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About
Excess Access
In
1998, Lisa Craig Gautier founded Matter of Trust.org (MofT)
in San Francisco with the help of her husband, Patrice Gautier (now senior
director of iTunes with Apple Computers, Inc.), and the support of 35
friends and relatives. An ecological 501 (c)(3) public charity, MofT concentrates
on manmade and natural surplus and eco-education programs. MofT's first
manmade surplus project was Reuse of Society's Abundance (ROSA) which
developed Excess Access.com.
It
all started when Lisa was given a new livingroom rug and wanted to donate
her old rug because it was still perfectly good. She found a school that
could use it in its library story-time area. While there, she asked if
the school could use anything else and was given her first "wish
list". She was amazed by how many generous businesses and households
want to provide good surplus that's about to be dumped. Everyone prefers
to pass on items to those in need, they are just stumped about how to
do this conveniently.
But more evoking
is the other side of the coin. The harsh effects of budget cuts, the scarcity
of supplies in schools and nonprofits here in the US and the huge shortages
for international grassroots NGOs.
Together,
Matter of Trust and Excess Access form a system that works professionally
with donors and respects the ideals of nonprofits. Participants
are willing to pay a very small amount because they need this service
to continue and realize its value.
Successfully self-sustaining and happily expanding, Excess Access is a
donating, recycling, state-of-the-art web site that doesn't compete for
the funding that charities need. The founders donate 100% of royalties
back into Matter of Trust.org.
Our hybrid
is an online small business helping to support a public charity. Also,
we are staffed by a wise, loyal and dynamic group of seniors, work-from-home
moms, and student interns. We believe that this is the staffing model
of the future. Above all, we are thrilled to be able to spend our days
meeting you and providing a service that is vital to society and healthy
for the environment. It doesn't get much better than this.
Email us
Matter of Trust.org
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