Start a Project | Eligibility | Support a Project | ioby Detroit

Now accepting 2023 submissions! Up to $2,000 in donations matched for community projects led by Detroiters for Detroiters.

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Our ioby community is full of helpers. Neighborhood leaders, unofficial mayors of the block, people like you who want to step up to do what’s right, lend a hand and make positive local change in your neighborhoods. We're here to help.

Whether you're a student with an amazing idea, urban farmer, social justice activist, artist, or a motivated neighbor looking to make a difference within your own community, ioby’s Detroit Match Fund is a way to double your donations and make a meaningful impact within your own neighborhood. Donors are matched instantly up to $400, and projects can access up to $2,000 in matching funds, until the program ends. Share your project idea to talk to us!

 

How does it work?

Eligibility and Details

Donations are matched up to $400 per donor, and participants access up to $2,000 until the match program ends.

When you crowdfund with the ioby Detroit Match Program, you'll get:

  • Our free resources and guidance for how to crowdfund.
  • A one-on-one ioby crowdfunding coach to teach you how to successfully raise donations.
  • While you crowdfund, donations will be doubled instantly. (Up to $400 per donation and $2,000 per project.)
  • We offer fiscal sponsorship to groups that are not a 501c3.  
  • Our fees are very low because we are a nonprofit.

Submit your idea to get started!

 

Support A Detroiter's Leadership: 

  • Your ioby page here!

    Start your own ioby crowdfunding campaign to be featured here! Donations are matched if your project is eligible for this ioby program.

    NEEDS: $5,000 of 5,000

  • TimeBanking Outdoors!

    TimeBank members help each other get active in and around Southwest Detroit

    NEEDS: $3,860 of 4,000 + Volunteers
  • Black to the Land Coalition

    Be Out!

    Be Out project is dedicated to engaging the Black and Brown Detroit community in meaningful, educational outdoor activities and programs.

    NEEDS: $8,022 of 8,122

  • Off the Mic

    Off the Mic, maintains the legacy of poetry, in Detroit, by creating opportunities for community engagement and artist development while reinforcing the culture of storytelling.

    NEEDS: $3,778 of 4,278

  • grow The Joy Project

    More than a community garden, not exactly a farm theJOYproject is a Living Archive of Afro-Atlantic Agriculture and Foodways. Help us expand our programming and grow our campus.

    NEEDS: $0 of 4,000 + Volunteers

About ioby

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. Neighbors nationwide have raised over $18 million in citizen philanthropy on ioby for projects that make their communities healthier, greener, safer, and more livable. When you post a project on ioby you can collect tax-deductible donations, find new donors and volunteers, and receive one-on-one fundraising coaching. Learn more. 

 

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