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Learn how to crowdfund to make your idea a reality in Memphis!
Join us April 12th at 5p CST

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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:

  • Receive one-on-one fundraising and implementation coaching

  • Collect tax-deductible donations

  • Have ioby act as your project’s fiscal sponsor

  • Find new volunteers

  • 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

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"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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We'll send you periodic updates about events, match funding opportunities, and awesome projects going on in your backyard!

 

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.

Learn more about the Memphis Neighborhoods Match Program

 

Donate to a project in your Memphis neighborhood

  • Closing the Digital Divide in 38126

    The 2020 COVID-19 outbreak has shown tremendous disparities in our communities when it comes to income, education, and access to technology. Memphis is no exception in the digital divide.

    NEEDS: $0 of 1,392
  • VAB Banquet Hall photo

    VAB Banquet Hall Mural

    We want to add a mural to VAB Banquet Hall in the Carnes School Neighborhood.

    NEEDS: $0 of 1,582

  • Feed the Need

    Community Table Memphis manages local, organic food bank gardens. Due to the Pandemic & the increasing need for food assistance, we're increasing our growing capacity to serve more people.

    NEEDS: $0 of 2,971
  • Hub staff on site at one of the hotels

    Help the Hub Provide Hotel Vouchers

    The Hospitality Hub provides shelter in place options for people without homes during Tennessee's 'Safer at Home' order.

    NEEDS: $0 of 11,930

  • Juneteenth Jubilee

    This will a 3-day festival in Douglass Park to celebrate the end of slavery in The United States.

     

    NEEDS: $0 of 7
  • Dog Park Water Fountain

    Sea Isle Dog Park Water Fountain

    Dogs play  hard!  It's hot and dogs are thirsty. Let's give them their own water fountain. The city and county will match every donation dollar for dollar.  

    NEEDS: $0 of 10,335

  • Mimosa Pocket Park Pilot

    Turn a piece of pavement into a neighborhood asset while making the street safer.

    NEEDS: $0 of 8,799
  • Site Plan

    Treadwell Nature Playground

    Will you join us to create a safe and engaging way for our kids to explore nature and have fun? We need your help!

    NEEDS: $0 of 20,635 + Volunteers

Browse all ioby projects currently fundraising across the country

 

Partners

 

ioby Memphis is made possible thanks to generous support from the Hyde Family Foundation, the Assisi Foundation of Memphis, and the Kresge Foundation.

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