Used Cellphone Collection- Clean Wave of the Future Fundraiser

Musical Instruments for Music Team San Francisco
2011-present



Music Team San Francisco is seeking gently used instruments of all kinds for the children in their after school program. Do you have a violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet trombone, french horn, or other instrument taking up space?

Eyeglasses for The Looking Glass Program
2011-present



Over 153 million people worldwide suffer from uncorrected vision problems, limiting their potential to read, learn, and work. Matter of Trust is proud to partner with Lions Club & Dr. Rosa Ten to collect used eyeglasses for those in need and distribute in Peru in October 2011. The Lions Clubs have gained worldwide recognition for their volunteer work in vision services. Dr. Rosa Ten has been organizing a medical team and helping villagers near and around Cusco, Peru for 6 years. This year, Matter of Trust is collecting used eyeglasses and readers for Dr. Ten and Matter of Trust Founder, Lisa Gautier, will be travelling with the team and volunteering as well. Everyone will be able to follow Lisa's blog and vlog here on this site. Once again, salons, groomers and members show how wonderful they are! When we posted about the need for glasses on our facebook page and sent out an email to our members, within no time hundreds of used glasses began arriving in the post!

Reuse of Society's Abundance (ROSA)
1998 - Present
Total Raised: $137,206.02
Direct Program Expenses: $130.205.19 = 94.8%
Manmade Surplus = Used furniture, equipment, clothing, appliances, building materials, supplies...
Eco-Education = Incubating projects and connecting like-minded members in our database


Computer lab furnished entirely through ROSA / Excess Access donations.

ROSA is our manmade surplus and research program. As MofT's first program, ROSA began with founder Lisa Gautier buzzing around in a minivan with a toddler in one arm and wish lists in the other. As demand grew, ROSA's donations and donors were put online and since 1999 matching has been done automatically through our Excess Access website (see below).

Now, ROSA concentrates on developing a "critical mass" of donors and recipients throughout the US. Often when there are unusual items or large quantities ROSA does the handholding and coordination necessary to increase successful matching. ROSA also scouts when MofT could act as an incubator for new programs or as a catalyst for partnerships between similar ecological organizations. Thanks to the accessibilty the web provides and the Excess Access program (see below), we continually meet new nonprofits and socially conscious businesses from far and wide. We're in an excellent position to introduce like-minded members and our files are full of emails telling how these collaborations have been beneficial. Sometimes we get even more involved and fiscally sponsor grass roots projects!



Excess Access, LLC (EA)
1998 - Present
Excess Access has donated $5,860 to MofT's General Fund To Date
Manmade Surplus = Used furniture, equipment, clothing, appliances, building materials, supplies...



Our online database service for ROSA (see above) that automatically matches business and household item donations with the wishlists of nearby nonprofits that can accept drop-offs or provide pick-ups. Now serving the US, Canada and beyond.

Daily, thousands of dollars worth of secondhand goods are finding homes and thousands of pounds worth of useful materials are being kept out of overflowing landfills.

Chairs, desks, equipment, rugs, clothes, kids' items, supplies, food, sofas, appliances... All kinds of items are posted by donors who log on to our site. And we get thousands of emails from families and charities alike that have made lasting connections through these in-kind donations.





Orchards International Project
2004 - Present
Total Raised $1,000 (Used for transport of inkind donations)
Direct Program Expenses: $967 = 97%
Manmade Surplus = Clothing, rice, powdered milk (= 1 million cups)


Distribution of rice and clothing to school children in Dascht-e-Barchi, Afghanistan

Matter of Trust is the fiscal agent for Orchards International Projects, run by Doug Franco. Doug coordinates with many logistics partners to get goods to children in Kabul. Thanks to Doug and his team, we also managed to get two ultrasounds donated in the US through Excess Access to the only eye clinic in Kabul.




Parkas for Pakistan- PROJECT COMPLETED
2010
Total Raised: Huge box of donated clothes
The community donated clothing to send to victims of the October 2010 flooding in Pakistan.

Matter of Trust partnered with the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse director, Linda Levitsky (center), shown here with her team in front of Parkas for Pakistan donation.director of East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, stands with her team in front of Parkas for Pakistan donation




VeggieVan.org Katrina Relief Project - PROJECT COMPLETED
(for continuing Katrina wishes / gifts see Excess Access)
2005
Total Raised: $5,080
Direct Program Expenses: $5,000 = 98.43%
Manmade Surplus = Supplies to Katrina victims
Natural Abundance = Biodiesel to power supply boats



Matter of Trust is the fiscal agent for VeggieVan.org, whose founder, Josh Tickell, is from Louisiana. After the hurricane struck, thanks to the coordinating efforts of Josh and many volunteers, biodiesel providers got fuel to supply boats and diesel trucks when conventional fuel wasn't available. Food, clothing donations and necessities reached remote areas and grateful residents.




Louisiana and Missisisippi Katrina Relief Benefit - PROJECT COMPLETED
(for continuing Katrina wishes / gifts see Excess Access)
2005
Total Raised: $2,140
Direct Program Expenses: $2,033 = 95%
-$475 and school supplies to East Baton Rouge School District
-$779 and household supplies to Christian Fellowship Outreach Mission, Tylertown Miss.
-$779 to Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Manmade Surplus = School Supplies, Clothing and Children's Supplies

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Matter of Trust was the fiscal sponsor for the benefit performance by Anne Galjour of her play "Hurricane," which draws inspiration from the peculiarities of daily life in Louisiana's Cajun community. Shawn Rosenmoss coordinated the grassroots fundraiser and transported school supplies (backpacks, lunch boxes, calculators, notebooks...) and kid's clothing to East Baton Rouge School District overwhelmed by the high volume of Katrina victims fleeing into the Parish. Funds were also raised for assisting carpenters and masonry workers, such as Adam of Fabricatorz and other volunteers from Northern California, to reach Christian Fellowship Outreach Mission in devastated Tylertown, Mississippi. Funds were used for purchase of supplies and logistical needs.




Music in Schools Today (MUST) Joint Project With ROSA - PROJECT COMPLETED
(for continuing instrument wishes / gifts see Excess Access)
1999 - 2000
Total Funds: $34,331.54
MuSTCreate.org: $29,385.51 = 85.6%
MofT's Reuse of Society's Abundance (ROSA) recycling program: $4,946.03 = 14.4%
Manmade Surplus = secondhand musical instruments

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Fundraising project promoting secondhand instrument donations to Northern California Public Schools.

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