2022-05-03T16:59:16Z 2021-12-31 990EZ 2021-01-01 352347770 THE FLAME TREE INITIATIVE THEF 5202700817 5630 E Shadow View CT Tucson AZ 85750 Wayne Decker President and Founder 5202700817 2022-05-01 true Cynthia Morseth 5208347865 2022-05-01 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X www.flametreeinitiative.org X X Non-Profit 111461 X 104625 6672 0 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111461 7229 0 53956 9884 13742 4515 10101 99427 12034 10881 0 22915 X 10970 22958 0 0 0 0 10970 22958 89 43 10881 22915 Flame Tree Initiative is a non-profit organization providing training mentoring, and support to development entrepreneurs in East Africa. 1. Development Entrepreneurship Labs (DELabs) As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, our 2021 DELab program was adapted from a six day long, in-person gathering, to a six-week program run entirely online. FTI facilitated sessions, as did graduates from the DEStudio. Using our trained social entrepreneurs to teach new people, we have created an innovative feedback loop. Focusing the DELab on a specific topic enabled us to offer more in-depth, technical expertise on relevant topics, brainstorm solutions to key problems facing the sector, and create opportunities for strong energy-related entrepreneur ships. FTI particularly focused on using agriculture to create demand for electricity. . 25000 58091 Development Entrepreneurship Studio (DEStudio) The DEStudio (Development Entrepreneur Studio) is a one-year program exclusively available to DELab Graduates. We take successful applicants into our incubator, where they received tailored support through one-on-one meetings and in-person site visits. They have the opportunity to engage with one another through an online platform and meet for regional workshops on topics relevant to the development of their enterprises. Over the course of the year, DEStudio Members gain business acumen, technical knowledge, and a larger professional network. Through the program, they have greater access to marketing and media, potential partners, and funding opportunities. By the end of the twelve months, Members should be prepared to scale their businesses. In 2021, we professionalized and formalized the DEStudio program, signing MOUs with each Member to lay out our expectations, so we can constantly work toward achieving set goals with entrepreneurs. Our focus was on defeating energy poverty by creating energy supply (via electric minigrids or biofuels) and configuring productive uses for that energy, largely through agriculture, by creating social enterprises. More than twenty Members went through the 2020 DEStudio, scaling their enterprises, partnering with each other, and training their local communities in business basics. Some also taught in the DELab and a few partnered with FTI on a consulting contract (earned income strategy). Training some people to teach other entrepreneurs is a priority. 20000 22542 80633 Wayne Decker President 25 0 0 0 Cynthia Morseth Finance & Admin Advisor 12 13200 0 0 Grace Hargis Marketing and Development Coordinator 25 18330 0 0 Chifuniro Kandaya Program Manager 40 7200 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false AZ Cynthia Morseth 5630 E Shadow View CT Tucson AZ 85750 5202700817 true MI MI MI MI MI true MI MI MI MI MI false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 60518 107758 144108 114871 111461 538716 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60518 107758 144108 114871 111461 538716 0 538716 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 538716 0 1.0 0.0 X Part II, line 10 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part II, Line 26 Malawian withholding tax payable Part I, Line 10 Funds spent implementing donor required trainings, workshops, and field visits. Part I, Line 16 Transportation and training costs for programs.