Turning Wine Into Water 2026
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Mark your calendars for the 2027 clean water event of the year! On Saturday April 24, 2027 at 6pm, the annual Turning Wine Into Water event will be held at the Kamin Science Center.
It is hard to overstate the impact that one annual gathering of World Changers can have upon the world. On Saturday May 2, 2026, over 150 World Changers enjoyed a fantastic evening at the Kamin Science Center and raised over $560,000 (net).
You really rose to the occasion and funded:
- Nine (9) water projects at the $15,000 level
- Nine (9) water projects at the $8,000 level
- Thirty-Eight (38) water projects at the $6,000 level
- Thirteen (13) water projects at the $4,000 level
- Twenty-Two (22) water projects at the $2,000 level
as well as:
- Twelve (12) 40-packs of water filters at the $1,000 level
- Twenty-Seven (27) 20-packs of water filters at the $500 level
- Forty-One (41) 4-packs of water filters at the $100 level
Your extravagant generosity will impact many tens of thousands of people in 2026. Stay tuned for details on YOUR project and the deployment of water filters that YOU made possible.
Thank you!
The remainder of the 2026 event page is left in place to provide a feel for the structure of the 2026 Turning Wine Into Water event. Thanks to all who joined us at the event and funded water projects and water filters at the event and remotely!
Please consider joining us at Turning Wine Into Water on Saturday May 2 at 6pm at Kamin (formerly Carnegie) Science Center! Come and meet the Ingomar Living Waters team, enjoy great food, taste some outstanding wine selections, meet representatives from our partners who have in-country teams implementing water projects, and bid on special auction items. And most importantly, help us to raise money to implement clean water projects around the world! Our sponsors have made the event possible. And there are extra free tickets available, while they last. If you are interested, please reach out to info@ingomarlivingwaters.org.
If you are unable to join us at the event, please consider donating by funding a water project or making a general donation.
Sponsorship Levels
(For reference only…this year’s event is fully funded. Thank you sponsors!)
“BARREL” SPONSOR $10,000
Eight event tickets
Plus:
- Two VIP passes to the exclusive VIP Celebration **
- An exclusively-positioned reserved table seating eight
- A $2,000 water project donated on your behalf
- Onsite recognition
- Special event take-home gifts:
- Four bottles of Clemente wine *
- One wine glass per person
“MAGNUM” SPONSOR $5,000
Eight event tickets
Plus:
- Two VIP passes to the exclusive VIP Celebration **
- A reserved table seating eight
- Eight water filters donated on your behalf
- Onsite recognition
- Special event take-home gifts:
- Two bottles of Clemente wine *
- One wine glass per person
“BOTTLE” SPONSOR $2,500
Four event tickets
Plus:
- Four reserved seats located together at a shared table
- Four water filters donated on your behalf
- Onsite recognition
- Special event take-home gifts:
- One bottle of Clemente wine *
- One wine glass per person
* All wine must be picked up at the event.
Note to sponsors: a portion of your contribution may be tax-deductible but 100% of the event proceeds bring the gift of clean water to the world. By sponsoring this event and bringing WORLD CHANGERS together to fund water projects and water filters, you are multiplying the gift of clean water. THANK YOU, EVENT SPONSORS!
There are no paper tickets for this event. We require contact info for all attendees including sponsors and guests and you will be pre-registered and a name tag will be waiting for you at check-in.
We often have extra seats at the event. So if you are interested in joining an amazing event and helping us bring the gift of clean water to the world, please reach out to info@ingomarlivingwaters.org.
Because sponsorships provide things of value to the donor, we cannot accept payments from Donor Advised Funds (DAFs), Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) or other non tax deductible funding sources for “Barrel”, “Magnum” and “Bottle” sponsorships. Sponsorships can be paid via check, credit card, or even donation of appreciated assets such as stocks, ETFs, or mutual funds. You are more than welcome to make a general donation to Ingomar Living Waters, fund a water project, or fund water filters from a non tax deductible funding source, since those things confer no benefits to the donor.
Auction Items
Auction items this year include an intricate embroidery from a CEED village in Uganda which took 3 months to make. One-of-a-kind memorabilia…the one and only full-sized Wine to Water oak wine barrel from Clemente Museum and Engine House 25 Winery created when the ILW-Clemente partnership was established for the first Turning Wine Into Water event over a decade ago. A week stay at a magnificent cabin in the woods…Picket Pin! Signed baseball bat by new Pittsburgh Pirates star Konnor Griffith. Your own private wine tasting for 10 in exquisite setting. And more!
A Week at Picket Pin
Ugandan Needlepoint
Original ILW Barrel
Konnor Griffin Signed Bat
Private Wine Tasting for 10
Keynote Speaker
Our keynote speaker this year is Jim West from CEED. Jim leveraged his plumbing career and after retiring become a borehole drilling expert. Jim helped train CEED’s in-country leader and drilling team. Over the years, ILW and CEED have done over 80 projects together.
The picture above is from joint CEED-ILW project in Butembe Village, Uganda (2025-005).
If you have a conflict and are unable to join us at the Turning Wine Into Water event on May 2, 2026, please consider funding a water project or making a general donation.
** VIP Celebration at Engine House 25
For our special VIP sponsors at the “Barrel” and “Magnum” levels who are key to making the Turning Wine Into Water event possible, and for top donors at the event, you will receive tickets to an exclusive VIP Celebration to be held at the Engine House 25 Winery at the Clemente Museum in Pittsburgh. The VIP Celebration will be on Friday October 2, 2026 @ 7pm. If you are a “Barrel” or “Magnum” sponsor, please mark your calendars now. The VIP Celebration will be an exclusive event to celebrate the generosity of those who make the Turning Wine Into Water event possible. It’ll be an evening of free flowing exclusive Clemente wine, exquisite cheeses and charcuterie, and finger desserts. The goal at the VIP Celebration is simply to have fun and celebrate those who helped make the Turning Water Into Wine event possible through their generosity.
How to Sign Up to Sponsor Now!
(For reference only…this year’s event is fully funded. Thank you sponsors!)
(Click to print paper form)
You can sponsor the 2026 Turning Wine Into Water event in one of two ways. Either click the event brochure and print the Sponsorship Registration Form page, fill it out, and return it in the mail with your payment. Or click to access the online registration form and pay via credit card.
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More About the Venues
Carnegie Science Center
The Turning Wine Into Water event on May 2, 2026 at 6pm will be held in Point View Hall within the Kamin Science Center. The Carnegie Science Center is located on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.
Engine House 25
The VIP Celebration on October 2, 2026 at 7pm will be held in the Engine House 25 Winery. The Engine House 25 Winery is located in the basement of the Clemente Museum in the Lawrenceville area of Pittsburgh.
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