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:

  • New London High School

    Building Community in a Garden

    ECCGA in collaboration with New London High School Culinary Team, FRESH NL, and the Riverside Community Gardeners will build ten new garden beds growing healthy, nutritious fruits and vegetables. 

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,015
  • 2019 Native Planting

    Pollinator Friendly Falls Village

    YOU are invited to participate in YOUR Main Street Native Landscaping.  Please contribute any amount towards the purchase of plants AND all donations will be matched by Sustainable CT.

    NEEDS: $0 of 1,964

  • D.R.I.V.E. CLiCK

    Providing transportation to young entrepreneuers to create their own local food product that is grown, cooked, and shared through CLiCK.

    NEEDS: $0 of 41,240

About the Match 

Sustainable CT is a voluntary certification program that supports and recognizes thriving and resilient Connecticut municipalities. Sustainable CT’s wide-ranging menu of actions, tools, and resources help communities become more connected and vibrant. Learn more. 

ioby is a nonprofit crowdfunding platform and so much more. 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. Our crowdfunding platform helps connect local leaders with the training and support they need to crowdfund tax-deductible donations in their communities for projects that make our neighborhoods healthier, greener, more livable, and more fun. Learn more.

The Sustainable CT Community Match Fund is made possible  with the generous support of  Smart Seed Fund,  Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Connecticut Green Bank, and the Innovations in American Government Award, a program of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School.