ONE DROP FOUNDATION'S 2025 IMPACT REPORT
Real change rarely follows the expected path.
At One Drop, we recognize that some aspects of our work may not always align with mainstream approaches. That art and culture are rarely the first things that come to mind when discussing sustainable solutions.
That fundraising is often expected to fall into traditional formats—not immersive, multi-sensory experiences that bring people together in new ways. And that our focus on long-term, sustainable impact does not always line up with conventional views of development projects or classic notions of return on investment—especially when it demands more time and resources.
For more than 18 years, we have chosen to challenge assumptions—advancing sustainable, community-led impact through approaches that drive change differently.
The results speak for themselves. In Canada, our Indigenous Water Allyship Program is helping close critical water data gaps in Indigenous communities, while strengthening Traditional Knowledge Systems that are essential to improving water services, community health, and local empowerment. In Latin America, new momentum is building under the Lazos de Agua program, where partners are working together toward an ambitious goal: enabling access to sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services for an additional one million people across the region.
As projects in India and Africa reached their conclusion in 2025, they leave behind more than infrastructure or completed activities. Their wake includes stronger local capacities, trusted partnerships, and systems designed to continue delivering impact long after the projects themselves have ended.
The milestones highlighted in this report reflect meaningful advances, yet the true measure of our impact extends beyond numbers. It is found in strengthened local leadership, in communities equipped to steward their own water resources, and in partnerships that continue to evolve long after projects wrap up.
The water crisis persists, and so does our collective determination to address it—together, with unconventional solutions designed to endure.
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How We Drive Impact
Access to safe water and sanitation opens a door. But it's sustained behaviour change that walks people through it: keeping girls in school, putting time and agency back into the hands of women, improving health outcomes, and strengthening local systems. Since 2007, One Drop has pursued such change alongside hundreds of artists, implementing partners, institutions, and funders across more than 14 countries, building not just projects, but the conditions that give change staying power.
Our approach fuses systems thinking and behavioural science with the power of art to reach people not as beneficiaries, but as actors in their own change. Facts inform, feeling commits, and shared experience translates both into action. In practice, this looks like a 450-year-old folk story reimagined to shift sanitation norms among men in rural India. It looks like local artists co-creating an interactive performance rooted in traditional storytelling, with participants involved in selecting the folklore and shaping the narrative itself. When the community doesn't just receive the message, but authors it, that's exactly when change sticks.
But no system shifts through art alone. Our impact is built on partnerships that go the distance—between communities, implementing organizations, public institutions, and funders who share a long-term vision. Over time these partnerships are designed to evolve: the relationships shifts from collaboration to community ownership, with local leaders driving the agenda.
In a sector where methodology, technical assistance, and funding rarely travel together, One Drop brings in all three, grounded in behaviour change and social arts. This integrated approach is what allows change to take root, partnerships to deepen, and communities to lead.
OUR IMPACT AT A GLANCE
PEOPLE IMPACTED
50,767
people with access to WASH services in 2025
2,279,907
people with access to WASH services since 2007
2,714,778
people with improved water security since 2007
Together with our partners, we help improve water security for communities around the world, including by supporting access to sustainable WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) services.
POSITIVELY IMPACTING OUR WORLD SINCE 2007
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People impacted with WASH access since 2007
People impacted with improved water security since 2007
WATER AND CULTURE: BRIDGING THE UN’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
While water sustains life, culture shapes the way we understand and act on key dimensions of sustainable development—from health and education to the fight against inequality.
1,135,211
people RECEIVED IMPROVED WASH SERVICES IN THEIR HEALTH CARE FACILITY*
where community-crafted murals and slogans are reinforcing life-saving hygiene practices.
126,226
people HAVE IMPROVED WASH SERVICES AT THEIR SCHOOL**
where social art is fostering dialogue among students, educators, and community leaders, creating a more inclusive learning environment—especially for girls.
1,540,180
people GAINED IMPROVED ACCESS TO WATER SERVICES FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLDS***
as Social Art activities—like street theatre, storytelling, and songs—engaged communities and cultivated a sense of ownership, ensuring long-term stewardship of local WASH solutions.
