The H2O Africa Foundation represents an unprecedented collaboration. The Foundation was launched in conjunction with Running the Sahara, the expedition and film project produced by LivePlanet and Independent Producers Alliance.  It was co-founded by Matt Damon along with Producers Larry Tanz, Keith Quinn and Marc Joubert, Executive Producer Jim Van Eerden, Co-Executive Producer Paul Brooks and RTS Expedition leader, Charlie Engle. 

Matt Damon, Charlie Engle, Kevin Lin and Canadian Ray Zahab serve as Spokespersons for the Foundation.  Van Eerden serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors, with Quinn serving as the Director of Media.  Richard Klopp, who spent his childhood years in Africa and is currently completing his PhD studies at the Indiana University Center for Philanthropy, is the Foundation’s Executive Director.  The Foundation is greatly aided by its expanding Advisory Board, including leading water activists:

• Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Author of The End of Poverty
• Malcolm S. Morris, CEO of Stewart Title Co. and Chairman of the Millennium Water Alliance and Living Water International
• Gary White, CEO of Water Partners International
• Joey Adler, President of Diesel Canada and Founder of One x One
• Jonathan Greenblatt, Co-founder of Ethos Water and director of Starbucks Foundation
• Patrick Cruickshank, Managing Director – Investments, Stanford Group Company

The H2O Africa Foundation is administered by The Renaissance Charitable Fund, which provides administrative services to the Foundation at no cost to help further the organization's mission. Stanford Financial Group, lead investor in the Running the Sahara film, provides money management services for the Foundation. Strategic philanthropic counsel has been provided at no cost by The Helixx Group, LLC.

This collaborative approach enables us to send 100% of donations made to The H20 Africa Foundation directly to the Foundation's implementation partners in the field.