About Us
OUR MISSION
Giving every person the knowledge, resources, and support to achieve better health by breathing safe indoor air.
OUR VISION
A world where every person lives a longer and healthier life by breathing safe indoor air.
Why We Exist
In the United States, the mold inspection and remediation industry is largely unregulated. Doctors often miss the connection between health and home, leaving families to figure it out on their own.
What’s worse, it often takes people years to make the connection between their health and their home, if they ever make it at all. That translates into years of painful and mismatched treatments. It’s lost childhoods. It’s missed work and job opportunities. It’s years of significant emotional and financial strain on already overwhelmed individuals and families.
We started Change the Air Foundation to change that.
Education
Free, research-based and actionable information that helps homeowners, renters and professionals safely navigate mold, water damage and other indoor air quality issues.
Policy & Advocacy
Improving laws and regulations at the state and federal levels. We push for certification requirements for mold inspectors and remediators, the ANSI/IICRC S520 Standard as the minimum standard of care for all mold remediation, public health awareness programs, and more funding for indoor air quality research.
Research
Filling critical data gaps through our own independent, nationwide surveys and evidence-based reports that advance education, awareness and policy reform. We also offer small grants to researchers, medical professionals and others working to improve the lives of people affected by poor indoor air quality.
2021
It started with a conversation
Brandon Chappo, Michael Rubino, and Kendra Seymour meet to talk about creating a nonprofit for safe indoor air.
June 2022
Change the Air Foundation launches
Free, research-based resources for homeowners and renters go live.
September 2023
First federal bill and first research grant
The first federal bill we helped propose is introduced, and we fund our first research grant.
August 2024
Our first state law
The first state bill we helped pass becomes law in Illinois.
2025
Standing with military families
The Hidden Enemy premieres, the Safe Military Housing Survey hears from 3,400+ service members and families, and the Bergman Amendment brings a national mold remediation standard to military housing.
January 2026
The MOLD Act
The bipartisan MOLD Act is introduced at a press conference in Washington, D.C.
June 2026
A first-in-the-nation law
The 2nd state bill we helped pass in Connecticut becomes the first state to require that all mold remediation follow the ANSI/IICRC S520 standard.
September 2026
The National Mold Consumer Survey launches
The first independent, in-depth national survey asking consumers what really happens when mold inspectors and remediators come into their homes.
Our work is guided and supported by our board of directors, staff, strategic advisors, a medical advisory panel, and dedicated volunteers across the country.
Thank you to our volunteers, including our board, advisors, policy leads and everyone who gives their time to this work. Thank you to the individual donors, corporate partners, and foundation grants who fuel it. Change only happens because of you.
Use the links below to learn more about our work, finances, and to see our annual reports. Full financial details are available on our Form 990 on the IRS website.
Every free guide, every policy win and every family who found answers was made possible by supporters like you. Your gift keeps that work going.
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