 In 1997, Hathaway founded Solar Light for Africa, Ltd. (SLA) and helped spawn a program that has provided electricity for over 2400 rural facilities in eight sub-Saharan countries.He has led nine of SLA's ten summer youth missions to East Africa.He is currently a member of Communion Partners, an Episcopalian group which opposed the 77th General Episcopal Convention's decision to authorize the blessing of same-sex marriages in 2012.