ioby brings environmental projects to life, block by block.
If you know the person who donated to your project, you should definitely email them to thank them. But if you do not know the person who donated to your project, we cannot give you their email or address. Our privacy policy protects the privacy of donors' contact information. When you send your thank-you notes, status reports and project updates, we'll be sure to include it all in an email to each and every person who contributed to your project.
Yes! Just click on the DONORS tab on your project profile page and you'll see the first name and last initial of all the people who have given to your project.
ioby has a Flexible Finish policy that allows you to send a revised budget if you're near the end of your three-month fundraising campaign and you think you're going to come over or under budget.
Yes. Of course. While ioby's work is primarily concerned with urban environmental action, we will not be excluding any projects. Often rural and suburban project leaders encounter the same challenges (such as a lack of timely funding, or need for an online portal to collect donations and build support) as project leaders in cities. ioby exists to help more environmental action happen quickly, so please, post your project at ioby.org/idea.
Yes, we offer fiscal sponsorship to any project in the NYC metro area that needs it, and we're glad you asked. ioby offers limited fiscal sponsorship at the project level to any NYC-based project group or individual that does not have 501(c)3 status. Unfortunately, at this time we cannot extend this service to projects outside of NYC, but if you need help finding a fiscal sponsor in your area, give us a call. 917-464-4515 x3.
ioby's fee policy will go into effect on April 1, 2012.
Posting a project and running your fundraising campaign on ioby is a great way to support local environmental initiatives. For this, we charge a $35 that goes to cover the materials and labor that goes into supporting the process. For projects with budgets under $1,000, we waive this fee.
Definitely. We are super happy to accept applications by mail. Call us and we'll send you a paper application or you can click here to download and print one. Feel free to reach out if you're having any trouble at all. We'll get your project online one way or another.
If you think your project meets our criteria you can apply to post it on ioby. We'll review your application and get back to you in about two weeks to let you know that we'll post it or that you need to make modifications to meet our criteria. Learn more about applying to post a project on ioby.