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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 Memphis. 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 Memphis that we've compiled to help you plan a project.
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 $906,000 in small donations to make Memphis neighborhoods greener, safer, more livable, and more full of opportunity for all residents.
Meet Chris Jones, Memphis Action Strategist!
As an ioby Memphis Action Strategist, Chris is working to help even more leaders like you in Memphis make positive change across the city. When you share your idea for positive change in your Memphis neighborhood, Chris will walk alongside you from building your crowdfunding campaign page, to making your first donation asks, to building your project.
A Memphis resident of over 20 years, Chris lives in Harbor Town. He’s thrilled to build on his years of experience as an employment attorney and leader in grassroots initiatives around education, art, and progressive politics.
Get to know more about Chris’ love for Memphis, including his passion for guitar, Memphis food, and the Grizzlies (of course!). Learn more about our City Action Strategists and how we work on-the-ground to support resident-led change.
Get your donations matched!
Medical District Collaborative Matching Fund
Live, work, or play in the Memphis Medical District? Have a great idea to make the neighborhood just a little more vibrant and awesome? You could get your donations doubled, dollar-for-dollar, up to $2,500 with the Memphis Medical District Collaborative Match Fund!
Give to a project in your Memphis neighborhood
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Ida B. Wells Memorial Plaza
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” - Ida B. Wells
NEEDS: $101,073 of 103,472 -
Decatur Street Mural
Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. (NPI) seeks to partner with a local artist to design a mural on the interstate wall by the Decatur Street Tree Farm.
NEEDS: $918 of 918 -
Fresh Water for Sea Isle
Help Us Install Water Bottle -Friendly Water Fountains at Sea Isle Elementary!
NEEDS: $1,840 of 1,840 -
Help Memphis Youth Arts Continue Its Work
Help Us Keep Serving Memphis Youth!
NEEDS: $12,510 of 12,510 -
Cooking Classes for Memphis Youth
Teaching Healthy Eating Habits and Life Skills to Memphis Youth!
NEEDS: $5,385 of 5,385 -
Lynching Sites Project Memphis
To create a new legacy of racial equality and justice by turning the light of truth on lynchings in Shelby County, Tennessee.
NEEDS: $25,476 of 25,809 -
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Riverside Renaissance Initiative Community Garden/Fence Restoration Project
The funds will not only help cultivate the community garden, it will also help to repair the fencing on some of the lots.
NEEDS: $2,613 of 2,613 -
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 -
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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: $514 of 554
Browse all ioby projects currently fundraising across the country
Events and Webinars
No Current Events Scheduled. Check Back in 2021!
Start a project in Memphis
Ready to make positive change in your Memphis neighborhood? Share your idea with Memphis Action Strategists Chris Jones and he'll contact you right away to share tailored fundraising resources to support your crowdfunding campaign:
"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
Press
Commercial Appeal: Tiny crowdfunded projects make big impact
NextCity: Crowdfunded Parks Are Coming and That Isn’t a Bad Thing
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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