2022 Participant: LGBTQ+ Fieldhouse Art Mural Program at Studio West 117

Up to $3,000 in donations matched for community projects that 
make Cuyahoga County more vibrant through the arts!

The Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Match Fund supports organizations and residents (like you!) as they make our county more vibrant and creative. 

Individuals, artists, informal groups of residents, and nonprofits with budgets under $200,000 can all receive one-on-one fundraising coaching and dollar-for-dollar matching to your ioby crowdfunding campaign for a project that brings arts and culture to Cuyahoga County residents. Donors are matched instantly up to $500, and projects can access up to $3,000 until the program ends. Share your project idea below!

Submit your Idea to get started!

 

How does it work?

Eligibility Details

When you crowdfund with the ioby Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Match Fund, you'll get:

  • Our free resources and guidance for how to crowdfund.
  • A one-on-one ioby crowdfunding coach to teach you how to successfully raise donations.
  • While you crowdfund, donations will be doubled instantly. (Up to $500 per donation and $3,000 per project.)
  • We offer fiscal sponsorship to groups that are not a 501c3.  
  • Our fees are very low because we are a nonprofit.

 

Submit your idea to get started!

 

Donate to a project, or start your own to be enrolled here:

  • Waterloo Arts Fest

    Working with over 300 artists, residents and businesses to provide fresh programming each year, the annual Waterloo Arts Fest draws together music and art lovers of all ages.

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,122 + Volunteers
  • Art Fest

    Community Love & Arts Fest

    Come help us celebrate our community love and arts fest as we unite our neighborhood through music love and art by the people who live in our community.

     

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,091
  • Rap/Poet Fest

    The Poet Convention

    A night of unrecognized poets and rappers in our displaying their raw talents and bringing the community together with their talent.

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,091
  • The Safety Awareness Crew

    Community Safety Awareness Play

    Learn how to keep your family and your community safe through performance arts & plays at the M.L. King Jr. Park on 105th and Elk Ave.

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,091

  • Food for Thought

    Our vision is to bring awareness of a healthy gut and educate those in the community on the nutritious value of food in hopes to stop the generational curses of poor dietary habits and ideas by using art

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,060

  • 17th Foundation Fashion and Art Show!

    Campers will learn the about entrepreneurship through a Fashion & Art! At the end of the summer, campers will work together & host an entire Showcase!

    NEEDS: $0 of 90 + Volunteers

  • Acts of Light: Community Safety Project

    Turn the threat of cross-fire gun violence into acts of light with a wooden fence of embedded glass beads that obstruct the line of sight, changing the narrative to community empowerment in Cleveland, Ohio

    NEEDS: $0 of 2,640 + Volunteers

Learn More 

For all the details on eligibility and how this match works, read our match FAQ.

Completely new to ioby and crowdfunding? Check out ioby101.

 

About ioby

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. Neighbors nationwide have raised over $18 million in citizen philanthropy on ioby for projects that make their communities healthier, greener, safer, and more livable. When you post a project on ioby you can collect tax-deductible donations, find new donors and volunteers, and receive one-on-one fundraising coaching. Learn more. 

 

This match fund is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC). Learn more about CAC at cacgrants.org.