Your Gift Keeps the Whole System Running.
We don’t pay for mowing — every volunteer donates their time freely. Your tax-deductible gift funds the coordination platform, insurance, equipment, outreach, and logistics that turn a request for help into a real volunteer showing up.
Donations are always optional, never required for service, and do not guarantee or prioritize help. They sustain the infrastructure that makes connections possible.
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Every Dollar Goes Back Into the Mission
We are 100% volunteer-powered with no paid salaries. Every dollar is deposited into our nonprofit business account and reinvested into mission operations — insurance, equipment, outreach, technology, and coordination.
From Donation to Doorstep — Here’s What You Activate
Your gift doesn’t just sit in a fund. It powers a real coordination system that turns every request for help into a real-world visit. Here’s what happens behind the scenes:
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A Request Comes In
A homeowner, family member, caretaker, or case manager submits a request for free lawn care relief through our intake form or by calling 862-66-MOWER.
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We Review and Route It
Our custom platform processes the request — verifying details, protecting privacy, and preparing it for volunteer matching.
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Nearby Volunteers Are Surfaced
The system identifies enrolled volunteers in the area and surfaces the request through our coordination tools and the MOW app.
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Safe Communication Happens
Volunteers and recipients connect through privacy-minded workflows — no personal information is shared publicly.
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A Volunteer Shows Up
A real person — with their own time, equipment, and willingness — arrives to provide temporary lawn care relief. No contracts. No invoices. Just a neighbor helping a neighbor.
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Impact Gets Tracked
Hours logged, before-and-after photos captured, verified volunteer profiles updated. Every visit is recorded so the work is visible and accountable.
Your donation doesn’t pay for mowing. It funds the system that makes every one of these steps possible — from the first request to the final photo.
What Your Gift Makes Possible
Every request that reaches us carries a real story. Here are a few of the situations your support helps address:
Easing Fines for Older Adults
Helping grandparents avoid municipal penalties for overgrown lawns they maintained for decades but can no longer manage on their own.
Acts of Gratitude for Veterans
Honoring veterans — including those still navigating the long-term effects of service — with a simple, tangible act of care for their home.
Relief During Life’s Hardest Moments
Maintaining a home for a family in the middle of hospice care, a widow navigating a move alone, or a neighbor facing a disability that makes outdoor work impossible.
Every one of these stories started the same way — someone made a donation, and a volunteer showed up.
Volunteers Donate Labor. Your Gift Funds Everything Else.
Every volunteer who shows up donates their time freely — no one is paid. But the system that connects them to the people who need help doesn’t run on goodwill alone.
Your donation funds the invisible layers that make every visit possible:
- Liability insurance that protects every volunteer on every visit
- Battery-powered equipment for safer, quieter, eco-friendly service
- The coordination platform that processes requests, routes them, and manages communication
- Outreach that reaches older adults, veterans, and families who need help but don’t know we exist
- Fuel, storage, and logistics that keep the operation moving
We have no paid salaries. We are building a model that scales genuine kindness without scaling overhead.
Your Gift Powers Connections — Not Contracts. We don’t pay for mowing. Your donation ensures we can keep connecting neighbors who need help with neighbors who want to give it.
— The IWTMYL Mission
Meet Volunteers Ready to Help
People across the country have signed up to help a neighbor. Here are a few of them.
Lisa
Philadelphia, PADriven by a desire to honor loved ones lost through service and dedication to the community.
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Pete
San Antonio, TXRecently retired and eager to give back to the community.
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Steven
Seven Lakes, NCInspired to help a friend and teach the importance of kindness and community service to the next generation.
View Profile →Real Numbers. Real Neighbors. Real Volunteers.
Every figure below represents a real neighbor, a real yard, and a volunteer who chose to show up.
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Impact
Nationwide
Active Coverage
A Charity You Can Verify
I Want To Mow Your Lawn Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN: 85-3447661). Contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. We hold a Silver Seal of Transparency on Candid (GuideStar). View our full financial profile.
Our story has been featured in over 300 media outlets globally — TV, radio, print, and online — including support from actress Drew Barrymore. See our media coverage. View our IRS determination letter.
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Other Ways to Give
Text to Donate
Send 4LAWN to 707070
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Online Platforms
PayPal Giving Fund · Venmo for Charity · Zelle (Direct Bank Transfer — contact us for details) · Donor Advised Funds (DAF) · Benevity Corporate Giving
Round-Up & Charity Platforms
Walmart Spark Good · eBay for Charity · Nextdoor Sell for Good · GoFundMe Charity · Facebook & Instagram Fundraising
Mail a Check
Make payable to I Want To Mow Your Lawn Inc.
PO Box 3572 · Wayne, NJ 07474-3572
(Receipt available upon request)
Prefer to Donate Equipment?
You can lend or donate operational landscaping tools through our Pay It Forward Marketplace — connecting equipment directly to nearby volunteers. Equipment donors may generally deduct non-cash donations as a charitable contribution. Please consult with a financial advisor.
For business inquiries, please contact Brian.
Support Us While You Shop — It Costs You Nothing
We are a verified charity listed with Walmart’s Spark Good Program. Select us on Walmart.com and use the “Round Up” feature to donate spare change by rounding up your orders to the nearest dollar.
We also have a Walmart Registry where you can gift us new battery-powered outdoor products and help us put them to meaningful use.
Help More People Find This
The more people know about this, the more neighbors we can help.
Every Lawn We Touch Began With
Someone Who Chose to Help.
Your donation doesn’t pay for mowing. It funds the system that turns generosity into real-world relief — volunteer by volunteer, yard by yard, neighbor by neighbor.