More than
1,2 million women
gained ACCESS TO SAFE WATER through One Drop's projects
where social art helped women identify barriers, strengthen their voice in community decision-making, and support the adoption of practices that sustain access to safe water.
Latin America and the Caribbean: Lazos de Agua
Through art, culture, and multisectoral collaboration, Lazos de Agua is scaling access to sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services across Latin America and the Caribbean. The program—a partnership between One Drop Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Fundación FEMSA, and The Coca-Cola Foundation—demonstrates that overcoming barriers to water access demands more than technical solutions. It requires governments, businesses, civil society, and communities to work together.
Lazos de Agua stands as a call to action, a catalyzer of diverse sectors that enables community-led sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services where significant gaps persist, Latin America-wide.
At the 2025 edition of the Latin American Impact Investment Forum (FLII)—the region's leading platform for impact investment—One Drop and Lazos de Agua senior staff designed and moderated a panel called Transforming Water Challenges into Climate Solutions: Strategic Partnerships and Impact Investment. The session convened leaders from Fomento Social Banamex, Coca-Cola, Water.org, and the We Are Water Foundation to advance dialogue on innovative financing and cross-sector collaboration for water solutions across the region.
On June 10, One Drop and Lazos de Agua partners convened in Mexico City, rekindling connections and deepening engagement around the program's mission. The event brought together 136 attendees representing a broad range of institutions, funders, and leaders across the water and development sectors. With a turnout exceeding expectations, the event generated strong visibility and momentum for the program's upcoming initiatives and served as a call to collective action for all those in attendance and beyond.
One Drop President and CEO Ernenek Duran was invited to participate in Latimpacto 2025’s Innovating for Impact: Using the Capital Spectrum to Solve the Water Crisis panel. Ernenek spotlighted the Lazos de Agua program’s achievements in Latin America and the Caribbean, contributing to broader conversations on how diverse financing mechanisms can be mobilized to address the water crisis and accelerate impact investment throughout the region.
2025 Milestones for the Lazos de Agua Program
2025 was a year of strengthening the foundations of Lazos de Agua. Across Colombia, Paraguay, Ecuador, and Mexico, the program advanced project planning, supported partners through training and technical assistance in Social Art for Behaviour Change (SABC), strengthened collaboration, and developed the structures and funding approaches needed for the years ahead.
Colombia: Joining Juntos por Urabá
Despite Urabá's growing economic prominence as a strategic hub for port, agro-industrial, and logistics development, large parts of the population still lack basic sanitation infrastructure.
In response, One Drop signed a commitment with Fundación Grupo Argos and Fundación EPM to deliver water, sanitation, and complementary SABC programming to 12,000 people in Turbo’s Nueva Colonia community. The project joins Juntos por Urabá—a landmark public–private initiative linking more than 10 private companies, local governments, and social organizations in Colombia's Urabá region—which is recognized for mobilizing over USD 28 million through Obras por Impuestos, Colombia's public infrastructure-for-taxes policy. This marks a significant milestone for Lazos de Agua, embedding One Drop's approach in a large-scale blended-finance platform led by Fundación Grupo Argos, one of Colombia's most reputable corporate foundations.
Through social art and local change agents, our behaviour change strategy builds a community-propelled movement around connection, responsible use, and payment—three inseparable behaviours that together will sustain Nueva Colonia's first-ever sewage system and truly make it the community's own.
Ecuador: Design Complete, Implementation Ahead
In the rural communities surrounding Portoviejo, safe water remains out of reach for most. Rural drinking water coverage stands at just 22% and rural sanitation at under 10%, with many existing systems intermittent, deteriorated, or still recovering from the 2016 earthquake.
The design phase for a new project in the Manabí province was completed in 2025 to address this gap, with implementation set to begin in the first half of 2026. As part of a broader water and sanitation investment program supported by the Inter-American Development Bank and international funders, the project will support sustainable water services for 20,000 people across 8 parish capitals and 4,650 people in 18 dispersed rural communities.
