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The 2022 Con Edison Power Up Neighborhood Match is closed.
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Double Your Resource Organizing! ioby NYC Match Programs for 2022
April 1, 2022 12:00 PM EST
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This program doubles donations up to $5,000 for projects that:
- Promote local solutions to environmental issues.
- Make your neighborhood greener through caring for parks, gardens, or street trees, and encourage resident use of and engagement with green spaces.
- Beautify and enliven communities with the visual and performing arts, make art more accessible to a broad audience, or engage community members in the creation of art.
- Projects must take place in an eligible location in New York City and Westchester County.
- Please click the eligibility details below for further information and examples.
How does it work?
When you crowdfund on ioby for a project that is eligible for this match, donations will be doubled instantly so you can raise the money you need twice as fast. If someone donates $25, your page will reflect a donation of $50!
Enrollment in ioby match programs is always first come, first served, so start soon for a better chance to double up to $5,000 from your donors.
Share your idea to get started!
Simply share your idea with the ioby team, and we’ll confirm within 1-2 business days if your project is eligible for match program. Then you can fill out your ioby crowdfunding page and begin fundraising, with support from our experienced team of fundraising coaches. First-time fundraisers are welcome—we’re here to help! While you fundraise, donations to your page will be instantly doubled so your fundraising work goes twice as far.
Completely new to ioby and crowdfunding?
If your project isn’t the right fit for this match program, you may still be eligible to fundraise on ioby without matching funds, which will still give you access to our training materials, low-fees, fiscal sponsorship, and one-on-one support from an experienced ioby Leader Success Strategist.
Support a project below and get your donation doubled, or start a project of your own to be featured here!
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Back to School: Youth Care Circles
Support Lion's Tooth Project back-to-school healing and art-making care circles to address the impacts of COVID-19 on immigrant, Black, Indigenous, POC, LGBTQI+ students.
NEEDS: $0 of 12,555 -
Brooklyn Utopias: Along the Canal
Two public outdoor exhibitions on the fences of J.J. Byrne Playground and Coffey Park inviting artists to consider what “Utopia” would look like for the communities bordering the Gowanus Canal.
NEEDS: $0 of 9,700 -
Mayday Festival of Resistance 2022
Give to support a community festival in celebration of International Worker's Day!
NEEDS: $0 of 11,080 + Volunteers -
Willoughby Avenue Open Street
A Festive Community Celebration of the Willoughby Avenue Open Street plus Free Programming and Activities out in the street in Spring 2022.
NEEDS: $0 of 4,076 + Volunteers -
Brooklyn PS 20 Green Arts Program
Support our Green Arts program that provides gardening and art instruction to our students!
NEEDS: $0 of 14,721 -
17 Trees, To Be Precise (PART 2)
A children's book about street tree stewardship, inspired by a true NYC event. The book offers a starting point to speak with kids about the value of community engagement - beginning with YOU!
NEEDS: $0 of 14,337 + Volunteers -
Summer 2022: Bringing Community Together After 3 years of Pandemic.
As we reach the post-pandemic and loosening of covid guidelines, we are planning inspiring new ways to bring the community together. Join us as we organize and advocate for events in our community for everybody.
NEEDS: $0 of 295 + Volunteers -
Interactive Performance Tours
Immersive experiences illuminating a geography's environmental justice history and envisioning a sustainable future through movement and the arts.
NEEDS: $0 of 6,575 -
Help Us Make Father Fagan Park Beautiful This Summer
Please support our 2023 campaign here: ioby.org/project/annual-fund-father-fagan-park
NEEDS: $0 of 28,805 + Volunteers -
Help Us Keep Charlton Plaza Park Beautiful
We are seeking your financial support to continue the maintenance and beautification of Charlton Plaza, our lovely little neighborhood park.
NEEDS: $0 of 9,340 -
City Hall Park Conservancy Inaugural Projects
Help us grow! City Hall Park Conservancy's mission is to enhance and re-envision City Hall Park as a community asset and New York City-wide symbol.
NEEDS: $0 of 21,300 + Volunteers -
Miles Davis Way Beautification 2022
Since 2016, our volunteers have been beautifying and maintaining the tree beds along West 77th St. between West End Ave.and Riverside Drive, aka Miles Davis Way, bringing joy to passersby and building community.
NEEDS: $0 of 4,450
Need inspiration? See all the projects funded through the 2021 Con Edison Power Up Neighborhood Match here.
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 $13 million 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.
Questions about ioby matches? Contact us at Miriam@ioby.org
This program is made possible with the generous support of Con Edison.
