New York

ioby was founded in Brooklyn, New York over fifteen years ago as a tool to address the climate crisis. Top down solutions were not meeting the urgent needs of neighbors, who felt compelled to take action for a more sustainable planet. From there, ioby bloomed to support a vast array of social impact projects that focused on racial equity, queer liberation, immigrant justice, and so much more. Given our Brooklyn roots, New York remains one of the primary hubs of ioby’s work. We’ve done focused work in Brownsville, Brooklyn, as well as in communities upstate. Since 2008, leaders have raised almost $9M (and counting!) on ioby across the state. This includes incredible projects like…

Blackspace, which started off as a fiscally sponsored project of ioby, has since become a thriving collective of Black residents, changemakers, systems thinkers, learners, and lovers.
South Brooklyn Mutual Aid emerged during the coronavirus pandemic and raised almost half a million dollars on ioby for food and personal protective equipment.
STooPS Bed Stuy hosts the annual Bed Stuy Art Crawl, bringing together neighbors, block associations, community gardens, and local community boards.
The Refugee Translation Project, a Brooklyn-based non-profit dedicated to helping refugees transition to a life of safety and security by providing free translation services to people seeking asylum and other immigration relief, increasing access to vital resources, and offering employment opportunities to refugees.

Special thank you to our funders, Con Edison, for making this work possible.Match program: Each year, we facilitate a series of Match programs for grassroots organizers in New York. These programs double (or more) your donation! Recent programs include:

The Con Edison Power Up Neighborhood Match Program matches donations up to $500 per donor, and up to $3,000 total for eligible projects in New York City and Westchester County.
The 2024 NYC Green Fund Crowdfunding Challenge supports projects that enhance or maintain NYC’s green spaces and foster community engagement through these initiatives.
And more! Check out our Matches page for more information.

When you crowdfund with ioby, we offer...

Our free resources and guidance about how to crowdfund.
A one-on-one coach to teach you how to successfully crowdfund donations.
Curriculum with worksheets like this one to learn new techniques for donor engagement.
Fiscal sponsorship to groups that are not a nonprofit.
Low fees because we are a nonprofit here to help grassroots organizations.

We also have a series of annual match programs. Every year, we offer additional resources to neighborhood leaders through our match funds:

Just share your idea for community impact, and ioby's Success Strategist will help you create your crowdfunding page, strategize a plan, and support you through the entire process.

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