‹ Match Programs
East Orange & Orange
Donations Tripled!
$15,000 available to eligible projects!East Orange has been accepted into the Thriving Communities Program and Orange is invited to participate in this United States Department of Transportation program that helps communities across the country with technical assistance to grow long-term capacity, identify funding opportunities, and support placemaking and transportation projects that strengthen community. As part of this program, East Orange is working with ioby for community-led placemaking projects through crowdfunding match programs.This new crowdfunding match program with ioby.org provides a one-on-one crowdfunding coach to teach you how to raise donations. Donations are then tripled instantly! That means a $50 donation turns into $150 total! Up to $1,000 per donor can be tripled. Up to $15,000 in match funding can be won by donors per organization.
Eligible placemaking projects can be cultural preservation, art installations, planting trees and gardens, free community events, temporarily activating empty spaces, bike/pedestrian safety events, or your own community building ideas! Do you have an idea to build a thriving future in East Orange, NJ or Orange, NJ? Nonprofits and community members are invited to submit projects that maintain and care for your community and its social fabric.
Crowdfunding Support
When you crowdfund with an ioby Match Program, you'll get:
- Our free resources and guidance for how to crowdfund.
- A one-on-one ioby crowdfunding coach to teach you how to successfully raise donations.
- While you crowdfund, donations will be matched instantly.
- We offer fiscal sponsorship to groups that are not a 501c3.
- Our fees are very low because we are a nonprofit.
Eligibility
To access the Orange and East Orange Thriving Communities Match Program, the project must comply with these requirements. 1. Projects must take place within Orange or East Orange, and be for the benefit of residents.2. Projects must be temporary in nature, such as community events or short term demonstration projects. Temporary means any physical objects cannot have a lifetime of more than a year. a. The two exceptions are: 1)trees and plants, and 2)murals or other art installations, both of which are approved even though they will have a lifetime longer than a year. 3. Projects must demonstrate a placemaking goal, such as community events or temporary improvements to public spaces. Permanent renovations are not eligible. Examples are below, but eligibility is not limited to that list. Please submit your idea: ioby.org/idea a. Projects that need permitting or permission need to secure that from the city before fundraising. Please speak with the city for any temporary crosswalks, temporary bike lanes, or other temporary projects on public streets. Permanent installations are not eligible.4. Projects must create a public benefit and be non-profit in nature; and not aimed at private profit for a specific individual, family, or business.5. Projects must be led by or in partnership with the residents of the community where the project is taking place.6. To be eligible to fundraise on the ioby platform, the Project Leader must: a. Be a 501c3 organization or other tax-exempt nonprofit entity; or b. Be fiscally sponsored by a 501c3 organization or other tax-exempt nonprofit entity; or c. Agree to use ioby’s fiscal sponsorship service.7. Projects must be specific. All ioby campaign pages must include a budget outlining how funds will be spent. The majority of funds (51% or more) must be spent on materials for the public benefitting project, and a minority of the budget (49% or less) may be used for staff costs to implement the project.8. Projects must complete fundraising and cash out by March 1st 2025, or sooner. 9. Projects must implement and complete a report by May 30, 2025, or sooner.10. ioby policy requires that match participants achieve a minimum of five distinct donors in order to cash out with matching funds. Here's why.11. ioby reserves the right to decline eligibility at any time.
Example Projects
Projects must be temporary placemaking materials; permanent renovations are not eligible.
- Organizing solutions to transit gaps, such as bike groups, bike shares, carpools, and other ideas to address inequities in transit systems.
- Temporary traffic calming, such as seasonal planters or public art.
- Artistic bike racks and bus stop art.
- Community stewardship of public parks, trails, libraries, and other civic spaces by hosting events and providing temporary improvements; permanent renovation materials are not eligible.
- Trees, gardens, and other planting.
- Pedestrian safety events and temporary improvements; permanent renovation materials are not eligible.
- Events that activate underutilized spaces, such as abandoned buildings, transit hubs, libraries, vacant lots, and more, to support a community development plan.
- Community surveys or other research projects for transportation systems and public space improvements.
- Events such as Open Streets that get a permit to close streets temporarily.
- Murals on a local school or neighborhood building
- Public art installations in a local park
- Community gardens
- Free public concerts
- Free film screenings in a local plaza or community space
- New classes offered at the local community center
- New event series for local residents to gather and build community
- Or your own great project idea!
Ineligible
- Because all ioby projects must have a public benefit, projects that benefit one specific individual, family, or business are NOT eligible.
- Projects involving: political campaigning, lobbying, or contributions to political campaigns are NOT eligible.
- Fundraising for a pool of funds to be re-granted to others or used for an unspecified purpose in the future is NOT eligible.
- General operating support or funding new staff hires for nonprofits is NOT eligible.
- ioby may determine a project ineligible at any time.
Questions
Please contact ioby Match Programs Director with any further questions: Matches @ ioby.org
Sponsoring Partners
Founded in 1982 as Rocky Mountain Institute, RMI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit that transforms global energy systems through market-driven solutions to align with a 1.5°C future and secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.***The Thriving Communities Program is administered by the Build America Bureau as part of its broader efforts to provide technical assistance to communities. TCP facilitates the planning and development of transportation and community revitalization activities and provides tools to ensure that under-resourced communities can access the historic funding provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).The Thriving Communities Program is part of the larger Federal Thriving Communities Initiative. USDOT is coordinating with other federal agencies through the Thriving Communities Network, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development along with the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and others. USDOT also invites partnerships with local and national philanthropic organizations to ensure that all communities can access funding resources and implement programs that help them to thrive.