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Since founding charity: water in 2006, Scott Harrison has raised over $700 million and delivered clean water to 17 million people across 29 countries — proving a 100% donation model with GPS-tracked project accountability can scale like a startup.
Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of charity: water, a nonprofit that has raised over $700 million and funded more than 140,000 water projects serving over 17 million people across 29 countries.
He founded the organization in 2006 after working as a humanitarian volunteer in West Africa. charity: water uses a 100 percent donation model, with operating costs covered separately, and tracks projects by GPS. Harrison authored the New York Times bestseller Thirst.
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