Safer Chemistry is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit using the world's only EPA Safer Choice–certified fire retardant to defend wildlife habitats, equine properties, and irreplaceable historical landmarks from wildfire.
Our mission is simple: take the toxic out of fire defense. Every grant, every partnership, every dollar gets measured against that single test.
No trade-offs we wouldn't make ourselves.
We don't deploy chemistry on someone else's home that we wouldn't put on our own. If it's not safe enough for our families, it's not safe enough for yours.
Real numbers. Real outcomes.
$50 treats a perimeter. $250 covers an engineering hour. We refuse to traffic in vague impact statements. Every gift maps to something concrete.
What we learn, we share.
We open-source the engineering, the assemblies, the test results. The next sanctuary or landmark to harden shouldn't have to start from zero.
Most of every dollar goes to the work.
We don't run a marketing department. ~85% of every gift funds projects. Operations and fundraising costs are reported every year.
Where we draw the line
Some donors offer money with strings attached. We've turned them down before and we'll do it again. Specifically:
- We won't endorse products we haven't tested ourselves.
- We won't accept funding from companies whose retardant chemistry doesn't meet our standard.
- We won't sell donor information.
- We won't make claims our science can't back up.
If a fire chief, builder, or insurer wants to know where to draw the line on the chemistry they specify or use, that's a conversation we'll always have.
Built to be accountable.
Safer Chemistry is governed by a board of directors with backgrounds in fire safety, building science, environmental health, and nonprofit operations. We file Form 990 every year and publish our financials on this site.
Help us hold the line.
Your gift today funds the chemistry, the installations, and the open-source engineering that keep habitats and landmarks from burning.
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