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Up to $3,000 matched by the generous support of Con Edison for community projects related to environmental issues, green space assets, and the arts in your NYC neighborhood!

The 2024 Con Edison Power Up Neighborhood Match Program supports residents in New York City and Westchester County as they bring to life their ideas for positive change within their communities. Do you have a project that makes your neighborhood greener with parks, gardens, or trees? Are you beautifying your community with art? Does your project solve a local environmental issue? Or maybe you are hosting a visual or performance art event? We want to hear from you! Don't worry, there's no application process. Simply submit your idea below and we'll be in touch.

Share your idea to get started!

Donations are matched up to $500 per donor, and up to $3,000 total
for eligible projects in New York City and Westchester County.

Eligibility Details

How does it work?

When you crowdfund on ioby for a project that is eligible for this match, donations will be doubled instantly so you can raise the money you need twice as fast. If someone donates $25, your page will reflect a donation of $50!

Enrollment in ioby match programs is always first come, first served, so start soon for a better chance to double up to $500 per donor and up to $3,000 per project.

Share your idea to get started!

Simply share your idea with the ioby team, and we’ll confirm within 1-2 business days if your project is eligible for match program. Then you can fill out your ioby crowdfunding page and begin fundraising, with support from our experienced team of fundraising coaches. First-time fundraisers are welcome—we’re here to help! While you fundraise, donations to your page will be instantly doubled so your fundraising work goes twice as far.

Support a project below and get your donation doubled,
or start a project of your own to be featured here!

2024 Participants in the Con Edison Power Up Neighborhood Match Program:

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Brooklyn Street Trees to the Rescue!

Help protect our street trees and they'll provide energy savings, reduce pollution, retain stormwater, and enhance community health, all of which should be a right, not a privilege!

NEEDS: $5,021 of 8,371 + Volunteers
TRADE FEST: Sustainability for the community through DIY entrepreneurship and exchange

A community day celebrating ancestral wisdom with a trade market fair, a permaculture workshop, and live music. Support DIY artists working towards a resilient and equitable future.

NEEDS: $1,811 of 6,122 + Volunteers
The Playground Collective

Empowering parents and caregivers to keep playgrounds fun and safe for kids by creating powerful micro communities

NEEDS: $5,556 of 5,556

Need inspiration? See all the projects funded through the 2023 Con Edison Power Up Neighborhood Match here.

About ioby

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. Neighbors nationwide have raised over $18 million on ioby for projects that make their communities healthier, greener, safer, and more livable. When you post a project on ioby you can collect tax-deductible donations, find new donors and volunteers, and receive one-on-one fundraising coaching.

Questions about ioby matches? Contact us at Matches@ioby.org

This program is made possible with the generous support of Con Edison.

Pictured: Queen GreenFeen raised over $1,800 for compost education with ioby in 2023.