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?
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:
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Hearts United: A Mother’s Day Brunch & Tea of Remembrance and Resilience
"Embrace, Empower, Heal: Unite for Mothers' Strength on a Day of Remembrance."
NEEDS: $5,102 of 5,102 + Volunteers -
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The Reading Room CLE Moves In
Setting up shop and opening a bookstore at the Brownhoist
NEEDS: $0 of 6,122 + Volunteers -
The Garden Of Love Project
This project will encompass a multi-layered mural that will include elements such as framing, immersive 3D art, and more!
NEEDS: $13,413 of 13,413 + Volunteers -
Crafting Memories: A Mother-Daughter Keepsake Affair
Join us for a heartwarming event where creativity blooms. Let’s weave love, laughter, and a touch of magic into personalized keepsakes that will be treasured forever.
NEEDS: $816 of 816 -
Unpacking "Art": Full S.T.E.A.M Ahead 24
We're learning and growing via creative expression
NEEDS: $0 of 6,122 -
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 -
Lords of The Land IV - (Intl. Hip Hop & Street Dance Festival & Championship)
International Hip Hop & Street Dance Festival & Championship
NEEDS: $18,572 of 19,661 -
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 -
Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume 3
Stories, poems, visual and tactile art, and more — from people with a connection to Ohio and to migration.
NEEDS: $5,081 of 5,081 + Volunteers -
Community Urban Garden & Cultural Arts Space
Help us create our urban garden & cultural arts space.
NEEDS: $0 of 6,000
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.
