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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 Memphis that we've compiled to help you plan a project. We're also currently waiving fiscal sponsorship fees and our platform fee for projects that respond to COVID-19, wherever you are in the United States.
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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Shirley Hampton Koinonia Community Garden
Fresh Food, Education, and Fellowship for 38106!
NEEDS: $3,570 of 3,620 -
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: $25,809 of 25,809 -
SUV for Single Moms!
Our main mode of transportation has been trashed. Please help us get a new one.
NEEDS: $13,438 of 13,438 -
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: $3,969 of 5,155 -
VAB Banquet Hall Mural
We want to add a mural to VAB Banquet Hall in the Carnes School Neighborhood.
NEEDS: $0 of 1,582 -
High Point Terrace Shops Boost
Let's show a little support for the best little shopping center in Memphis.
NEEDS: $0 of 3,147 -
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 -
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: $7,477 of 7,484 -
Normal Station Pocket Park
Reclaiming part of a neglected cemetery as meditation and gathering space
NEEDS: $0 of 3,589 -
Community Table Garden Mini Orchard!
We want to add fruit trees and berry bushes to the Community Table Food Bank Garden.... but we need your help!
NEEDS: $0 of 1,770 -
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
Browse all ioby projects currently fundraising across the country
Events and Webinars
Many of us already knew this, but the events of this year have made it an unavoidable truth: Our nation still has a ways to go to reckon with the living legacy of racism. We want to be there with you as our communities chart a path forward towards justice. On Tuesday, November 10th at 12 pm Central, we're hosting a virtual community conversation on police and criminal justice reform. We'll be joined by Shelby County Commissioner and NAACP Board Member Van Turner, as well as Josh Spickler, Executive Director of Just City. They'll share the justice work that they're involved in, and you'll have an opportunity to ask questions, get answers, and find out how to get plugged in.
Can't make it? RSVP anyway and we'll send you the recording!
Right now is the BEST time to plan a spring park improvement project. That's right! It might be getting colder, and it might seem early to plan a project for next spring, but getting a head start will help make your project a smashing success and we'll show you how. On Wednesday, Nov 18th, join us for a live webinar with neighbors from across Memphis who have rehabbed their own neighborhood parks. We'll share tips and guidance on how to rally your neighbors, fundraise for your project, and organize workdays to brighten up your local park. RSVP for this webinar here.
Can't make it? RSVP anyway and we'll send you the recording!
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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