2021-05-25T00:03:12Z 2020-12-31 990EZ 2020-01-01 352347770 THE FLAME TREE INITIATIVE THEF 5202700817 5630 E Shadow View Ct Tucson AZ 85750 DR WAYNE DECKER FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT 5202700817 2021-05-14 true Cynthia Morseth 5202700817 2021-05-14 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X www.flametreeinitiative.org X X Non-Profit 114871 X 109986 4872 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114871 14105 0 64081 1950 442 32 31633 112243 2628 8253 0 10881 X 8253 10970 0 0 0 0 8253 10970 0 89 8253 10881 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 2020 DELab program was adapted from a six day long, in-person gathering, to a six-week program run entirely online. The May-June DELab, focused on off-grid energy, was characterized by presentations and facilitation by energy-oriented professionals from government, finance, and academia. Professors from LUANAR and Mzuzu Universities 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 entrepreneurships. 0 7621 2. 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 2020, 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). Almost 75% received external funding by using the FTI network, and more than 400 jobs were created. 0 38652 46273 Dr Wayne Decker Founder and President 40 0 0 0 Cynthia Morseth Finance and Admin Advisor 10 220 0 0 Grace Hargis Marketing and Development Coordinator 25 588 0 0 Chifuniro Kandaya Programme Manager 40 350 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 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 49000 60518 107758 144108 114871 476255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49000 60518 107758 144108 114871 476255 0 476255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 476255 0 1.0 0.0 X Part II, line 10 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part II, Line 26 Credit card payment due Part I, Line 8 A pass-through grant from Greater Good for a non-profit in Malawi. Part I, Line 10 These are grants to small entrepreneurs in Malawi. Part I, Line 16 Organization and program operating expenses.