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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 $35, 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 doubled
New Century of Soul Matching Fund
The City of Memphis and Shelby County is celebrating our 200th anniversary this year, and we're embracing the next 100 years–our New Century of Soul–right alongside them with a new match fund! Do you have an idea for a project that will have a lasting impact in your neighborhood?
Get up to $10,000 of your donations matched, dollar-for-dollar, for any crowdfunding project for a physical installation in Shelby County. New park bench? Check. Community garden? Check. Solar street lights? Check. If it is a project that will last in your community for years to come, you might be eligible!
Learn more about the New Century of Soul Matching Fund
Artists Lead!
Are you an artist or creative worker with great ideas for collaborative solutions to a need in your Memphis community? Fundraise for your idea with ioby and you could get your dollars doubled through the Artists Lead! match program. Get up to $15,000 of your crowdfunded donations matched dollar-for-dollar.
Donate to a project in your Memphis neighborhood
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Juneteeth 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 -
Memphis Murals: The World's Game
We're painting 10 murals in 10 Memphis neighborhoods that represent each community's contribution to the game of soccer and inspire more youth to participate in a sport driven by collaboration.
NEEDS: $22,716 of 22,716 -
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 -
Mimosa Pocket Park Pilot
Turn a piece of pavement into a neighborhood asset while making the street safer.
NEEDS: $0 of 8,799 -
Memphis Tree Farm & Garden
Revitalizing our neigborhood, block by block
NEEDS: $10,045 of 10,345 + Volunteers -
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 -
Grahamwood Artistic School Zones and Safety Plan
Grahamwood Elementary wishes to make it safer for children to get to school. They will make the school zone visible by painting it, making artistic crosswalks, and installing flashing school zone lights.
NEEDS: $0 of 15,500 + Volunteers -
Dementia Friendly Park
Dementia Friendly Park and Activities for the Family.
NEEDS: $20,655 of 20,655 + Volunteers -
South Memphis Future & Funk Community Garden
An Afrofuturistic-themed community garden and celebration that reimagines equitable housing and the importance of community and home in the Lauderdale Subdivision of South Memphis.
NEEDS: $0 of 7,720 + Volunteers -
Restore the iconic Nina Chanel Abney basketball court on the South Bluff
Restore the iconic Nina Chanel Abney basketball court at Chickasaw Heritage Park on the South Bluff, with a new coat of resurfacer, color coating, new backboards and additional amenities.
NEEDS: $0 of 20,635
Browse all ioby projects currently fundraising across the country
Upcoming Public Office Hours with Chris:
ioby's public office hours are a great opportunity for you to drop in and discuss your idea for a community project, and are usually held in a cafe or library. No appointments necessary; just show up and look for the laptop with the green ioby sticker! Chris will introduce you to ioby and our resources, and walk you through the steps it takes to get started fundraising for your great idea.
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We don't have any upcoming office hours just yet in Memphis. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know about our next workshop and office hours! |
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Upcoming workshops with Chris:
Are you ready to step out as a community leader but not sure where to start? Come learn how Memphians just like you have worked with ioby to make positive changes in a variety of sectors all over our city!
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New Century of Soul Project Development Workshop Saturday, November 9th |
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
Meet ioby Memphis!
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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