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Detroit Match Program
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.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DETROIT MATCH PROGRAM
Start A Project In Detroit
On ioby, anyone with a great idea for creating positive change in their neighborhood can raise funds, find volunteers and promote their project. When you fundraise for your community project on ioby, you can:
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Receive one-on-one fundraising and implementation coaching
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Collect tax-deductible donations
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Have ioby act as your project’s fiscal sponsor
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Find new volunteers
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Join us for grassroots fundraising trainings and workshops
Share your idea and ioby will reach out to support you on your journey to making positive change in your Detroit neighborhood
About ioby Detroit
There’s a lot to love about the Motor City, but our favorite thing has got to be Detroiters’ readiness to get good done. Since we began our on-the-ground work in Detroit, ioby has supported over 216 resident leaders as they plan, crowdfund, and build positive change in neighborhoods across the city. With a median donation of $50, these leaders have raised over $1,010,694 in small donations to make Detroit neighborhoods thriving and full of opportunity for all.
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We'll send you periodic updates about events, match funding opportunities, and awesome projects going on in your backyard!
Meet Ross Harris, ioby's Detroit Action Strategist
As the Detroit Action Strategist, Ross Harris partners with neighbors and community-minded individuals across Southeast Michigan to create community-driven power and sustainable change. Ross believes that community power comes from the people when they're informed and organized. Over the past 13 years he has committed himself to informing the community in various roles, working as a housing counselor, community organizer, and activist. Racial equity and justice is the motivation that keeps Ross committed to the community he serves. In Ross' spare time he loves to garden, kayak, camp, and spend time with his four beautiful children. You can reach out to Ross at detroit@ioby.org.
Learn more about our City Action Strategists and how we work on-the-ground to support resident-led change.
Donate to a project in your Detroit neighborhood:
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Motor City Kwanzaa Kinara 57 Families Initiative
We bring the spirit of Kwanzaa directly into the home of 57 families by providing 57 Kwanzaa Kits to foster a sense of community, cultural awareness, and joy during the festive season.
NEEDS: $7,880 of 8,000 -
Buy the Block: By Natureofthehood
Returning the neighbor back to the hood, restoring the nature back to the hood.
NEEDS: $689 of 4,454 -
SoulScape
Revolutionizing Remembrance: Your Loved Ones, Immortalized in Community Spaces.
NEEDS: $0 of 4,082 -
We 3 Queens (Mary C. Lynn) Memorial Botanical Garden Land and infrastructure project
Preserving beauty, honoring legacy and nurturing Life at We 3 Queens (MCL) Memorial Botanical Garden!
NEEDS: $3,469 of 3,469 -
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Confidence in the Community
Empowering our community one step of confidence at of time.
NEEDS: $4,254 of 4,454 + Volunteers -
AfroDziak Inc.
Frequencies in Black.
A lifestyle exploration info the African Diaspora through food, drink, fashion, literature, music, home decor and events.
NEEDS: $15,098 of 15,413 -
Clean Recycle Create
An organization where we help to change the collective narrative that surrounds Detroit. We will clean, recycle, and create art that will instill pride in our city.
NEEDS: $10,208 of 10,208 -
Party with a Purpose - Benefiting Detroit Kids for the Holidays!
“Philanthropy just feels right! For children, For Families, For Communities"
Help raise funds for Christmas gifts for local Detroit children for the Holidays!
NEEDS: $0 of 3,920 -
The T.Barb and Friends Annual School Hygiene Drive
Healthy habits and self esteem development create the next generation of great leaders.
NEEDS: $0 of 2,740 + Volunteers -
A STEM Maker Space in Pontiac
Help us build a space for Pontiac youth to learn, create, and invent at the Webster Community Center
NEEDS: $26,533 of 27,083 -