What is a Water Angel?
Water Angels are a special group of supporters committed to giving $1,500 or more each year,
with those gifts forming a solid base for our Drop by Drop Fund.
Our Water Angels play a critical role in our mission support costs, partnerships, fundraising, and travel in the field.

What is The Drop by Drop Fund?
The Drop by Drop Fund is where unrestricted donations go,
those that are not earmarked for water or a specific well campaign.
Because Water Angels’ gifts are specifically meant to help defray our staff and infrastructure costs,
they form the foundation of this fund. Every dollar given to mission support through The Drop by Drop Fund
has as much as a $6 impact on water project work.

Why is mission support so important?
One of our core values at Water to Thrive is transparency.
Ever since our founding in 2008, we have made our 100 Percent Promise,
guaranteeing that every dollar donated for water projects will go to water projects
and not for overhead or mission support costs. This leaves us looking for other ways to raise money for the important functions of our mission. As we have been blessed with those water project donations, we have found a need to ask more clearly for additional help.

We are proud of our 100 Percent Promise and of keeping our mission support costs down.
But we must be able to fund those costs to be able to continue to put new water projects in place
and to help our beneficiaries support the ones that have already been built.

How does my Water Angel contribution make a difference?
It creates opportunity.
The sustained support that Water Angels create for our Drop by Drop Fund with their pledged contributions
gives us the ability to serve our mission better, to work harder to raise the funds that go directly to water projects,
to raise awareness of the water crisis and our part in working to resolve it well by well.

It creates continuity.
With a strong and secure base of mission support funding, we can plan for the future
with both inspiration and efficiency, looking ahead to projects and partnerships
for not just the next few months but the next few years and beyond.

It creates a future.
As we ensure sustainability and expand our reach, more wells are built,
more clean water flows, more women are relieved of their long legacy of burden,
and more children receive a chance for an education and a new life.

What are the benefits of becoming a Water Angel?
The benefits are intangible, but real.
Our Water Angels are our most committed and engaged supporters,
understanding as they do the need to provide long-term funding
to keep our mission vibrant, vital, and sustainable.
Water Angel contributions allow the Water to Thrive staff
to reach greater audiences, to spread awareness about the water crisis,
to bring new donors to the mission, and to bring the blessing of safe, clean water
to as many people as we can.