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!
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.
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.
ioby COVID-19 Community Care
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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.
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New Yorkers for New York #NY4NY
New Yorkers for New York is a free public service created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide all frontline and essential workers the mental and emotional wellness support they need, NOW.
NEEDS: $0 of 735 -
Meals with Double Benefits
Support Lutheran Hospital Staff & Ohio City Restaurants!
NEEDS: $0 of 6,186 + Volunteers -
Mask Cleveland Initiative
Face masks matter in this time and everyone deserves the right to Live. We want to pass out face masks and other proper essential items to the homeless and less fortunate.
NEEDS: $0 of 2,024 -
Revival Relief
Help Revival Chili provide meals to medical and other essential employees in Pittsburgh, while continuing our mission of employing economically vulnerable people.
NEEDS: $0 of 13,117 -
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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 -
Ohio City Riverview Care Package
We haven't had the chance to say hello to our elder neighbors at Riverview Terrace in a while! We want to send them all a care package to let them know we're thinking of them!
NEEDS: $0 of 7,513 -
Medical Mask
Aiding and assisting around the world while helping to save lives and help prevent the spread of viruses and other germs that maybe spread about
NEEDS: $4,104 of 4,124 -
COVID-19 Crisis: Helping the Hungry in Jersey City & Hudson County
Some are struggling to put food on the table due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Sustainable JC, with your assistance, will help The Sharing Place feed those in need.
NEEDS: $0 of 5,000 + Volunteers -
Virtual Tip Jar - Cleveland Ohio
Keep the Tips flowing and help our communities service industry get through the next few months.
NEEDS: $0 of 426 -
Lower Price Hill COVID-19 Community Response: Collective Good[s]
According to the Cincinnati Health Department, Lower Price Hill has the shortest life expectancy in the city. Donate now to empower families with cleaning products in the fight against COVID-19.
NEEDS: $0 of 13,195
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.
