Now accepting applications for 2021-2022 projects!
The 2021 NYC Green Fund Crowdfunding Challenge will DOUBLE donations to projects that crowdfund with ioby to improve or maintain, or build community through NYC’s green spaces! Get up to $2,500 in donations matched for ioby campaigns that benefit your local park, community garden, green street, or street trees.
Eligibility is limited to 2020 and 2021 grantees of the NYC Green Fund with annual budgets under $50,000.
The Partnerships for Parks team is reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so apply soon!
Once your project has been approved, you'll be connected with ioby's coaching team who will help you get started crowdfunding with ioby. When you begin fundraising, the donations you raise will be instantly doubled, up to $500 per donor and up to $2,500 total per project.
Funds are available on a rolling basis until they’ve been used up, so talk to your neighbors today about getting started!
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Questions about applying to this program?
Reach out to the Partnerships for Parks grants team at NYCGreenfund@cityparksfoundation.org
Questions about fundraising with ioby?
Learn the basics about ioby here and learn more about crowdfunding your community project from our resources. Reach out to ioby Match Programs Director at Miriam@ioby.org
Live 2021 Crowdfunding Campaigns, and 2020 Examples:
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Clean Dirt For Highbridge Jump Park
Help rebuild Highbridge Dirtjump park with fresh, clean, dirt.
NEEDS: $6,787 of 7,107 -
Cultural Programming for Marine Park
Celebrating everyone who uses Brooklyn's Largest Park!
NEEDS: $5,076 of 5,076 -
Regrow Together in the Harlem Rose Garden
After our garden was flattened by storms in May 2020, we are rebuilding the Harlem Rose Garden as a living honor to the community. In regrowing the garden, we are creating a place for our own regrowth together.
NEEDS: $0 of 5,391 -
Red Hook & Gowanus Youth Ambassador Leadership in Brooklyn
Young mariners are the voice of our environmental future; help us teach the skills to be effective leaders. Boaters need to be responsive, quick thinkers, because our seas and weather are constantly changing.
NEEDS: $0 of 5,107 + Volunteers -
Native Garden for J. Hood Wright Park
We are fundraising to purchase native plants for a new garden.
The park is located in upper Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood from W173rd to W176th Streets.
NEEDS: $0 of 5,191 + Volunteers -
Fishing, Birding, and Bicycling at Alley Pond Park
Come to Alley Pond Park, where the fishing’s fine, the birdsong’s sweet, and bicyclists ride safely by.
We LOVE Alley Pond Park and want you to enjoy it also.
NEEDS: $0 of 3,644 + Volunteers -
Composting For All In Windsor Terrace - Kensington
Support compost drop-off for the whole community at the East 4th Street Community Garden
NEEDS: $0 of 5,000 -
About ioby
ioby is a nonprofit crowdfunding platform, 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. Learn more.
This program is made possible by the generous support of Partnerships for Parks.
City Parks Foundation (CPF) manages the day-to-day administration of the NYC Green Fund, with Partnerships for Parks (PfP) managing grassroots support. The NYC Green Fund is governed by a steering committee of funders. Generous private support for the NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund is provided by The Albert Giving Fund, Altman Foundation, Booth Ferris Foundation, Con Edison, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The J.M. Kaplan Fund, The JPB Foundation, Klein Family Foundation, Leon Levy Foundation. Learn more.