Our behaviour change strategy targets connection to services and payment behaviours in both urban and rural settings. Women and youth lead the way, bringing social art and Manabí's cultural traditions to life so that long-lasting community ownership can take root.
Canada: The Indigenous Water Allyship
In Canada, One Drop advances water security through the Indigenous Water Allyship (IWA)—a long-term program rooted in reconciliation, Indigenous self-determination, and culturally grounded co-design. Because many Indigenous communities continue to face persistent drinking water advisories despite living in one of the world's most water-rich nations, IWA works alongside First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities to strengthen Indigenous-led water governance, protect source water, and build lasting, community-owned solutions.
One Drop acts as a convener and an ally, supporting communities in weaving traditional ecological knowledge with scientific approaches, guided by Knowledge Keepers, youth, Elders, and governance leaders. This co-creative approach continues to take shape on the ground: in 2025, IWA deepened its partnership with Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario and launched a new initiative across Treaties 6, 7 and 8 territories in Alberta.
These efforts are made possible by founding Water Impact Partners—Keurig Dr Pepper Canada, Ovivo, and Power Corporation of Canada—along with the RBC Foundation, whose support helped broaden the program’s scope in 2025.
How One Drop Is Driving Action
In June, One Drop supported and participated in the Six Nations Water Festival at Six Nations of the Grand River, which drew hundreds of community members. The festival served as a major cultural and educational milestone for the project, convening dialogue circles, hands-on workshops underpinned by Two-Eyed Seeing, and community-led stewardship activities. Water Impact Partner Keurig Dr Pepper also engaged directly with community members on-site, demonstrating how private-sector partnerships can meaningfully contribute to Indigenous-led water initiatives.
One Drop took part in the Decolonizing Land and Water Summit in September, engaging with Indigenous scholars, practitioners, and community leaders to examine decolonial approaches to water governance, land stewardship, and knowledge protection. Insights from this gathering fed directly into internal reflections on how IWA methodologies can continue to align with Nation-based governance frameworks and ethical water practices.
IWA bolstered support for Indigenous-led global water governance through continued engagement at Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) World Water Week, elevating Indigenous perspectives from Canada in the international arena. One Drop also supported the participation of Disa Crowchief (a Youth Indigenous Ambassador and collaborator from the early days of the Indigenous Water Allyship) in a preparatory meeting in Dakar, Senegal, ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference. Her presence helped ensure that Indigenous and community voices—not just institutional representation—were part of the global conversation on water.
Our Initiatives in 2025
Ohahoddzgyeʼ tsęh Ohnegahḏĕgyo—Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario
Meaning "a pathway to where the water flows" in Haudenosaunee languages, this project is led by Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP) in collaboration with McMaster University and Six Nations Health Services. It responds to a stark reality: only 10–12% of households in the community are connected to treated piped water, while some 57% of surveyed households experience water insecurity. Against this unacceptable backdrop, One Drop and SNP came together through a shared commitment to working alongside communities and local stakeholders on water governance and planning in ways that keep community front and centre.
In 2025, key milestones included the launch of the inaugural TEK–STEM Summer Camp, where 14 young people took part, as well as hands-on water sampling training for 18 youths via the upcoming community-owned Mobile Water Monitoring Lab. The project also reached more than 2,000 community members through public events, forums, workshops, and stewardship activities, shaping a Community Water Security Plan grounded in participatory dialogue, hydrogeological insights, and traditional teachings. The next phase of the project will focus on sustainable and safe water access as well as community-led solutions.
Archiving and Mapping Traditional Land Use—Treaty 6, 7, and 8 Territories, Alberta
One Drop partnered with the First Nations Technical Services Advisory Group (TSAG)—a non-profit providing technical and training support to 47 Nations across Treaty 6, 7, and 8 territories in Alberta—to launch the IWA program's second major initiative. Operating under the guidance of an Alberta Chiefs Steering Committee, the project supports communities in gathering and archiving their own knowledge to inform Treaty-based decision-making and strengthen Indigenous-led freshwater governance.
