--- title: Here’s Who Has Donated the Most Bottled Water to Flint description: Big donors include Walmart, Jimmy Fallon, Cher, Eminem, Mark Wahlberg, Pearl Jam, and the Detroit Lions in the wake of the water crisis. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-01-26T20:53:27.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T09:48:53.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - giving - pubdesk word_count: 378 canonical: https://money.com/flint-water-crisis-donations/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Mark Wahlberg (L) and Sean Combs on February 27, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.](https://img.money.com/2016/01/160126_em_flintdoncations.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2100px%2C1182px&quality=85) *Mark Wahlberg (L) and Sean Combs on February 27, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.* As the situation in Flint, Mich., turns [bleaker and bleaker](https://time.com/4188328/the-poisoning-of-an-american-city/), aid from across the country is pouring in to help residents unable to access safe drinking water. Walmart, in partnership with Pepsi , Coca-Cola, and Nestle, announced Tuesday that it will deliver [6.5 million bottles of water](https://time.com/4193810/flint-michigan-water-donations-jimmy-fallon-walmart/) to public school kids in the city, the largest single donation to the disaster relief efforts yet. That's in addition to [hundreds of thousands of bottles](http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2016/01/26/walmart-pepsi-coca-cola-nestle-donate-6-5m-bottles-of-water-to-flint-mich-students/#3e4b9f68433f) the retail giant has already donated. Flint's water supply was poisoned with high levels of lead after the city switched from the Detroit water system to the Flint River to cut costs. A federal state of emergency has been declared. But Walmart is far from the only brand name that has made efforts to aid Flint. Many celebrities are making their donations public, hoping to encourage others to do the same. The largest public donations yet include: - [Sean Combs and Mark Wahlberg](http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2016/01/25/eminem-flint-water-donation-sean-diddy-combs-aquahydrate-mark-wahlberg/79296540/)'s bottled water company pledged to give 1 million bottles. This includes help from hip hop artists Wiz Khalifa and [Detroit-native Eminem](https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/691688547674406912). - [Pearl Jam](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/01/22/pearl-jam-donates-flint-water-crisis/79173162/) gave $300,000 total (the rockers pledged $125,000 and collected an additional $175,000.) - [Nestle](http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2016/01/26/walmart-pepsi-coca-cola-nestle-donate-6-5m-bottles-of-water-to-flint-mich-students/#3e4b9f68433f), in addition to aiding Walmart, has given over 190,000 bottles of water since October. - [Cher](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6844228/cher-on-flint-michigan-water-crisis-donald-trump-presidential-election) partnered with Icelandic Glacial to donate 181,440 bottles of water, according to Billboard. She also publicly called for Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to step down. - [Detroit Lions](http://espn.go.com/blog/detroit-lions/post/_/id/21915/lions-de-ezekiel-ansah-donates-over-94000-bottles-of-water-to-flint) players have donated upwards of 94,000 bottles, led by defensive end Ezekiel Ansah, according to [Dave Birkett](https://twitter.com/davebirkett/status/690604837906571264) of the Detroit Free Press. - [Detroit Lions charities](http://espn.go.com/blog/detroit-lions/post/_/id/21839/detroit-lions-charities-donates-to-assist-flint-water-crisis) have donated an undisclosed amount of money to the United Way to aid in the transportation of water. - [AT&T Michigan](http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160125/NEWS/160129901/att-michigans-50000-donation-to-flint-water-effort-among-business) is donating $50,000. - [Meek Mill](http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/meek-mill-jimmy-fallon-lend-help-flint-michigan-wa/nqBkR/) reportedly promised $50,000. - [Big Sean](https://www.crowdrise.com/BigSean), a Detroit native, has raised over $21,000 on crowdrise.com. - [Jack White's](https://www.crowdrise.com/thirdmanrecords) Third Man Records has raised over $12,000 on crowdrise.com. - [Jimmy Fallon](https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon/status/691347133455323136) donated $10,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and asked 10 people to match him. Others, including [Matt Damon](https://time.com/4191777/matt-damon-flint-governor-resign/), Mark Ruffalo, Flint-native Michael Moore, and more, have called for Gov. Snyder to resign. If you want to help Flint, you can donate at multiple websites, including [good360.org](https://good360.org/flint-michigan/), via the [United Way of Genesee County](http://www.unitedwaygenesee.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=5), and through [flintkids.org](https://www.cfgf.org/cfgf/GoodWork/FlintArea/WaterCrisis/tabid/855/Default.aspx). 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