Interview
How I Raised $700 Million: Charity: Water Founder: Scott Harrison | E153
- Aims to build 100 wells with Charity Water while currently facing payroll delays for nine employees and potential insolvency.
- Targets exponential scaling of organizational velocity to peak capacity within the current year, moving into the "second inning of impact."
- Plans to reach 29 countries currently in operations and intends to involve Stephen Bartlett in visiting these locations.
- Seeks to solicit increased funding from entrepreneurs based on a realization of under-requesting previously, with a goal of sustaining a core group of 131 entrepreneur families.
- Anticipates skepticism regarding the 100% donation model that separates overhead from public funds.
- Projects that 10% of the global population, equating to 771 million people, lack clean water, noting that 15 million have already been assisted.
- Attributes the $700 million seed investment received 13 months after a near-shutdown to Michael Birch, resulting in $130 million raised in the current year.
- Plans a one-year period of service to God and the poor, representing a tithe of time following the reversal of a decade of lifestyle choices.
- Intends to abstain from cigarettes, cocaine, pornography, gambling, and sex for five years prior to joining a Mercy Ships hospital ship, acknowledging no end point to the service pursuit.
- Identifies risks regarding the "dark side" manifesting as overworking or creating a parenting environment where children do not understand the value of work due to overcompensation for childhood deprivation.
- Utilizes skills in "curating fun" to promote humanitarian medical work through a new narrative designed to engage cynical audiences.
- Confirms a 17-year period without smoking cigarettes while noting plans to occasionally consume alcohol in the future.
- Operates under the belief that there is always someone needing help, defining the work as a never-ending pursuit.