Millions of people around the world don’t have access to safe water and sanitation resources. Your donation to Water For People is an investment for the future: it gets us one step closer to complete water coverage for every family, every school, and every clinic — Everyone Forever.
Looking to make a bigger impact? Here are a few other options to make the most of your gift to Water For People.
Donate your car through our partnership with Cars Helping Charities.
Talk to your employer about coordinating a matching gift or creating a fundraiser. Email your match form to donate@waterforpeople.org. Federal employees can donate as part of a combined federal campaign using CFC #10916
Set up planned giving and become a Safe Water Guardian. With thoughtful planning today, you can make a transformative difference beyond your lifetime. You can make a future gift that costs nothing during your lifetime — such as including Water For People as a beneficiary in your will, retirement plan, or life insurance policy. Learn more.
Gifts of appreciated securities can be a way for you to make an immediate, significant contribution to Water For People. Make an impact investment through a gift of stock.
Select the box that says, "I would like this donation to be made in honor or memory of someone" on our online donation form and we'll send the honoree an eCard with your gift to be delivered on the date of your choice.
Are you running a race, climbing a mountain, giving up a birthday, or wanting to send your wedding guest list an alternative to yet another toaster? Set up an online fundraiser and get started today!
Keep your reoccurring gifts as well as your contact information and email subscription up to date through our self-service portal. Securely access your record by providing your email address associated with Water For People.
Yes, if you wish to mail your donation please make it out to Water For People and send to: Water For People, 100 E. Tennessee Ave., Denver CO 80209
If you gave your gift through a third party platform such as CrowdRise or United Way, you’ll need to contact them for a receipt. If you made your gift through your employer’s payroll deduction program, the documentation you need to validate your charitable contribution is:
The documentation differs slightly if any single paycheck deduction exceeds $250. You can find those instructions, as well as the ones stated above, in IRS Publication 526. Internal processes vary from employer to employer but you should be able to contact your human resources or payroll department to get a copy of your pledge card or, if your company uses an electronic system, it should have a way to request validation for the year.
If you gave directly to Water For People, please fill out this form.
If you need tax credit with your donation, please use this form instead.
Donations of $5,000 or more can be designated to a specific Water For People country program, with prior approval from our staff. Please email us at donate@waterforpeople.org to talk with a staff member about which country programs are in need of additional support.
At Water For People, we respect and protect the privacy of our donors. We encourage our donors to read the Donor Privacy Policy to understand how we treat donor information. This Policy is in addition to our Online Privacy Policy.
With every dollar you give to Water For People, we can extend it to become a true investment in providing access to clean water for Everyone Forever. Our strategic partnerships with communities, local government, and local businesses helps $50 become $524 (or more).
Your initial investment of $0 increases by $0* with dedicated support from local governments, businesses, and community organizations to $0.
So...communities can create sustainable, locally maintained water and sanitation infrastructure.
The availability of clean water changes everything.
Your contribution grows even more because women and girls no longer spend much of their day hauling water. Instead, they can go to school, grow more food, join the workforce, and get involved with their community. That is why investments in water have an average of 8X** the economic benefit per dollar invested. All that productivity equals a huge boost to the local and global economy.
*Based on Water For People 2013 Global co-finance investments. **Based on figures from the World Health Organization.
Gifts of appreciated securities can be a way for you to make an immediate, significant contribution to Water For People. Your donation will be eligible for a gift credit and an income tax deduction for the fair market value of the securities donated. Also, you will not pay capital gains tax on the securities you donate.
To make a gift of stock, you must first contact your broker to set up a stock transfer. Please provide the following account information to your broker or financial advisor in order for them to transfer your gift of stock to Water For People:
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Essentially, Water For People is a non-profit and we would rather spend money on our causes instead of the very significant amount of money that it would cost us to design and maintain a website that works for legacy, unsupported browsers.