In 2025, One Drop concentrated on building relationships and earning community trust, meeting with Chiefs and Councils, engaging around 150 community members, and gathering knowledge rooted in the land. In 2026, these efforts will take the shape of practical tools: community maps, multimedia resources, and governance materials drawn from traditional land use data.
"I just want everyone to take the opportunity to learn a little bit more about the work that's happening in our community, the research on our water, and how we can better protect our waterways and support all the work that's happening for the health and future of our community."
Amber,
Student and participant of the Six Nations Water Festival
India: Building the Habits That Keep Water Safe
Contaminated water may look safe to drink, while depleted soil can still yield crops for a time. In rural Rajasthan, however, these hidden risks are quietly undermining long-term water security.
Project Rajasthan 2 has addressed this by dovetailing water infrastructure with behaviour change to support safer water use and more resilient farming. Over the project’s lifecycle (2022–2025), communities strengthened local water systems while building expertise around water management, conservation, and sustainable agriculture.
By 2025, water planning tools had already been increasingly embedded in village decision-making. Water Security Plans were already being used as practical guides for prioritizing local action, while Pani Mitras—local water champions trained through the project—continued to support households and farmers with day-to-day guidance on water conservation and better agricultural practices. Together, these sharpened tools and skill sets have helped make connections between infrastructure and behaviour change at the community level.
The project’s Social Art for Behaviour Change (SABC) approach has played a central role in encouraging safer water practices. Through street plays, demonstrations, games, and community discussions, families learned about fluoride contamination, water testing, and the importance of using safer drinking water sources. In the 20 villages sampled for the endline study, community engagement has translated into undeniable change: 99% of households reported a noticeable decline in waterborne illness and improved water practices up to 8 months after participating.
The same approach has helped encourage significant changes in agriculture. Demonstrations and social art activities introduced farmers to Jeevamrit, a natural fertilizer that improves soil moisture retention, which many have continued using since due to improved soil health and crop performance. Alongside these efforts, 2,882 farmers have adopted micro-irrigation systems across an estimated 864 hectares, contributing to significant water savings in the project area.
Even after Project Rajasthan 2 has drawn to a close, communities are still well positioned to continue the work through local leadership structures, approved Water Security Plans, trained Pani Mitras, and sustainable water infrastructure. Ongoing engagement by local institutions and government partners will remain important, but the project has left behind the kind of practical tools, knowledge, and community ownership that can help carry this momentum well into the future.
More than
51,500 people
gained access to basic drinking water services through Project Rajasthan 2.
66,453 people
participated in Social Art for Behaviour Change activities.
An estimated
1.2 million
litres of water were saved by farmers adopting micro-irrigation systems.
"When people understand the importance of rainwater through stories and Nukkad nataks (street plays), the message stays with them. The songs created on Jeevamrit became very popular within the Bhajani Mandal (musical ensemble). We were able to spread the message that saving water is the responsibility of the village."
Vima Rama Garasia
Local Artist, Bharla
Africa: Sustainable Change Through Community Leadership
Water shapes far more than health. In Mali and Madagascar, it has become a pathway to better equipping schools, local leadership, and communities to sustain change long after our projects have wrapped up.
In Mali, the SCOFI project has continued advancing girls’ education by improving the conditions that get students access to school, learning safely and consistently, and thriving academically. Across 90 schools in the Ségou region, SCOFI has dovetailed WASH infrastructure, gender-sensitive approaches, behaviour change through social art activities, and community mobilization to break down barriers that keep girls out of school. During the 2024–2025 academic year, 23,995 students were enrolled in SCOFI-supported schools, including 11,825 girls. Among surveyed girls, 98% reported feeling safer and more included in their learning environment.
The project has equipped schools with adapted WASH infrastructure, including 212 sex-segregated latrine cabins, 92 menstrual hygiene management cabins, 540 handwashing devices, and 94 water points. Beyond infrastructure, SCOFI has strengthened the systems surrounding education: a total of 975 teachers and school directors have been trained, alongside 1,262 school management committee members. 57 school clubs were also created or revitalized, bringing together 1,653 student members—most of them girls.
