Bring Water Home™

Bring Water Home™

When girls and women are free of the laborious task of water collection, they have time and energy for school, employment, and leadership.

Gifts of $100 or more are matched
until December 31.

Note: Givebutter is our new, free donation platform. To opt of of the tip, click on the optional 15% tip (in gray box) and select “other” to adjust the tipping amount to zero.

Water is the great equalizer.

When girls and women are free of the laborious task of water collection, they have time and energy for school, employment, and leadership.

Honor Gift

In lieu of gifts, make a donation in honor of a loved one and ask them to do the same for you. We’ll send a personalized card or an email informing them of your generosity.

GIVE BY STOCK, DAF & MORE

We are happy to accept donations by check, stock, donor-advised fund, qualified charitable distribution, and other ways.

Give Monthly

Spread your giving out over the year by setting up a recurring monthly donation using your credit card.

Give Monthly

Spread your giving out over the year by setting up a recurring monthly donation using your credit card.

GIVE BY STOCK, DAF & MORE

We are happy to accept donations by check, stock, donor-advised fund, qualified charitable distribution, and other ways.

Honor Gift

In lieu of gifts, make a donation in honor of a loved one and ask them to do the same for you. We’ll send a personalized card or an email informing them of your generosity.

Please make checks payable to Water1st and mail to us at this address:

Water1st International
509 Olive Way Suite 1122
Seattle, WA 98101

Our tax ID / EIN is 20-2601035

Need help? To donate by phone or to get assistance with your donation, please contact us at 206.297.3024 or via email.
MARCH 22, 206

CARRY5 WALK FOR WATER

Walk in solidarity with people around the world who carry water every day.

SPRING 2026 tba

WATER1ST-BEER2ND

Cheers!
Join us for beer, bites and pub trivia.

FALL 2026 tba

give water, give life gala

Save the date for our biggest annual fundraiser!

HOUSEHOLD TAP WATER

= GENDER EQUITY

Change One Home. Change What’s Possible for Women.

At Water1st, we begin by seeing the water crisis through the eyes of women.
And we build the kind of system they tell us will change their lives:

  • Piped water to every home
  • A hygienic toilet
  • A safe place to bathe

Water at home — available 24 hours a day — restores time, safety, dignity, and opportunity.

Why bringing water home matters

Piped water doesn’t just save time.
It changes what’s possible.

  • Women recover 2–3 hours every day
  • Girls stay in school instead of walking for water
  • Waterborne diseases plummet
  • Families spend less on medical care
  • Stress and exhaustion fade
  • Women gain privacy, safety, and leadership

And these systems last: 99% of Water1st projects are still providing water years — even decades — later.

Your gift creates extraordinary impact

A household connection costs about $500 but creates a lifetime of change:

  • Better health
  • Higher household income
  • More time for learning and earning
  • Greater dignity and safety
  • Stronger futures for children

That’s about $25,000 in lifetime benefits — a 54-to-1 return on your generosity.

No other water intervention even comes close.

OUR APPROACH HAS A HIGH RETURN

142
million hours

formerly spent on water collection have been saved as a result of Water1st projects

54 to 1

return on investment

WATER AT HOME, AT THE TURN OF A TAP

Water1st is one of the few organizations, if not the only, committed to construction of piped water networks to provide a 24/7 supply of safe water at household faucets, completely ending
the walk for water.

Up to half of water systems in low-income countries fail within 2 – 5 years. Water1st projects are different. Over 99% of our projects are still in operation.

BUY WINE & GIVE WATER

For every $30 wine purchase, a $35 donation of this award-winning wine is made to Water1st

MARCH 22, 2026

cARRY5 WALK FOR WATER

Walk in solidarity with people around the world who carry water every day.

spring 2026 tba

WATER1ST-BEER2ND

Cheers!
Join us for beer, bites and pub trivia.

fall 2026 tba

give water, give life gala

Save the date for our biggest annual fundraiser!

THE GIFT OF WATER

= HEALTH, EQUITY, DIGNITY

Your Impact

enter your donation amount

what your donation leverages

This is your return on investment when our project participants can redirect the time they spent carrying water to other activities, like going to school and earning an income.

ONLY HOUSEHOLD PIPED WATER ENDS THE WALK FOR WATER

Gifts of $100 or more are matched until December 31.

When girls and women are free of the laborious task of water collection, they have time and energy for school, employment, and leadership.