Thank you to everyone who donated during Give Miami Day!
If you missed us during Give Miami Day, 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 your no-longer-wanted things & rehome them with those that see their value & potential!
Why Us, Why Now?
We’re REOPENING The Things Lab’s creative reuse center and art installation and need your help to make it happen! From workshops to things swaps to our pay-what-you-value creative reuse center, The Things Lab transforms discarded things into community connections.
Help us bring this space back to life—see what your gift can do:
| $25 | opens The Things Lab for one hour |
| $55 | secures one Art & Reuse Workshop scholarship |
| $90 | facilitates one shift of support staff |
| $150 | opens The Things Lab for one day |
| $250 | covers an artist stipend at REUSE-A-PALOOZA |
| $500 | supports a Things Swap |
| $1,000 | produces a Repair Lab |
| $3,000 | subsidizes one month of rent & utilities |
| $9,000 | provides rent & utilities for 3 months |
| $25,000 | creates a program manager position |
| $36,000 | guarantees rent & utilities for one year |
| $61,000 | REOPENS The Things Lab for one year |
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 arts & community workshops and events that serve as a meeting place connecting creativity, sustainability, 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, Miami: Little Haiti, Miami: Little Havana, Miami Beach
Annual Operating Budget
$25,000 - $99,999
Primary Population Served
General Population, Low-Income Individuals/Families
Address
PO BOX 380253