Recognizing early philanthropic interest from both crypto investors and builders, The Water Project Founder, Peter Chasse, reached out to the emerging crypto community with a brief note that became the genesis of a number of important conversations."Welcome Cryptos" was an early invitation and stake in the ground regarding the potential for a new kind of generosity.

In 2017, The Water Project was the lead recipient of The Pineapple Fund, working with them directly to help validate their efforts to donate over $54M to various non-profits. The Water Project helped numerous other charities evaluate the risk and reward of accepting crypto and pushed sometimes reluctant CEOs to recognize the opportunity this was fast becoming.

Peter also recognized the utility of cryptocurrencies for The Water Project and is still leading in this area, working actively to fully integrate crypto into our infrastructure.

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Early investment by the crypto community allowed The Water Project to invest in the teams and research needed to build out a bold plan to saturate entire regions in the countries we work. The only piece left is adequate continued investment toward ending the water crisis for families in these regions.

Large gifts can also be invested in our Water Promise Endowment that enables us to fund maintenance and monitoring - both the people and the infrastructure - so that all the communities we serve have clean, safe water flowing every day.

We work with a team of advisors whose role it is to ensure the right balance between investment returns, long-term, and near-term water program needs. Sometimes, there is an immediate pressing need for funds (e.g. an opportunity to secure materials in bulk at some discount). Other times, a need may be further on the horizon (replacement of a drill rig, etc). The ability to hold and plan for events like this is enormously helpful in reducing risk while enabling us to quickly scale impact. All the while, investment returns fund water point sustainability.

Because large and often anonymous cryptocurrency donations are hard to anticipate, the more flexibility you allow, the better we can manage your investment with us. We're always seeking the greatest possible return for the people we serve - those in need of clean, safe and most importantly reliable access to water.

Simply provide us a name and email address and we will send a tax-receipt as soon as the donation is confirmed on the blockchain. For tax purposes you may choose to submit additional contact info as may be required by your tax authority.

The Water Project will provide you a tax-receipt with a name and email you provide. It's important to check with your tax advisor about the process. Our staff is available to help answer any questions they might have, though of course we can't offer tax or legal advice.

The Water Project is a US-based 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our Tax ID is 26-1455510.

Questions can be sent to [email protected] and we'll direct them to the right place.

Nothing in this communication is intended to constitute legal or tax advice.

No goods, services or airdrops will be offered in exchange for cryptocurrency donations. We are not able to give refunds if you changed your mind, sent the wrong cryptocurrency or made the wrong decision.

Gifts will be used to fund the next shovel-ready projects and we'll post details of those completed water projects - "Built with Crypto" - right here.

This first of its kind endowment exists to support The Water Promise - our comprehensive water point sustainability program - through capital appreciation and investment return.

Please contact us for details at [email protected].

Today, the entire scope of our work is shared in real-time, and with up-to-the-day monitoring of functionality for all to see.

When you share contact info with your gift, we'll update you personally as your investment is put to use, with specific and detailed reporting about your impact.

Soon, even anonymous crypto donors can track specific impact of their giving right here through each of our "Built With Crypto" water projects. And, we will continue to innovate as we have for over 17 years, delivering unmatched transparency and accountability.