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FY 2023

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2023EIN 26-3283639

IN Our Backyards Inc

BROOKLYN, NYNTEE: B990Founded 2008Website

mission statement

To become powerful civic leaders who plan, fund, and make positive change in their own neighborhoods.

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Total Revenue

$4.0M

FY 2023

Program Spending

70.1%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2023)

The Numbers

$1.3M

Total Assets

$1.1M net

2.7 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2023

Active Programs

FY 2023

Total Employees

FY 2023

Funding Track Record

Backed by 79 Institutional Funders

$14.2M raised across 162 grants · +$1.5M committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 23 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	BOSTON, MA	$3,155,947
Freedom Together Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$1,800,000
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	SEATTLE, WA	$1,329,941 +$149,998 committed
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	PRINCETON, NJ	$1,206,345
The Ford Foundation	New York, NY	$1,026,000 +$200,000 committed
The Kresge Foundation	TROY, MI	$810,000 +$400,000 committed
Robin Hood Foundation	new york, NY	$800,000
Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation	CINCINNATI, OH	$459,000
The George Gund Foundation	Cleveland, OH	$420,000 +$390,000 committed
The Cleveland Foundation	CLEVELAND, OH	$387,500

Total tracked: $14,234,075 across 162 grants · +$1,459,003 committed across 21 commitments (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2023)

What They Do

$2.4M in expenses

Project support: this program comprises all of the services that we provide for projects using the ioby platform. In addition to the use of our website and its tools, project leaders benefit from optional coaching, training and technical assistance from the ioby team in the form of workshops and one-on-one consultations on: project planning and management; match programs; social media and online communications; participation in our digital storytelling project; and, most importantly, grassroots fundraising. This program also includes all aspects of the limited form of fiscal sponsorship that we offer to projects and management of necessary purchasing and/or funds disbursement after projects are fully funded, as well as subsequent reporting.

$882K in expenses

Project outreach & sourcing:this program comprises all of the activities and initiatives we design and manage in order to provide outreach and source new projects that use ioby to connect with potential donors and volunteers. This includes all our on-the-ground organizers that we have in detroit, cleveland, and cincinnati, as well as events and communications to keep donors involved and up to date with projects they have supported. We also host outreach activities to promote the work of our projects to the broader community of interested community activists and neighborhood leaders. We have built strong relationships with hundreds of local community groups and nonprofits across the country, supported thousands of residents shaping their ideas into more than 3,555 projects and since our founding we have directed more than $19m from more than 50,000 donors.

$284K in expenses

Online platformthis program is the functional heart of our organization and the core of our unique model; it enables most other aspects of our work. We design, build and maintain a web platform (ioby.org) focused on meeting the needs of the project leaders we serve and the donors that support their work. This platform is constantly evolving through iterations and enhanced by feedback from both project leaders and donors.

Financial History