ioby National COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery
Match Fund

Please note: This match opportunity is no longer available to new projects. Please visit our match page to see other available match opportunities. 

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 know that many of you are now trying to figure out how to step up to support your neighbors. We’re here to help. 

The ioby National COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Match Fund provides matching dollars to ioby crowdfunding campaigns for projects that help your community respond to and recover from the impacts of COVID-19.

Get one-on-one fundraising coaching and double your tax-deductible donations up to $8,000 when you crowdfund with ioby to respond to COVID-19.

Dollars are available now, on a first-come, first-served rolling basis. You can access up to a total of $8,000 for donations to projects crowdfunding on ioby for projects that respond directly to COVID-19 or its impacts in your community. We know your community needs support now, so it’s fast and easy to get started! 

Share Your Idea

Just share your idea with the ioby team and we’ll confirm within 1-2 business days whether your project is eligible for this match opportunity. Then, you can post an ioby crowdfunding page and begin fundraising with support from our experienced team of fundraising coaches. While you fundraise, donations to your page will be instantly doubled so that your crowdfunding work goes twice as far.

Eligibility Details

As always, please remember to follow the CDC's guidelines and your local health authority's instructions as you support your community. Putting you and your neighbors’ health first is one of the most important things you can do to offer care, even if it means doing so from afar. 

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Support a Project 

Neighbors across the country are already fundraising to support their communities. Start a campaign of your own to be featured here. 

  • HighGround Covid-19 Aid

    Covid 19

    Every New Yorker deserves a path to high ground and access to safety during this crisis.

    NEEDS: $51,485 of 51,546 + Volunteers

  • The Umoja Project

    Since COVID-19 our outreach efforts have expanded and we are feeding 200 unhoused and low-income families weekly. We also provide public-transportation vouchers, sanitary products, toiletries, clothing and bedding.

    NEEDS: $0 of 1,317 + Volunteers
  • SOSforPPE.org, face shields, masks, how can I help with covid-19, coronavirus

    SOS for PPE

    Make a Difference- save a life in an hour!  Volunteer an hour of your time and we supply all the materials you need for free to safely assemble PPE and help save a life! 

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,186 + Volunteers

  • Bloomfield Saturday Market During COVID-19

    Help Bloomfield Saturday Market during COVID-19 provide universal, safe access to healthy, locally-grown food while supporting the livelihoods of local farmers and food entrepreneurs.

    NEEDS: $0 of 5,137 + Volunteers

  • Month of the Young Child Celebration

    Month of the Young Child celebrates the importance of early childhood education and professionals who promote children’s strengths through nurturing relationships and creative educational programs.

    NEEDS: $0 of 7,340
  • [photo of baby asylum seeker with the city in the background]

    Help Asylum Seekers during the time of COVID-19

    This is a hard time for so many: imagine stuggling with the US asylum process on top of everything. Help support those fleeing danger by covering living costs until they can legally earn money to support themselves.

    NEEDS: $0 of 5,005
  • FIG member chef harvesting garlic scapes.

    FIG Frontline Community Food Relief

    FIG is providing meals and groceries to out-of-work food workers in our restaurant network, domestic workers, LGBTQ+ youth, and other at-risk folks in NYC's communities hardest hit by COVID-19.

    NEEDS: $0 of 13,500

About ioby

ioby is a nonprofit crowdfunding website, and so much more. ioby stands for "in our backyards," but it also stands for taking care of each other, for civic participation, and for trusting neighbors to know what's best for the neighborhood. Our crowdfunding platform helps connect local leaders (like you!) with the training and support they need to crowdfund tax-deductible donations in their communities for projects that make our neighborhoods healthier, greener, more livable, and more fun. Learn more. 

 

This program is made possible by the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Summit Foundation.