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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
Sign up for ioby's Detroit Newsletter
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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DEVELOPING DIGITAL "INTEREST IN AWESOME!"
Please donate to help Reroot Pontiac create more digital content, for online and on-site purposes, that will draw more attention to the awesomeness of the natural world through interactive environments!
NEEDS: $10,246 of 10,246 + Volunteers -
TimeBanking Outdoors!
TimeBank members help each other get active in and around Southwest Detroit
NEEDS: $3,810 of 4,000 + Volunteers -
Transforming Our Community: Bailey Park Beautification Day
Join Bailey Park Beautification Day, a transformative initiative to enhance our community park, creating a vibrant and visually appealing environment for all. Together, let's make our neighborhood shine!
NEEDS: $6,800 of 8,000 -
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: $3,748 of 4,278 -
Harvest To Heal Phase 1
Workin' Roots is an urban community farm working to heal the intergenerational trauma in the BIPOC community surrounding farming, land stewardship and food insecurity.
NEEDS: $10,000 of 10,000 -
The Lift Every Voice Library of African/African American Heritage & Culture
What does it feels like when you hear “Your history has been lost”? It feels hopeless. Like there is no template of success to follow. We are here to eradicate that hopelessness and fill that gap! We are LEVL!
NEEDS: $10,799 of 10,799 -
Community Cares Baby Shower
Bringing our community together, one baby at a time.
Create a supportive environment for families, celebrate the miracle of new life, build a stronger, more connected community.
NEEDS: $5,157 of 7,577 + Volunteers -
A Courageous Voice's 2nd Annual Youth Safety Day
Keeping Kids Safe Off and Online
NEEDS: $587 of 4,577 + Volunteers -
Alter Botanical Garden
Working to improve the quality of life for people and pollinators by creating the Alter Rd. Botanical Garden
NEEDS: $0 of 10,152 + Volunteers -
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.
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