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Thank you to everyone who donated during Give Miami Day 2025!
We hope you can support us again this year.
Early giving starts on November 14 and the BIG day is November 19!
If you can't wait to support us, you can visit thethingslab.org and DONATE there now.
What is The Things Lab?
We’re an artist-led nonprofit & community prioritizing REUSE & CREATIVITY, believing that no THING is trash. We take no-longer-wanted things & rehome them with those that see their value & potential!
Our reuse center/art installation is currently located at Artisan’s Playhouse in Hialeah thanks to last year’s donors! From workshops to things swaps to our pay-what-you-value creative reuse center, The Things Lab transforms discarded things into community connections.
Why us, why now?
We’re planning the 3rd annual REUSE-A-PALOOZA, a free community event & need your help to make it the best one yet! And we’re turning THREE!
| $30 | facilitates one repair at our Repair Lab |
| $90 |
covers one shift of event support staff |
| $120 | supports community outreach |
| $150 | enables a nonprofit to participate |
| $300 | compensates one artist |
| $600 | subsidizes a Things Swap |
| $1,200 | makes REUSE-A-PALOOZA zero waste |
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$1,500 |
produces a Repair Lab |
| $3,000 | provides for 10 participating artists |
The Things Lab aims to keep things out of the landfill and accessible to everyone! We are an artist-led socially-engaged participatory project and start-up non-profit created by Susan Caraballo & Kerry Phillips.
The Things Lab emphasizes creativity as a resource for resiliency and adaptability centering on three complementary aspects: the collaborative, ever-changing immersive art installation/reuse center where one determines the pricing, paying what they value items to be worth within their budget; a lending library of things that meaningfully benefits the neighboring communities; and a series of art & reuse community workshops and events that serve as a meeting place connecting creativity, environmental stewardship, memory, shared knowledge and compassion.
Organization name
The Things Lab
Tax id (EIN)
99-0944186
Mission Category
Environment
Program Site Locations
All of Miami-Dade County, Coral Gables, Hialeah, Miami: All Communities, Miami: Little Havana
Annual Operating Budget
$25,000 - $99,999
Primary Population Served
General Population, Low-Income Individuals/Families, Other
Address
PO BOX 380253