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Learn how to crowdfund to make your idea a reality in Memphis!
Join us April 12th at 5p CST
Join us on April 12th at 5pm to learn how to ask for donations, who you’ll ask, what to do when someone says no, and where the crowd is at in crowdfunding. We’ll also be sharing a match funding opportunity to double donations right now! Memphians have raised over $1,000,000 with ioby teaching how to find those donors. We hope to reconnect with you on April 12th!
Start a project in Memphis
Ready to make positive change in your Memphis neighborhood? Share your idea and we'll contact you right away to share tailored fundraising resources to support your crowdfunding campaign.
Through 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 Memphis neighborhood
"This ioby project was a good case study identifying and addressing problems as a group. I learned that if you have a good idea and share it with other people, they will support you. And if you give them the opportunity, they will help. Memphis is one of the most unusual places I've lived, in that there's an expectation that people will take care of what's around them."
- Robyn Mace, ioby leader, Evergreen Rain Garden
About ioby Memphis
We love Memphis. We love the Grizzlies and our rock ‘n’ roll, but most of all we love Memphians. Since we began our on-the-ground work, ioby Memphis has supported more than 300 resident leaders as they plan, crowdfund, and build positive change in neighborhoods across the city. With a median donation of $50, ioby leaders have raised over $1,040,060 in small donations to make Memphis neighborhoods greener, safer, more livable, and more full of opportunity for all residents.
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Get your donations matched!
Memphis Neighborhoods Match Program: Binghampton, South City, and Medical District
Up to $2,000 in donations will be matched for residents of Binghampton, South City, or the Medical District when you crowdfund with ioby for a community project! Projects for this match program must be led by and serve residents in these zip codes: 38112, 38126, or 38103.
Donate to a project in your Memphis neighborhood
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"Celebrate Griggs" Garden Party
Help Us Celebrate the History and Contributions of the Griggs Business and Practical Arts College.
NEEDS: $0 of 551 + Volunteers -
The Hospitality HUB Day Plaza
The Hospitality HUB is expanding and building a barrier-free women's shelter in Memphis, and is working to fund Phase 2 of the adjacent Day Plaza for the homeless to rest safely and comfortably.
NEEDS: $0 of 5,077 -
Water, Water Nowhere!
Constance Abby Brings Fresh Water to the St. Mary's Neighborhood!
NEEDS: $0 of 5,076 -
Removing Barriers to Employment for the Homeless
The Hub is seeking funding to assist clients with critical transportation assistance in order to increase stable employment and decrease re-entry into homelessness.
NEEDS: $0 of 2,100 -
Giving Our Guests Room To Grow
HubHotel is seeking funding to build a fence around the building in order to promote the feeling of safety and security, and encourage the guests to feel more comfortable outdoors in our green spaces.
NEEDS: $0 of 5,000 -
Ida B. Wells Memorial Plaza
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” - Ida B. Wells
NEEDS: $0 of 2,624 -
Supporting Students and Families during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Memphis Education Fund is raising $50,000 to support a 2nd wave of Family Grants directly to families experiencing economic hardship with children that attend Memphis public school.
NEEDS: $0 of 4,900 -
Mural at Leath Street Orchard
Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. (NPI) seeks to support a local artist and create a welcoming mural on the site of the future Leath Orchard in the Memphis Medical District.
NEEDS: $0 of 537 -
Trikes for Tykes
Promoting Safe Biking in Gooch Park
Join us for a Party in the Park, March 18th!
NEEDS: $51 of 2,875 -
Ayers Street Tree Garden Mural
Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. would like to add a mural to our existing Ayers Street Tree Garden to help transition this formerly vacant land into a valued community asset.
NEEDS: $0 of 554 -
Shirley Hampton Kiononia Community Garden
Fresh Food, Education, and Fellowship for 38106!
NEEDS: $6,771 of 6,846 + Volunteers -
BEST BUY TEEN TECH CENTER
Did you know that there is a Best Buy Teen Tech Center coming to Knowledge Quest, right in the heart of South Memphis? Knowledge Quest needs and would appreciate your help to complete this project!
NEEDS: $0 of 1,000