The SCOFI project has demonstrated how social art can extend beyond water, shaping creative, community-driven activities that support girls’ education. One Drop’s artistic and participatory methodologies have guided “Teen clubs,” places where students got to explore how water, health, and learning are connected, while growing more confident in leading change themselves. By the project’s close, 87% of participating students said the clubs had improved their academic performance. Beyond better grades, the clubs also created opportunities for participation, leadership, and self-expression, with students applying new skills and confidence in activities beyond their own classrooms.
SCOFI has also strengthened women’s economic resilience, which in turn supports girls’ schooling, creating links between local livelihoods, school needs, and behaviours that contribute to healthier learning environments. Ten women’s groups received support for income-generating activities, with some groups reinvesting part of their earnings directly into schools. Over the life of the project, broader mobilization and awareness campaigns reached hundreds of thousands of people through community activities, radio programming, and advocacy initiatives, helping shift perceptions around girls’ education at both the household and institutional levels.
In Madagascar, the Telomiova project continued supporting communities in the Menabe region through an integrated approach linking water access, behaviour change, climate resilience, and women’s livelihoods. In 2025 alone, 17,117 people gained access to drinking water services, an estimated 46,200 people were engaged in Social Art for Behaviour Change activities, and 675 women in increased their income through economic empowerment activities.
Over the course of the project, schools also became important spaces for environmental and health practice changes, as well as community engagement. 11 schools achieved WASH-freindly school certification, while four participated in the Écoles Bleues approach, connecting WASH education with nutrition, school gardens, reforestation, and environmental stewardship. School WASH Committees made up of teachers, students, school leadership, and representatives from parents’ associations also played a key role in sustaining these efforts by supporting hygiene routines, facility maintenance, student mobilization, and the long-term ownership of WASH practices within schools and surrounding communities.
Climate resilience remained another major focus of Telemovia, with 39 local water-resource management initiatives supporting activities such as riverbank protection, canal rehabilitation, and sanitation upgrades. In 2025 alone, reforestation efforts led to more than 12,700 sprouts and saplings being planted across four localities.
Both SCOFI and Telomiova have invested in local leadership, governance, and community ownership so progress will continue well beyond implementation. From school management committees and women’s groups to local authorities and behaviour change facilitators, both projects have strengthened the people and systems that communities will rely upon well into the future.
“We reached out to other schools to create inter-school sketches together. We focused on schools that didn’t benefit from the SCOFI project, so we could share with them what we’ve learned.”
-Grâcya, 9th grade student and member of project SCOFI's teen clubs
.
Through our SCOFI and Telomiova projects,
More than
105,000 people
have gained access to new or improved water services
More than
1,046,700 people
have been reached by SABC activities aimed at improving health and/or gender equality.
More than
3,550 people
were supported in strengthening their economic resilience through income-generating activities.
OUR IMPACT IN NEVADA
Water doesn't just flow through Southern Nevada, it’s what defines it. In one of the driest regions of North America, how communities learn to value, conserve, and protect water today will shape their tomorrow.
Since 2013, One Drop has invested over $1.6 million in local initiatives, partnering with organizations such as the Springs Preserve, Desert Research Institute (DRI), DISCOVERY Children's Museum, and WaterStart to raise awareness, educate communities about safe water and conservation, and power water innovation.
One Drop has been a proud partner of the DISCOVERY Children's Museum since its founding, and in 2025 supported the renovation of its Water World Gallery. The reimagined hands-on space tells the story of the Southern Nevada water cycle and inspires children to become stewards of our most precious resource. Since its grand opening in March 2025, the gallery has welcomed over 144,000 visitors, more than 30,000 of whom took part in the Museums for All Admission Subsidy Program, which makes sure the experience can reach families across income levels.
In 2025, One Drop also contributed to DRI's Research Immersion Internship, supporting a cohort of four students and one mentor set to begin in spring 2027. Through a paid, semester-long experience, participants will build skills for future research careers while focusing on water challenges in Southern Nevada.
