We’re honored to be hosting these incredible organizations on tour this year.  Stop by the WaterWheel tables to make a donation in person or donate to the online by clicking the Donate button below. We’ll be updating this list as the tour progresses – keep checking back for more!

1/29-2/1 Riviera Maya, Mexico – Centro Educativo K’iin Beh

K’iin Beh—which means “towards the sun” in Mayan—is a bilingual non-profit school established for local children of the community Cristo Rey in Playa del Carmen. Under the leadership of Principal Raquel Mitre, the school offers full time, bilingual education for over 400 students in Kindergarten, elementary and middle school. Thanks to its scholarship-based enrollment, K’iin Beh is accepting students from all economic backgrounds.

4/18-19 Seattle, WA – Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank

The Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank runs the busiest kitchen in Pike Place Market, serving over 58,000 free, tasty meals in 2024. They are a hybrid agency that combines a food bank, a senior center, and a frontline human services agency that assists people experiencing homelessness and other crises.

4/20 Portland, OR – Tualatin Riverkeepers

Tualatin Riverkeepers is a community-based organization working to protect the Tualatin River watershed through advocacy, restoration work, river access, and education.

4/22-23 San Francisco, CA – Edgewood Center for Children and Families

Edgewood is the premier resource for youth and families in the Bay Area facing mental health challenges, trauma, and family crises. As the first nonprofit in the western United States, they have been transforming lives since 1851, offering over 15 innovative programs across San Francisco and San Mateo counties.

4/25-27 Los Angeles, CA – Southern CA Fire Recovery Fund

MusiCares
NourishLA
Sweet Relief
California Community Foundation
NDLON
Pasadena Community Foundation

6/20 Manchester, NH – Conservation Law Foundation

Conservation Law Foundation forges lasting solutions to environmental challenges for the people of New England. For nearly 60 years, CLF has taken on powerful opponents who would pollute our air and water and squander our resources. By tackling critical issues such as climate change, clean water, and sustainable communities, CLF fights to protect our way of life and ensure vibrant natural landscapes for future generations.

6/22 Manchester, NH – Connecticut River Conservancy

The Connecticut River Conservancy restores and advocates for clean water, healthy habitats, and resilient communities to support a thriving Connecticut River watershed in NH, VT, MA, and CT. They remove dams to restore rivers for fish passage; advocate for habitat-friendly bills, licenses, and permits; remove aquatic invasive species and plant native trees and shrubs; organize many different types of recreational and educational events; engage volunteers in community science; and even have a water quality lab as part of their monitoring program.

6/23 Manchester, NH – General Fund

6/24 Pittsburgh, PA – Allegheny Cleanways

Since 2000, Allegheny CleanWays has been engaging and partnering with community groups to remove more than 5.4 million pounds of debris from vacant lots, wooded hillsides, alleyways, roadsides, streams, and riverbanks. Each year hundreds of their volunteers remove trash from the landscape to improve community health and vitality. They also work on litter and illegal dumping prevention, conduct cleanup coordinator workshops, and advocate for policies to reduce the amount of trash produced.

6/27 Austin, TX – LifeWorks Austin

LifeWorks serves youth and young families, many of whom have experienced homelessness, by providing wrap-around services through their Housing, Counseling, Education & Workforce programs. They meet their clients where they are, and support their pursuit of a life they love. Successes can include finding stable housing, addressing trauma through counseling, earning a high school diploma, and finding employment.

6/28 Austin, TX – General Fund