Team Water

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Team Water
Part of WaterAid
Logo Team Water.svg
DateAugust 1, 2025 (2025-08-01) – present
TypeFundraiser
Cause Water scarcity
Organized by
Website teamwater.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Team Water (stylized as #TEAMWATER) is an international collaborative fundraiser that was started by YouTubers MrBeast and Mark Rober as a follow-up to Team Trees and Team Seas. The fundraiser raised over $40 million dollars to provide clean drinking water to millions of people around the world. All of the donations from the fundraiser are going to WaterAid, which is a non-governmental organization. [1]

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History

Background

Following the success of their previous fundraisers, Team Trees and Team Seas—which raised over $50 million to plant 20 million trees and remove 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean—Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson and Mark Rober teamed up to launch Team Water. [2]

Beginnings

The project was released on August 1, 2025. On YouTube, over 3000 creators created videos for the fundraiser. [3]

Goal

Team Water aimed to provide millions of people with clean drinking water by raising $40 million by the end of August 2025, with 1 dollar providing clean water to one person for a year. [2] They reached this initial goal, supplying 2 million people with clean water "for decades", on August 31, 2025. [4]

Donations

Total donations

As of January 13,2026, over 41.73 million total years of water have been supplied, according to the Team Water website. [5]

Notable donors

Several high-profile donors have contributed to the fundraiser, including:

PersonDonationNotes
Kenneth C. Griffin US$2.25 millionDonated following a public prompt from MrBeast during a live appearance on the Today show. [6]
Sophie Rain US$1 millionDonated during a livestream with MrBeast, placing her among the campaign’s top individual contributors. [7]
Dana White US$100,000Donated after Adin Ross and MrBeast called and asked him to on a Kick livestream. [8]

References

  1. "Online creators, led by MrBeast and Mark Rober, want to raise $40 million for clean water access". The Independent. August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Spangler, Todd (August 1, 2025). "MrBeast, Mark Rober Launch TeamWater, Their Biggest Fundraiser to Date With 3,000-Plus YouTube Creators Aiming to Raise $40 Million for Clean Water Projects". Variety. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  3. "MrBeast launches $40 million #TeamWater fundraiser to bring clean water to 2 million people worldwide". Good Good Good. August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  4. ""We did it, guys!": MrBeast's Team Water hits $40 million goal in just one month to provide clean water for 2 million people". The Times of India . September 1, 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  5. "#TeamWater". Team Water. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  6. ""Ken Griffin… DONATED $2,250,000 LOL": MrBeast Team Water receives $2.25 m donation after his random ask". Times of India. August 12, 2025. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  7. Das Biswas, Shuvrajit (August 15, 2025). "OnlyFans star Sophie Rain donates $1M to MrBeast's Team Water; now among top 10 contributors". Hindustan Times. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  8. Corby, Donagh (August 16, 2025). "Dana White makes massive six-figure donation as MrBeast and Adin Ross raise $12million for Team Water". Bloody Elbow . Retrieved August 17, 2025.