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Ready to get started? Share your idea with us here and you’ll get an ioby Success Strategist dedicated to you. They’ll offer personalized coaching to help you work through developing your project idea, fundraising for it in your community, and bringing it to life. Remember, to be eligible to crowdfund with ioby your project must take place in the United States, be local to where you live, work, or play, and have a clear public and community benefit that anyone can access. Learn more about eligibility.

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What projects are eligible?

Projects currently crowdfunding

  • We Run Brownsville

    We Run Brownsville is a walk/run wellness program exculsively for women that is designed to prioritize individual care through the lens of collective responsibility and active community activism. 

    NEEDS: $0 of 2,845
  • Bridging Gowanus meeting with Councilmember Brad Lander

    The Gowanus Atlas

    The Gowanus Atlas is an analytical community planning tool that visualizes and gives voice to the complex urban, ecological, and sociological issues facing a culturally diverse neighborhood undergoing rapid change.

    NEEDS: $0 of 22,975 + Volunteers

  • Clean ups and services at Rainey Park

    To establish a local park group, along our core programming around economic development and civic engagement as mutually reinforcing efforts to create a strong, vibrant community around Rainey Park and in the Bronx.

    NEEDS: $0 of 2,095 + Volunteers
  • Farmers proudly sell their locally-grown produce

    The South Bronx Farmers Market - New Market Day

    We are launching our first mid-week market to serve our community. We need funds to help cover costs for supplies and staffing, who are essential in facilitating SNAP/EBT sales and ensuring that the market runs smoothly.

    NEEDS: $0 of 10,335 + Volunteers

  • A Truck for the Trees!

    The money raised will allow us to transport volunteers, tools, plants and compost to numerous gardens and tree pits throughout the Watershed.
     

    NEEDS: $0 of 27,230 + Volunteers
  • Behind Bars in Brooklyn

    AdaptAbility

    We will provide adaptive bikes to 4-5 children a year by raising $10,000 in 2017. Every dollar contributed goes toward the cost of buying bikes and spreading the word to enlarge our community of supporters.

    NEEDS: $0 of 9,679
  • The CLIMB Chronicles

    The CLIMB Chronicles Round 2

    Please help us to share our story and to inspire others to CLIMB in their neighborhood and spread the joy!

    NEEDS: $815 of 1,115
  • We Run Brownsville Fall 2017

    We Run Brownsville - Next Level

    We Run Brownsville is a grassroots effort to encourage women who are living and working in Brownsville to take ownership of their physical, mental and emotional wellness.

    NEEDS: $0 of 7,760
  • Our Student Stewardship Team

    ASLA-NY Student Stewardship Program

    The Student Stewardship Program aims to inspire NYC students to discover landscape architecture and enviromental awareness through engaging, hands-on projects in their schoolyard and neighborhood.

    NEEDS: $0 of 1,065

About ioby

ioby (in our back yards) is a 501c3 nonprofit crowdfunding platform for projects that improve community life. Anyone with a great idea for their community can collect tax-deductible donations, find volunteers, and access one-on-one customized fundraising coaching on ioby.org. ioby's services are available nationwide to individuals, informal groups, schools and other nonprofits working to make their communities stronger, greener, more equitable and more vibrant.

 

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