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Double Your Impact:
ioby Detroit Match Fund

Due to the enormous generosity of Detroiters, we are no longer able to accept new projects into this match as our funding is running low.

Our ioby community is full of helpers. Neighborhood leaders, unofficial mayors of the block, people like you who have always stepped up to do what’s right and to lend a hand. We know that many of you are now trying to figure out how to step up to support your neighbors. We're here to help. 

Get your donations doubled up to $4,000 for projects when you crowdfund on ioby for a project that helps Detroit thrive, including projects that respond to COVID-19 in Detroit. 

From help with grocery runs to online-learning for students, neighbors in the Motor City are stepping up to offer care to one another in these challenging times—we want to lend a hand. In addition to doubling your donations, we're also waiving our 3% fiscal sponsorship fee and our $35 platform fee for projects that respond to COVID-19. When you crowdfund with ioby you'll get personalized one-on-one fundraising coaching and support so you can raise the funds you need to care for your community. Ready to get started? 

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What projects are eligible?

As always, please remember to follow the CDC's guidelines and your local health authority's instructions as you support your community. Putting you and your neighbors’ health first is one of the most important things you can do to offer care, even if it means doing so from afar. 

Resources in Detroit

We've compiled a running list of resources from our neighbors and from around the web so that you and your neighbors can start thinking about ways that you can lend a hand and care for the people around you when times are tough. Use them to start your own project, or to plug into efforts already underway.

COVID-19 Resources in Detroit

 

Support a Project 

  • Growing Girlhood!

    A Girl in her power can change the world, a collective of girls in their power can create a new one!

    NEEDS: $4,736 of 5,191
  • Art installation along the canal, 2016

    Detroit Riverfront Arts Festival

    A free, neighborhood arts festival on the Detroit River with contemporary art installations and interactive events honoring the site’s history and facilitating community engagement for residents of all ages!

    NEEDS: $0 of 375

  • La Carpa Theatre

    A series of pop-up performances, in the style of Mexican Carpas, around Detroit that share the diversity of Latino culture and encourage cultural exchange.

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,604

  • Product of Environment POE

    Writing plays to show life experiences to reach the community about so many things that people go through in life: homelesssness, depression, sucide, bad relationships, etc.

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,280

About ioby
ioby is a nonprofit crowdfunding website, and so much more. ioby stands for “in our backyards,” but it also stands for taking care of each other, for civic participation, and for trusting neighbors to know what’s best for the neighborhood. Our crowdfunding platform helps connect local leaders (like you!) with the training and support they need to crowdfund tax-deductible donations in their communities for projects that make our neighborhoods healthier, greener, more livable, and more fun.

 

ioby Detroit is made possible thanks to generous support from the Ford Foundation and The Kresge Foundation.