Scott Harrison

Founder, charity: water

Scott was inspired to launch his vital nonprofit after traveling to Liberia and Benin in West Africa as a volunteer photojournalist with the humanitarian-aid organization Mercy Ships. His one-time fundraiser has now evolved into an established global nonprofit that has funded more than 23,000 water projects serving 7.1 million people. By contributing 100% of public donations to fund water projects for global communities in need, charity: water and Scott are creating the kind of disruptive change that is having a lasting impact on how individual contributors give and how communities live.