Looking ahead, One Drop will help advance a Lower Colorado River Basin initiative through the Water Resilience Coalition—part of the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate—continuing to work alongside local leaders and partners toward a more water-secure future for the region.
Learn more about our work in Nevada.
MATTER OF ART: NEW ROUTES TO LASTING CHANGE
The expertise One Drop has built over nearly two decades doesn't stop at our projects. Through Matter of Art, our consultancy unit, we deliver art for social change to organizations worldwide, helping businesses, institutions, and communities unlock the same participatory, people-centred approach that drives our field impact.
In 2025, Matter of Art took social art where systems change is decided—inside organizations, across sectors, and into the next generation.
With Keurig Dr Pepper, we designed and led a six-workshop series alongside sustainability ambassadors and global staff. The process built internal understanding of water access realities in Indigenous communities in Canada, and equipped KDP ambassadors to carry that understanding forward as genuine advocates—on their teams, in their networks, and within their own practice.
At C2MTL, Montreal’s international creative business conference, Matter of Art led a workshop with more than 100 participants on how individual action scales to collective impact. Using tools rooted in co-design and systems thinking, teams built behaviour change strategies for fictional personas, mapping the drivers and barriers that shape what people actually do, not just what they intend. Participants left with a clearer sense of where they sit within the broader landscape of change—as individuals, within their networks, and inside their organizations.
At St. George’s School of Montreal, Matter of Art worked with more than 175 students, harnessing the power of art to open up questions about water, identity, and responsibility. The students answered in the only way that made sense: building a giant “Water Protector” with their own hands, and on May 9, carrying it through the streets for the world to see. The two-month-long process wove together water awareness, creative leadership, and community mobilization, showing how social art can turn civic engagement into something children seek out rather than sit through.
For corporations navigating sustainability commitments, foundations seeking community-rooted approaches, and WASH sector organizations looking to embed behaviour change expertise, Matter of Art offers a proven methodology and a track record of impact that extend well beyond the workshop.
IMPACTFUL FUNDRAISING
On March 22, One Night for One Drop returned to Las Vegas as both a flagship moment and a strategic anchor in the Foundation’s fundraising calendar. Held alongside World Water Day, the event gathered a highly engaged network of partners, philanthropists, and cultural leaders in a setting designed to connect awareness with action. The evening continues to play a dual role: generating critical resources for sustainable water initiatives and reinforcing long-standing relationships that drive impact over time.
On April 5, the inaugural Spirit of Water Gala took place in Edmonton, galvanizing a vibrant community of partners, artists, and supporters around a shared commitment to water equity. Through a blend of storytelling, cultural expression, and meaningful connection, the evening highlighted the importance of Indigenous water stewardship and the realities many communities face across Canada. Funds raised will support initiatives like the Indigenous Water Allyship program to advance sustainable, community-led solutions.
On May 20, Acqua Fiuggi and One Drop convened philanthropists, cultural figures, and partners in Cannes during one of the most globally visible moments of the year. The setting was deliberate: the Film Festival offers a rare concentration of influence and attention, and the evening reflected that, blending DJ sets and live Cirque du Soleil performances with the presence of recognizable faces from entertainment, fashion, and sports. This combination of culture and purpose created the natural conditions for meaningful conversations around water access—and for building the kind of relationships that support long-term impact.
From July 3 to 15, 2025, the first release of Le Grand Clos was offered via online auction, marking a collab between Champagne Barons de Rothschild and Bonhams. While different in format from One Drop’s other initiatives, it aligned closely in intention: connecting rarity and craftsmanship with purpose. While more discreet than other fundraising moments, it reflected an approach that broadens how engagement can happen. The result is not only financial in nature—it’s proof positive that impact can emerge from the most unexpected places.
