this point almost did the company in many times. charity: water promises to give 100% of their donations to finding safe water solutions. they have an entirely separate fund-raising account for overhead. at one point, he had millions of dollars in the bank to build wells and only $881 to pay for the overhead. luckily, a last-minute donor saved the day, but this test set the stage for how scott would always run the organization. today, as always, he believes in 100% transparency and sharing the organization s mistakes has only made his community more loyal. in order to win trust, you had to be straight with people. and you could share your successes, but you also had to share your failures. we once broadcast a live drill from the central african republic, where we failed. in short, the sand started caving in and the well collapsed. why weren t you afraid that donors were going to look at that and say, okay, i just spent all this money to get that rig there, and it didn t work, and w
it sounds simple, but it s not. his unwillingness to waver on this point almost did the company in many times. charity: water promises to give 100% of their donations to finding safe water solutions. they have an entirely separate fund-raising account for overhead. at one point, he had millions of dollars in the bank to build wells and only $881 to pay for the overhead. luckily, a last-minute donor saved the day, but this test set the stage for how scott would always run the organization. today, as always, he believes in 100% transparency and sharing the organization s mistakes has only made his community more loyal. in order to win trust, you had to be straight with people. and you could share your successes, but you also had to share your failures. we once broadcast a live drill from the central african republic, where we failed. in short, the sand started caving in and the well