and 5 more grants received |
Personnel at Firelight Foundation
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Nina Blackwell | Executive Director | $154,836 | 2022-06-30 |
Jane Stokes | Director of Finance and Administration / Director of Finance / Finance and Administration Manager | $125,713 | 2021-08-19 |
Jim Laske | Grants Manager | | 2021-08-19 |
Elisa de Martel | Treasurer | $0 | 2023-05-15 |
Mark Lorey | Vice Chair and Secretary | $0 | 2022-06-30 |
...and 8 more key personnel |
Financials for Firelight Foundation
Revenues | FYE 06/2022 | FYE 06/2021 | % Change |
---|
Total grants, contributions, etc. | $13,040,899 | $1,529,785 | 752.5% |
Program services | $0 | $0 | - |
Investment income and dividends | $61,003 | $79,275 | -23% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $14,943 | $60,655 | -75.4% |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $1,282 | $6,190 | -79.3% |
Total revenues | $13,118,127 | $1,675,905 | 682.7% |
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Behring Global Educational Foundation (BGEF) | 501(c)(3) | Danville, CA | $12,863,733 |
Panorama Global | 501(c)(3) | Seattle, WA | $43,110,179 |
50breakthroughs Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Oakland, CA | $12,750,000 |
Mustard Seed Communities (MSC) | 501(c)(3) | Medfield, MA | $5,848,554 |
Ima Innovations | 501(c)(3) | Washington, DC | $13,127,527 |
Love Without Boundaries Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Saint Petersburg, FL | $3,809,617 |
The Malala Fund | 501(c)(3) | Washington, DC | $29,060,686 |
Maranatha Volunteers International (MVI) | 501(c)(3) | Roseville, CA | $24,229,076 |
ScholarLeaders International | 501(c)(3) | Deerfield, IL | $3,502,508 |
The American Himalayan Foundation | 501(c)(3) | San Francisco, CA | $4,216,875 |
Data update history
June 27, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 27, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
May 17, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsInternational-focused organizationsCharities
Issues
HealthDiseases and disordersForeign affairsInternational development
Characteristics
Grassroots organizingOperates internationallyEndowed supportTax deductible donationsFiscal sponsor
General information
- Address
- 216 Mount Hermon Rd 103-e
- Scotts Valley, CA 95066
- Metro area
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
- Website URL
- firelightfoundation.org/Â
- Phone
- (831) 429-8750
- Facebook page
- FirelightFoundationÂ
- Twitter profile
- @firelightfndÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 27-2795006
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2010
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- Q33: International Relief
- NAICS code, primary
- 813211: Grantmaking Foundations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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