On October 18, Walk for Water returned to Las Vegas for its 9th edition, welcoming individuals, families, schools, and partners to take part in a shared, deeply collective experience. As participants walked in solidarity with communities who face water scarcity every day, the event grounded a global issue in the here and now, strengthening relationships while expanding the Foundation’s reach at the community level. And the connection has not stopped at awareness raising—it has carried forward into long-term engagement, reinforcing both local involvement in Southern Nevada and sustained support for water initiatives worldwide.
On November 12, La Cuvée Toronto brought together wine industry leaders, philanthropists, and partners around an idea that is so practical it is often overlooked: viticulture is built on water. The event created a showcase for this interdependence, encouraging a more intentional conversation around stewardship and sustainability. Beyond the evening, La Cuvée has continued to build a network of engaged supporters whose interests naturally align with responsible resource management, translating shared values into ongoing support for water initiatives.
On November 18, in Los Angeles, the One Drop Gala brought together voices from the entertainment, media, and business communities, connecting a new network of influence to the realities of the global water crisis. Funds raised during the evening support water, sanitation, and hygiene initiatives that improve access to safe water and strengthen long-term systems in communities facing water insecurity. By engaging a community that shapes culture and public attention, the event has helped move the water crisis into spaces where decisions, influence, and resources converge.
On November 21, 2025, in Las Vegas, The Big Deal for One Drop mustered a community that has played a consistent role in funding water initiatives over the past decade. Held during Grand Prix week, the event draws on the energy of the poker world, where players and partners contribute through a format that turns participation directly into support for safe water access. Such sustained engagement is what gives The Big Deal its weight. Year after year, it has helped generate resources that fund water initiatives both in Nevada and worldwide, while keeping the cause visible within a network that never stops showing up, pitching in, and expanding its support.
WITH GRATITUDE
The work in this report spans continents, communities, and approaches that rarely fit neatly into a single framework. That breadth is only possible because of people willing to support something that takes time, defies easy metrics, and trusts communities to lead.
To our partners, funders, and allies: you made 2025 possible.
What was built this year will matter for a long time.
Thank you.
THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR PARTNERS
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UNITED FOR IMPACT: OUR REMARKABLE PARTNER COMMUNITY
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A Simple Affair • Alan & Christy Molasky Charitable Foundation • Alejandra Sanchez J • B D Cook • Belfor Edmonton • Blair Drenner • Brenden Mann Foundation • Brick House Fleet Services • Chicago Painting Inc • Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations • Cooper Roofing & Solar LLC • Coronado Concrete • Curtis Randel Sadler • Daniel Lamarre • Daphne and Gabriel Memorial • Denko Mancheski • Derek Adamian • Dialog • Dimitri Varsano • Dr. Christopher Wallace • Edmiston & Company Limited • EllisDon Construction Services Inc • Focus Plumbing LLC • Gilad Shemtov • Harshil Topiwala. • HaulCore Transports • Jamie Kim • Jay Jordan • Jeffrey Stuart • Joao Brasio • Jonathan & Susan Wener Family Foundation • Jose Pereira • Kateri Da Silva • Khudikyan Family Foundation • Las Vegas Water District • LeBaron & Carroll Insurance • LiUNA • Live Nation Entertainment • M2 Engineering • Marat Himet • Pathy Family Foundation • Marnell Masonry • Maurice Varsano • Nathalie Chiara Roberts • Next Architecture Inc. • Norman Silverman Co • Olson Precast Company • Patrycja Noworol • Paul Golini • Priority Mechanical Ltd • Roadrunner Drywall • Roy MacLean • Samay Manyal • Samson Cree Nation - Nipiy Department • Scott Sibley • Sierra Air Conditioning Inc • Sina Mouloud • Stefano Bruno Costa • Stephen Arbib Foundation • Sunrise Mechanical LLC • Tanner Cline • Ternan Farms – Leon Ternan • Thomas Daniel Kalman • Tito's Vodka • Vantage Concepts, LLC • VICI Properties • WestCor Companies • Wynn Resorts
