Philanthropy
WASHfunders.org
This portal was launched in October 2011 by the US Foundation Center as a collaborative platform for philanthropic foundations that fund water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects around the world. The centre piece is an interactive map showing which foundation funds what where. Currently projects from hundreds of foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates […]
HSBC launches US$ 100 million water partnership with WaterAid, WWF and Earthwatch
British multinational bank HSBC has launched a new US$ 100 million, five year partnership with WaterAid, WWF and the Earthwatch Institute. The HSBC Water Programme will bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people; tackle water risks in river basins; and raise awareness about the global water challenge. The programme is backed-up […]
The Stone Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Water
The Stone Family Foundation has recently launched a new £100,000 ($157,000) Prize — the Stone Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Water. It is looking to find and support exciting new initiatives focused on improving the quality and access to drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa and South and South East Asia. The Foundation hopes the […]
Patel Grand Challenge launches with competition to create world’s first “Smart Pot”
The University of South Florida’s (USF) Patel School of Global Sustainability through its Center for Global Solutions launched the first Patel Grand Challenge at the International Water Association’s Development Congress in Malaysia on 21 November 2011. The challenge invites inventors in developing nations to create a low-cost and easy-to-use water purification device that could save […]
Microfinance: Cambridge University team wins global prize for innovative water financing solution
President Bill Clinton announced Cambridge University as the global winner of the 2nd Annual Hult Global Case Challenge, which focused on identifying solutions to the global water crisis. The Cambridge team was selected by a panel of judges from an international competition of 150 teams from around the world. Hult International Business School provided the […]
Gates Foundation offers grants for innovative sanitation technologies
US$ 100,000 grants are available for innovative non-networked sanitation technologies for the urban poor. “Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies” is one of topics in Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, a US$ 100 million grant initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Proposals are being accepted through May 19, 2011 at 11:30 […]
Giving by U.S. foundations for water issues, 2008
Giving by U.S. foundations to international water projects and programmes has increased from US$ 6.1 million in 1988 to US$ 72.1 million in 2008 (of which US$ 44 million came from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). In 2008, India was the country that received the largest amount: US$ 11.4 million. This data can be […]
Atlas Copco doubles contribution to Water for All
The Swedish-based company Atlas Copco will increase its contribution to Water for All for small-scale drinking water projects. Staring in 2011, the Atlas Copco Group will give two times the sum of the voluntary employee donations. Up till now, around one million people have received clean drinking water through Water for All. Water for All […]
Sri Lanka: Nestlé Lanka drinking water projects now serve 12,000 people
Nestlé Lanka has opened its 11th water fountain at Kuliyapitiya Central College in the island’s North Western Province. The fountain provides drinking water to more than 2500 students. This brings the total number of children and adults that have benefited from the company’s drinking water projects to over 12,000. Nestlé Lanka has built water facilities […]
ITT pledges US$ 10.5 million for safe water and sanitation
ITT Corporation announced that it has pledged US$ 10.5 million over three years (2011-2013) to provide one million more people with access to safe water and sanitation. The funds will go to the company’s corporate citizenship program, ITT Watermark, which currently supports the work of three non-profits: Water For People, Mercy Corps and China Women’s […]
