charity: water

Charity: water (stylized as charity: water) is a non-profit organization founded in 2006 that provides drinking water to people in developing nations. As of 2025, the organization has raised over $1 billion and provided clean water to over 20 million people.[1] The charity operates a 100 percent model to maximize donations, providing every public dollar donated to funding the organization's water projects.[1] According to the organization, by October 2024, it has funded more than 171,000 projects in 29 countries[2] though it does not know how many of the projects are still functional.[3][4]