Pictured: Donté´s Gift Express raised over $3,400 in the 2023 CAC match program. 
 

Enrollment is closed for 2024.
 

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:

  • The Brownhoist Summer Glow-Up

    We have been working to making space for work, play, and art: the Geekeasy, the Art Gym, Cork and Wax Listening Lounge & the Serenity Vault. We need money and help to finish these projects.

    NEEDS: $1,195 of 6,122 + Volunteers

  • Bee Skool

    Bee Skool an immersive experience on the secret lives of bees. 

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,956

  • Musical Fest In the Park

    Come join us for a evening of community fellowship while enjoying music and poetry from local talent.

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,122

  • Let's PAINT about it 2

    Art class for girls to express emotions, build confidence, and relieve stress while learning art history and soothing art techniques.

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,624 + Volunteers

  • PCG First Step of Phase Two Construction

    Pakistani Cultural Garden is getting ready to start Phase Two of our construction project. We need to create drawings and blueprints so the construction can begin of our beautiful Miner-a-Pakistan. 

    NEEDS: $2,102 of 6,122
  • The cover of Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume 2 features a woman in a medical coat superimposed over an immigration form

    Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume 3

    Stories, poems, visual and tactile art, and more — from people with a connection to Ohio and to migration. 

     

    NEEDS: $0 of 5,081 + Volunteers
  • Professional Motion Capture

    SEE | The Soul Cinematic Universe

    SEE is a mixed-media film arts camp that allows Cleveland participants (ages 13-17) to learn filmmaking from seasoned accredited film industry professionals.

    NEEDS: $8,175 of 8,205

  • DJ Beats for Tomorrow’s Stars

    “Empower Cleveland’s youth with ‘DJ Beats for Tomorrow’s Stars,’ fostering creativity and potential careers in music through an after-school summer program.” 

    NEEDS: $2,657 of 7,163 + 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.