FIRELIGHT FOUND ATION

June — Betty Makoni, founder of Girl Child Network in
Zimbabwe speaks at Firelight’s first public meeting for a
grantee-partner visiting the U.S.
June — Firelight co-hosts a meeting with the Rockefeller
Brothers Fund and Africa Services Committee in New York,
bringing together 28 participants representing foundations,
film makers, and African non-governmental organizations
to discuss “Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa:
Lessons Learned.”
July — A strategic partnership with American Jewish World
Service (AJWS) is initiated after Kerry Olson and Ruth
Messinger (President, AJWS) meet in New York.
July — Kerry Olson meets with Rory Kennedy. Firelight
provides the first grant to support her film on the AIDS
Pandemic.
December — Tammy Moody and Jennifer Astone conduct
site visits in Rwanda, Zambia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. They
hold the first grantee-partner meetings, new applicant
meetings, and youth forums.
May/June — Firelight’s grantmaking team is strengthened
with the addition of Caitlin Brune (Program Officer) and
Jennifer Anderson-Bähr (Senior Program Officer).
June — Firelight staff and President hold their first Annual
Team Retreat.
2002
January — Jennifer Astone moderates a discussion on “AIDS
and Philanthropy in Africa” at the African Grantmakers Affinity
Group Retreat in New York.
January — Firelight relocates to offices at 510 Mission Street
in Santa Cruz, California.
March — Jennifer Astone presents at the first Global
Philanthropy Forum on Borderless Giving, Stanford, California.
April — Dr. Geoff Foster, pediatrician and founder of FACT,
Zimbabwe, serves as a visiting scholar at our fourth Advisory
Board meeting and becomes our Advisory Board member.
April — Firelight receives its first individual donation from
Seattle businessman Martin King.
Jennifer Anderson-Bähr