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Aug. 25, 2026
Gary White, co-founder and CEO of Water.org, has received the 2025 Hoover Medal, one of the engineering profession's highest honors, awarded by the Hoover Medal Board.
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Jan. 19, 2026
Founding partners will activate products, content, and experiences that help fund access to safe water and sanitation through Water.org’s proven solutions.
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May 14, 2020
Water.org and WaterEquity sign safe water and sanitation for all Leaders Call to Action on COVID-19.
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Sept. 10, 2012
Gary White, Water.org CEO and Co-founder, has been honored by the Schwab Foundation as a 2012 Social Entrepreneur. Each year, the Foundation identifies the world’s leading social entrepreneurs from around the globe for its Social Entrepreneur award. Awardees are selected for implementing innovative and pragmatic solutions to social problems by tackling the root causes and creating social transformation.
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March 16, 2009
WaterPartners executive director and co-founder, Gary White, has been selected to join the community of Skoll social entrepreneurs. The Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship carries with it an award of $765,000 for WaterPartners to help reach more people with access to clean water and sanitation through WaterPartners' WaterCredit Initiative and innovative online community-building efforts.
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