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:
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Greenwich, CT Food Scrap Recycling Pilot Program
Be the solution. Help reduce waste, conserve resources, and save money in our community by recycling food scraps into valuable compost.
NEEDS: $0 of 10,797 + Volunteers -
Home Farms Campaign
Free home gardens for resident of New Haven County!
NEEDS: $0 of 50,000 + Volunteers -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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Benches and Trees for Fernridge Park!
We raised $10,000 to plant new trees in Fernridge Park! Now, help us put benches under them.
NEEDS: $0 of 10,898 -
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 -
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
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