About In Our Backyards
ioby mobilized neighbors who have good ideas to become powerful civic leaders who plan, fund, and make positive change in their own neighborhoods.
Focus Areas
community developmentcivic engagementneighborhood revitalizationcrowdfundingfiscal sponsorshipcommunity organizingvolunteer engagementenvironmental sustainabilitygreen infrastructuresocial justicepublic health
Who They Fund
local neighborhood residentsyouth (including teens and program participants)
About In Our Backyards
In Our Backyards Inc backs neighborhood-led projects that turn local ideas into funded action. Through ioby, residents can crowdfund, recruit volunteers, and connect with decision makers, and the foundation’s recent grants show that model in practice: $57,432 to Mama Scrap's Inc for Sacred Resistance: Return and $48,500 to The Hustle Presents Inc for The Hustle Presents. The giving mix includes arts, parks, food access, environmental work, youth programs, and public space efforts, with projects ranging from community events to facility improvements and neighborhood beautification. The foundation’s support is often tied to specific campaigns rather than broad general operating awards. Recent grants include work in Sacramento, New York, Philadelphia, and other U.S. cities, alongside community projects for cultural festivals, heritage preservation, composting, media literacy, and green infrastructure. Its profile is shaped by community-driven, project-based funding that helps local groups raise money for defined neighborhood goals. With annual grants of $2,052,314 and a 2024 filing on record, In Our Backyards Inc operates at a meaningful national scale while keeping its grantmaking closely linked to grassroots organizing and place-based projects.
What In Our Backyards Funds
In community arts and cultural work, In Our Backyards Inc supported The Horticultural Society of New York with $38,346 for Help Us Make Father Fagan Park Beautiful This Summer and gave $19,645 to City Parks Foundation for Barnett Beautification. Those awards point to a place-based approach that uses projects and events to activate public space. Food and environmental work also appear repeatedly. Ridge to Reefs received $22,797 for the Baltimore Compost Collective, while New York City H2o got $17,030 for Restoring Biodiversity in Highland Park and Success Garden. Youth-focused grantmaking shows up in awards such as $33,835 to Crocker Riverside Pto for Cubs Make Music and Art and $31,490 to Flawless4youth Inc for Flawless4Youth. The foundation also funded media and civic work, including $17,999 to Lightgrid Technologies Inc for a media literacy project and $24,165 to Action Research Collaborative Inc for system change for the rideshare platform economy.
How In Our Backyards Gives
Typical award size clusters in the low five figures: p25 is $6,150, median is $9,436, and p75 is $12,937. The recent grant list also shows a wider upper range for special projects and larger campaign awards. In Our Backyards Inc appears to make repeated, project-tied grants rather than one-time institutional support alone, with several recipient organizations showing up in different years, including The Horticultural Society of New York and New York City H2o. The funder is a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund or program-related investor, and the active programs indicate unsolicited opportunities are possible through ioby’s crowdfunding, match, and microgrant channels.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.2M
Total Assets
$1.3M
Total Revenue
$4M
Total Expenses
$5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $6K and $13K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$6K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$13K
Geographic Reach
National21 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
APOLLO GONZALES
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