SCRAP is a 501(c)(3) Arts education nonprofit and a creative Reuse center founded in 1976 in San Francisco. SCRAP works at the intersection of the arts, arts education, and the environment. Our mission is to put the materials and methods of art-making in reach for everyone, helping people turn everyday objects into creative projects that fuel the human spirit, support community vibrancy, and reinforce environmental awareness. And we divert over 200 tons of materials heading from landfill each year!
We pride ourselves on providing equal access to creativity. Our depot in the Bayview is a wonderful "Aladdin's Cave" that provides students, teachers, and artists of all walks of life with access to high quality materials at affordable prices. The materials in our depot change every day, but you’ll always find an abundance of classroom and art supplies, a wide variety of artifacts of inspiring textures, colors, and shapes. The Depot is loosely organized by type of material: paper, wood, metal, glass, fabric, leather, images, office supplies, plastic, natural materials, beads & buttons, arts & crafts, toys, and more.
Shopping: Tuesday - Sunday: 10 AM - 6 PM
Material Donations: Tuesday - Saturday: 10 AM - 3 PM
Closed on Mondays
We are located at 2150 Newcomb Street, San Francisco
415-647-1746
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The nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute on Money in Politics (NIMP) promotes an accountable democracy by compiling comprehensive campaign-donor, lobbyist, and other information from government disclosure agencies nationwide and making it freely available at FollowTheMoney.org.
The Institute researches and archives a 50-state federal/state database of contributions documenting $100+ billion, plus more than 2 million state lobbyist-client relationships that are registered annually. Recent expansions include selected local-level data, collecting independent spending reports for federal campaigns and in 31 states, and lobbying spending in 20 states.
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A website detailing which candidates recieved how much money from whom, and when.