Frequently Asked Questions

Water for Life Charity is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2017 that supplies water filters and drills wells in developing countries lacking clean, safe drinking water. Our organization’s EIN is 82-2039866.

As of January 2025, we’ve distributed over 35,380 VF100 water filters in 26 countries. We’ve also drilled 17 wells, providing an estimated 3,572,900 gallons of clean water every day for over 295,900 people around the world.

Water for Life Charity is based in Midway, Utah, USA. We have numerous distribution partners that we coordinate with around the world to help us share clean water resources in 26 countries.

Water for Life Charity is based in Utah, USA. We distribute VF100 water filter systems and drill wells in 26 countries around the world including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Brazil, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mali, Morocco, South Africa, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Yemen, Vietnam, the Gaza Strip, Israel, Ukraine, the United States, and Fiji.

We believe that efficiency and sustainability is key to ending the world water crisis and sharing clean water. While Water for Life Charity focuses on funding and coordinating water projects, we work with aligned distribution partners to share water filters and drill wells where they are needed most. This helps us focus funding on actual water resources and less on logistics. These partners are based both in the US and in other countries.

This approach creates sustainability and builds a community of individuals and organizations around the world that are dedicated to solving the world water crisis.

Water for Life Charity distributes VF100 water filters and drills wells (boreholes) in developing countries. In addition to the physical filter or well, our volunteers and distribution partners also provide training on filter and well maintenance and water hygiene.

We believe that the water resource should fit the unique needs of each community. In larger communities, wells are a great solution. But in rural communities where families are more spread out or when water crises require immediate response, VF100 water filters are a more fitting solution.

A VF100 water filter system is a portable water filter. It uses a hollow-fiber membrane—the same technology used in kidney dialysis—to remove 99.99999% of protozoa and bacteria from water including E. coli, malaria, cholera, dysentery, and giardia, among other waterborne illnesses. This filter meets World Health Organization (WHO) standards and offers the highest bacteria and protozoa removal level while still maintaining a high water flow rate. It filters up to 10 gallons of water an hour and provides over 100,000 gallons of clean, safe water over its 5+ year lifetime.

VF100 water filters are small, lightweight, durable, and low maintenance, making them ideal for distribution to remote communities and disaster-impacted areas, or simply to keep on hand for a water emergency. VF100 water filters help individuals and their families access safe drinking water using the water available to them.

You can learn more about our filters by watching our explainer and assembly video.

The total cost for a filter system is about $30. This includes the cost for the filter itself, our unique Water for Life Charity prefilter, a bucket for the system, and some of the shipment/transportation to bring filters to local communities.

You can learn more about recent Water for Life Charity water projects on our water projects page. You can also follow water project progress on our social media pages.

Yes, we would love to hear about a water project you are interested in! Please send an email to info@WaterForLifeCharity.org if you have a water project you are interested in so that we can see if it would be a good fit for our organization and to qualify and quantify the needs.

You can donate using any major credit card here. You can also donate using PayPal, Venmo (by sending donation to username @WaterForLifeCharity), or by check.

For PayPal, Venmo and check donations, tax receipts will be mailed within four to six weeks after the donation has been processed.

You can mail donations to our donation processing center at the address below:

Water for Life Charity
P.O. Box 282
Midway, Utah 84049

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, 100% of your donation to Water for Life Charity is tax-deductible as a charitable contribution. Our organization’s EIN is 82-2039866.

100% of all donations go directly to funding filters and drilling wells for water projects around the world. Water for Life Charity is primarily volunteer-run. Any operational costs are covered by designated corporate sponsors and grants.

You can update or change your donation frequency and amount anytime on our donor dashboard. You can find this by visiting our website WaterForLifeCharity.org. If you have other issues, you can also reach out to our team at info@WaterForLifeCharity.org.

You can find your tax deduction forms anytime using our donor dashboard. You can find this by visiting our website WaterForLifeCharity.org and selecting Donor Dashboard under our Donate menu item. You will receive your information after you input and verify the email you used to make your donation.

Yes! You can subscribe to our monthly email here to stay up-to-date on water projects, world water crisis information, and Water for Life Charity updates.

We are constantly looking for volunteers to help us share hope and clean water. Here are a few ways to volunteer with Water for Life Charity:

• Volunteer on a water project with one of our distribution partners to train individuals on filter assembly and maintenance and water hygiene in developing countries.
• Start a fundraiser for Water for Life Charity to fund water projects in developing countries and natural disasters around the world. This is where we can use the most help! You can start a fundraiser on social media, host a lemonade stand, or organize an event in your local community.

Please reach out to our team with any questions about volunteering with Water for Life Charity.