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COVID 19: Caring for your community
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’re here to support your urgent responses to the impacts of COVID-19 in Cincinnati. There are two things you can do on ioby right now to support your community: You can start a project on ioby, or check out a list of resources in Detroit we compiled to help you plan a project.
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 launched over 180 projects, supported over 200 resident leaders
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
Submit your idea and ioby will reach out to support you on your journey to making positive change in your Detroit neighborhood
Donate to a project in your Detroit neighborhood:
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Joy, The Project
A Living Archive of African Atlantic Agriculture and Foodways
NEEDS: $0 of 21,739 + Volunteers -
Brightmoor Pollinator Art Museum Phase 1
Detroit Hives is expanding its current Brightmoor Pollinator Habitat to provide it's first bee art museum center for the Brightmoor Community.
NEEDS: $0 of 8,122 + Volunteers -
Building Central Woodward-Phase 1
Please support the development of a walkable eco-friendly community and business hub---Pingree Row!
NEEDS: $21,272 of 27,042 + Volunteers -
The Fungal New Deal
To fungamentally transform the mushroom cultivation infrastructure in Detroit to contribute to a healthy, food sovereign city!
NEEDS: $0 of 5,120 + Volunteers -
Keep the Heat On Hamtramck
A mutual aid fund to help neighbors in Hamtramck and nearby Detroit who are struggling finacially pay for heating & electricity bills this winter.
NEEDS: $0 of 1,115 + Volunteers -
Black Bottom Street View
BBSV makes history visible through sharing community histories and amplifying the legacy and continuing impact of Black Bottom.
NEEDS: $3,326 of 10,309 -
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SWFest
The inagural SWFest 2021 is a FREE large scale music and art festival taking place at the historic Senate Theater in Southwest Detroit.
NEEDS: $0 of 8,486 -
Unity House
The Unity House "tiny community center" is a platform for local creativity, tailored youth programming, and work-force development.
NEEDS: $0 of 20,915 + Volunteers -
Catching Community Cats
Improving the quality of life for Detroit residents and cats through trap, neuter, and release
NEEDS: $0 of 2,080 + Volunteers -
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 -
Day Of The Dead x Noche De Catrina: Annual Fundraising Event
This event is dedicated to funding multiple series within We Are Culture Creators Nonprofit and will encapsulate the diverse series of work that WACC provides and produces for the youth of Detroit.
NEEDS: $7,912 of 8,247 + Volunteers
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Watch the recording!
In times of difficulty, research consistently shows that our neighbors are the people that we turn to most for support. It makes sense! A familiar, friendly face can make all the difference in the world in challenging times. Today, one powerful way Detroiters are showing up for each other is with care packages. Their packages "feed the soul," like Love Letters to Black Folk, and they nourish the body, like care packages of food. It’s a powerful way to share health and healing and to remind us that we've got each other’s back.
Start a project in Detroit
What would you do to improve your neighborhood? Tell us your idea below our team will follow up with you with tailored fundraising resources that will help turn your idea into a reality.
Resources for working in Detroit
We know that the best community projects are not solo endeavors—real change means collaboration, coordination, and teamwork. But we also know how daunting it can feel to work with city government for the first time. That’s why we developed this free guide, to make it easier to connect and work with city officials to make our neighborhoods safer, greener, more livable and more fun!
Also, check out our resources page and our blog for stories and lessons from our nationwide community of local leaders.
Press and Partners
Detroit Free Press: Michigan Avenue billboards turned into public art
Model D: Bagley residents lead grassroots effort to build pocket park
ioby Detroit is made possible thanks to generous support from the Ford Foundation and The Kresge Foundation.
For more information on how ioby chooses the places where we work, and how we chose Detroit, please read our blog posts:
"ioby in Detroit: The Why and How"
"That Wonky Stuff: What's Phase 0?"