The people behind the mission

Meet our co-founders

Two people who turned a frustration with poor indoor air into a growing movement for cleaner, healthier spaces.

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Rahul Awasthi

Co-Founder and Clean Air Advocate

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Aryan Patel

Co-Founder and Operations Lead

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Our structure

Why we are unincorporated, for now

We made a deliberate choice. People needed cleaner air right away, and we did not want a single classroom, shelter or workshop to wait while legal paperwork moved. So we started helping first, and we are building the formal structure as we grow.

The mission came first. The structure is following it.
1

Impact before paperwork

We wanted to change things immediately. Operating as an unincorporated nonprofit association let us put equipment into real rooms now, instead of spending our first months on filings.

2

Lean, hands on and direct

Staying small keeps us focused entirely on the work: collecting units, refurbishing them, matching them to spaces, and getting them out the door fast.

3

Built to formalize

As we grow, we plan to incorporate as a nonprofit corporation and pursue formal tax exempt status, so we can serve more communities, accept larger donations, and steward every dollar transparently.