The Foundation, with its own Board of Directors, operates independently and in furtherance of the charitable mission of the Association. The members of the Board of Directors represent a broad cross-section of textile and chemical industry experts and other senior business leaders, with interests in many different aspects of textile wet processing.

The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists seeks to promote increase of knowledge of the application of dyes and chemicals in the Textile Industry, encourage in any practical way research work on chemical processes and materials of importance to the Textile Industry, and establish for the members channels by which the interchange of professional knowledge among them may be increased.