We’ve all heard that eating locally is one way to reduce your environmental impact. But what about donating locally? In the urban wilds of New York City, a new non-profit is betting that locally based ...

From a Brooklyn food conference to adventures for city kids on the Los Angeles River, the crowd-funding platform ioby helps would-be environmental leaders fund neighborhood projects -- and connect ...

ioby stands for “In Our Back Yard” and it’s *sort of* like a Kickstarter for social impact. The goal is to raise money for specific projects that help improve neighborhoods. ioby’s staff, which is ...

Being able to provide tax deductions for donations was extremely important for neighborhood nonprofits, a survey by the Gowanus-based crowdfunding platform found. So ioby built a solution. Brandon ...

Got an idea to improve your bus stop? You could get funding for that. (Photo DanTD) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, ...

Not in my backyard is the common refrain of people who care about the environment, but aren’t so interested in, say, seeing a wind turbine out their bedroom window. But, more and more, people are ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

A pillar of community philanthropy quietly collapsed last year, and its loss should deeply concern grant makers. The Brooklyn-based nonprofit crowdfunding platform Ioby — which stands for “In our own ...

Dawn, how does it work if someone wants to work with ioby to fundraise for their project? Valerie, tell us about your project, the Buddy Bench. What is it and why did you use ioby to raise funds?

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! Bikes Not Bombs just launched Chain Reaction, the city’s first student-run mobile repair ...

Late last month, 30 middle-school students in Queens, New York, planted 200 new milkweed plants at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge to provide habitat for one of America’s best-known insects, the ...