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Pictured: Queen GreenFeen raised over $1,800 for compost education with ioby in 2023.
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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.
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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Mayday Festival of Resistance 2024
Mayday Festival of Resistance is a day of music, art, and joyful resistance, where neighbors build solidarity, mutual aid and people power. It will include local BIPOC-youth led bands and labor leaders.
NEEDS: $0 of 6,122 + Volunteers -
UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL
Be a part of building a thriving and vibrant East Harlem -- by supporting great public spaces where health, culture, community & entrepreneurship can grow.
NEEDS: $0 of 18,750 + Volunteers -
"Compost for Change: Empowering Our Community Through Sustainable Expansion."
In 2023, composting programs in NYC were defunded or shut down. However, Pleasant Village is committed to
transforming food waste into growth: Uniting Our Community for Sustainable Change.
NEEDS: $0 of 3,800 + Volunteers -
Cultivating Change: Support Our Healthy Food and Soil Course
Contribute to Change and Thriving Communities with fellow New Yorkers
NEEDS: $1,951 of 6,173 -
Brooklyn Cumbia Fest
The Brooklyn Cumbia Festival is a multi-day community-focused music festival that celebrates Cumbia music from its origins in Colombia to its modern forms across Latin America and the U.S.
NEEDS: $0 of 6,000 -
Let's Keep Charlton Plaza Beautiful
Charlton Plaza, at the northwest corner of Charlton and Sixth, is a gem in our neighborhood. We are seeking your financial support to fill it with flowers this spring, summer and fall.
NEEDS: $755 of 12,755 + Volunteers -
Students host artworks in their home
Expand the experience of visual arts by having students and other members of the community host artworks in their home.
NEEDS: $0 of 6,122 + Volunteers -
NYC Robotics teams needs funds: The Harlem Rails
We Harlem Rails are a robotics team that brings brilliant young minds in Harlem and Washington Heights into a world of technology. Securing their skills and careers in a technology and robotics!
NEEDS: $0 of 3,061 -
Rueda de Oro 787 Back to Loisaida
Rueda de Oro & O Team will host a free & interactive drum circle with the community in Brooklyn at the People’s Garden, to share the musical experience of their trip to Puerto Rico!
NEEDS: $0 of 3,333 -
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WRB - Spark Art Vibe
Creating multiple pathways for the healing our community deserves, enabling us to breathe, dream, innovate, and thrive.
NEEDS: $0 of 1,540 -
Pride: All Day, Every Day
"Pride: All Day, Every Day" is an outdoor, community exhibition featuring artwork by Brooklyn-based LGBTQIA+ artists that represents and celebrates what pride means to them.
NEEDS: $5,104 of 10,204