The ioby: Sustainable CT Community Match Fund is now closed. In 2019 and 2020, the ioby: Sustainable CT Community Match Fund invested $360,000 in resident leaders to make communities more sustainable, healthy, and vibrant.

With the generous support of Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation; Smart Seed Fund, an initiative of Hampshire Foundation; and Sustainable CT, ioby partnered with Sustainable CT to support residents with good ideas for projects to make their neighborhoods more sustainable. Together, these projects helped create a more vibrant and resilient Connecticut.
 
Resident leaders envisioned more green spaces, better public transit, solar for public spaces, more affordable energy-efficient housing, composting programs, protected natural habitats, and more! This match opportunity supported their fundraising work to go twice as far.
 
Overall, project leaders leveraged $360,000 in match funds to help raise an additional $378,722 with ioby— for a total of $738,542 in funding for resident-led sustainability work! See the grid below for examples of the many ways that residents worked to increase sustainability in their neighborhoods.

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Participants: 

The following projects participated in this ioby matching program:

  • Home Farms Campaign

    Free home gardens for resident of New Haven County!

    NEEDS: $0 of 50,000 + Volunteers
  • test light at underpass

    Brilliant Underpass on the Mill River Trail

    The underpass on Humphrey Street is universally recognized as dark and creepy, this project introduces many brilliant color changing lights to the pedestrian paths through the tunnel.

    NEEDS: $0 of 8,284
  • Biking on the Air Line State Park Trail

    Create a bigger, better Mono Pond State Park!

    We're working hard with the community to expand Mono Pond State Park by nearly 1,000 acres in Wells Woods! We've secured most of the funding, and now we need your help to close the deal. Donate here today!

    NEEDS: $0 of 41,761 + Volunteers

  • Groton Senior Center Community Gardens

    Groton Senior volunteers building community in a garden at the Senior Center in partnership with Eastern Connecticut Community Gardens Association and the town of Groton to increase agriculture.

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,589
  • Branding Irons

    Wood Materials Management Project

    KPSP will undertake a pilot project on the use of a portable sawmill to produce marketable lumber and other wood products from trees harvested in and around Hartford. 

    NEEDS: $0 of 27,954 + Volunteers

  • Connecticut Compost Conference

    Educating Connecticut farmers and municipalities on composting and utilization to produce healthy soils, clean air and water, and a sustainable society.

    NEEDS: $0 of 5,365

  • 325 Trees - Remove and Replace

    We are working to replace urban trees in Willimantic, Ct. lost to age or storms. Street sides, parks, playgrounds, school yards all need new trees to provide beauty and cooler, cleaner habitat for all living things.

    NEEDS: $0 of 27,652 + Volunteers

  • Traveling Through Thompson

    A project to help residents and visitors find their way around town, by means of a new, professionally designed system of signs and trail markers highlighting our outdoor recreational sites and historic landmarks.

    NEEDS: $0 of 20,655
  • Interns learning about gardening at Mercy by the Sea

    Green Jobs Youth Development

    Your gift will make it possible for teens from New Haven's low-income neighborhoods to learn job-readiness skills, earn money and improve their evironment through serve action projects.

    NEEDS: $0 of 31,414

About the Match 

Sustainable CT is a voluntary certification program that supports and recognizes thriving and resilient Connecticut municipalities. Sustainable CT’s wide-ranging menu of actions, tools, and resources help communities become more connected and vibrant. Learn more. 

ioby is a nonprofit crowdfunding platform 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 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.

The Sustainable CT Community Match Fund is made possible  with the generous support of  Smart Seed Fund,  Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Connecticut Green Bank, and the Innovations in American Government Award, a program of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School.