IN-KIND PARTNERS AND DONORS
In 2025, we benefitted in numerous ways from the expertise and contributions of valued in-kind partners, such as:
Aalto Bodegas y Viñedos – Eduardo Ferrin • Académie du Vin – Marc Nadeau • Alain Ducasse • Almaviva •Andrea Dart • Bancy Art - Barbara & Nancy Arsenault • Baptiste Collignon • • Baron Philippe de Rothschild • Birkenhead House • Cabo Yacht Charters • Caitlin Cronenberg • Carl's Wine Club – Carl Boucher • Cathiard Vineyard – Florence & Daniel Cathiard • Champagne Barons de Rothschild - Frédéric Mairesse • Champagne Henri Giraud • Château Smith Haut Lafitte • Christie’s • Cirrus Aviation • Da Silva Vineyards & Winery • David Yarrow Family Foundation • Dobbin Estates – Nathan Dobbin • Domaine Clarence Dillon • Domaine de la Romanée-Conti – Perrine Fenal & Bertrand de Villaine • Dorchester Collection • Double Down Studios • DZE Asia • Ellerman House • Encore • Foundation Tours • Fondation Valmont • Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix • Frank Davis • Genua Family - Anthony and Anita Genua • Guillon Family • Hamilton Russell Vineyards • Hervé Fort • HRH Prince Robert de Luxembourg • Il Palagio • Jackson Family Wines - Chris & Ariel Jackson • Jim McGovern • Kerr Cellars • Klein Constantia • La Caserne Chanzy Hôtel & Spa • Lanvin • Leeu Estate • Lerner Projects • Maison M. Chapoutier – Chapoutier Family • Mullineux • Jamah – Nancy Gale • OG 1932 Whiskey – Heath Schneider & Les Kekahuna • Offset Foundation • Oilers Entertainment Group • One Hope Winery • Opus One – Scott Gould • Paul Oz • Randall Emmett • Revana Estate – Dr. Revana • River Cree Resort & Casino • Robert Nelson • Saseka Tented Camp • Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits • Steven Spurrier Estate • Resorts World Las Vegas • Tabitha Vallierie • Tabl’eau - Deb Belinsky • Tony Orlando • Tony Sasa • Trudie Styler & Sting – Paoletti Guitars – Fabrizio Paoletti • UNKY Productions • VIK • Wally’s
PROJECT PARTNERS
Current Executing Partners
Centre for Microfinance (CmF) • Cowater international • First Nations Technical Services Advisory Group Inc. (TSAG) • Fondo Ecuatoriano Populorum Progressio (FEPP) • Fundación EPM • HELVETAS • Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP)
Social Art Partners
AKNOR • Aléas Circus • Bronwen Moen • Centre Culturel Kore • FVTA • FVTI • ONG MOTEUR
Photo credits
Anthony Billante/Cashman Photo, Carolina Pastrana, Center for MicroFinance, Cowater, FLII, German Larkin, Heidy Cabrera/Grupo Armadillo, Henry Wong, Hermann Lampron, Mick O’Connel MW, Samuel Jabour, Sergio Fernández Bonilla, SkyBluePhotography, St. George's School of Montreal, Stockholm International Water Institute, Tania Vachon, Trevon Angulo, Valerie Nombo, Vivien Kililea/Getty Images
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The One Drop Foundation acknowledges Inuit, Métis, and First Nation Peoples across Canada as the traditional stewards of the lands and waters since time immemorial. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are with us today, those who have gone before us, and the youth that inspire us.
2024 Board of directors
Guy Laliberté
France Chrétien Desmarais
FILIPPO MARCHINO
Geneviève Bonin
Jerry Nadal
Kateri Da Silva
Mark L. Smith
Richard Wilson
Robert Blain
Todd Papau
2024 Executive Management Team
Ernenek Duran
President & Chief Executive Officer
Caroline Duret
Director, Event Partnerships
François-Nicolas Landry
Director, Finance and Administration
Juan Clavijo
Director, Global Programs
Lauren Alcorn
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Government Relations
Laurent Madore
Senior Director of Development, Events, and Fundraising
Marie-France Dos Santos
Director, Marketing Communications and Reputation
Tania Vachon
Senior Director, Innovation & Social Impact
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