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FIRELIGHT FOUNDATION Annual Report First 4 Years: 2000–2003 Text-only Version
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GRANTS 2000 – 2003 United States
Population Population under age 18 HIV adult seroprevalence Orphans as percent of all children Total number of orphans Percent of orphans due to AIDS Total Firelight funding Number of grants given Number of grantee-partners Percent of grantees regranted		285.9 million 73.8 million 0.6% 3% 2.53 million 3% $82,350 6 5 20%
CHILDREN AFFECTED BY AIDS FOUNDATION (CAAF), Los Angeles, California
2001 – $10,000	This grant supports the development of their international programs to assist children and families affected by AIDS.
ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION, Santa Monica, California
2000 – $12,500	The Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation is at the forefront of a global effort to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission. This grant supports “Call to Action,” an effort to reduce the rate of mother-to-infant AIDS transmission in Africa and other developing regions through community education, health care worker training, HIV counseling and testing, and the provision of antiretroviral medicines.
JACOB’S HEART, Santa Cruz, California
2002 – $3,801	Jacob’s Heart provides emotional support and recreational opportunities for children facing terminal illness and their families. This grant provides access to movement therapy for nine children in the Santa Cruz area who are coping with life-threatening or chronic illnesses.
2001 – $9,549	This grant provides access to movement therapy for 18 children in the Santa Cruz area who are coping with life-threatening or chronic illnesses.
MOXIE FIRECRACKER FILMS, New York, New York
2000 – $10,000	This social issues-oriented documentary film production company has produced a film, Pandemic: Facing AIDS, that shows the faces of very different people living with HIV on five continents. Firelight support funds the production of educational materials to accompany the film, to be used to raise awareness among policymakers and the general public about the extent and impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in developing countries.
YOUTH PHILANTHROPY WORLDWIDE (YPW), Berkeley, California
2003– $36,500 Two-year grant	Firelight is partnering with Youth Philanthropy Worldwide (YPW), an organization that works to foster global awareness in young people, to enhance its Pen Pal Exchange. Firelight funds support letter-writing activities between Firelight’s grantee-partners and students in the U.S. YPW is also developing a website, a service learning project, and a small grants program for groups of youth in the U.S. and in African countries.
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