51st Annual Puerto Rican Parade & Festival. Supported in 2019 through the Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Match Fund.
Get your donations doubled for arts and culture projects in Cuyahoga County!
Have an idea to bring arts and culture to life in Cuyahoga County?
Are you an artist dreaming up a public art project? A dancer who needs money for a performance in a park? A film buff looking to host community movie screenings? Get a boost! If you have an idea to make Cuyahoga County more vibrant through the arts, you could get your donations doubled up to $3,000 when you crowdfund your project with ioby.
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 can all receive one-on-one fundraising coaching and dollar-for-dollar matching funds up to $3,000 on their ioby crowdfunding campaign in support of projects that bring arts and culture to Cuyahoga County residents. Share your project idea below to get started and double your dollars!
Get answers to frequently asked questions about this match.
Donate to a project and get your donation doubled, or start a project of your own to be featured here:
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Youth Maker Corp
Fund youth residents this summer to serve as ambassadors in the Glenville neighborhood to teach digital fabrication technologies like design software, 3D printing, and electronics!
NEEDS: $22,246 of 22,246 + Volunteers -
Ben Franklin Community Garden's New Pavilion
Ben Franklin Community Garden in Old Brooklyn is building a pavilion and we need your help to get it on the ground!
NEEDS: $7,174 of 8,774 + Volunteers -
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MODEL Gardeners 2021
Igniting, empowering, and unifying women and young ladies from garden to kitchen, from seed to sale.
NEEDS: $1,869 of 3,209 + Volunteers -
Hand Made Films: Stories told by black women
Hand Made Films is a series of short films directed by African American women.
NEEDS: $0 of 5,348 + Volunteers -
Cleveland Art Week 2021
Cleveland Art Week was created to celebrate the diversity of art. From Sunday to Saturday, families will be able to participate in various activities that will inspire, educate and support the art community.
NEEDS: $2,666 of 3,046 -
International Village Wildlife Museum
Art Ledger is the first African-American taxidemist to own a private taxidermy business in the U.S. He is transforming his shop on West 48th Street into a museum, which will feature native Ohio wildlife.
NEEDS: $7,330 of 15,405 + Volunteers -
Cleveland Youth Festival
Tokoss Group presents a celebration of culture.
NEEDS: $5,060 of 8,190 + Volunteers -
The U and I of Euclid Ave.
Collaborative mural project in East Cleveland designed to illuminate and address issues relative to social justice, empowerment, and place in a post COVID era.
NEEDS: $7,705 of 10,215 -
Starving Artists 2 Working Artists
Blockcityp2c is a social network and sales platform that allows artists to build a fan base and earn income by offering rewards online. We will use a team of real people and AI to make certain all members are real persons
NEEDS: $4,870 of 6,000 + Volunteers -
Urban Pocket Park Farmers Market
Bringing fresh fruits and vegetables and arts and cultural to a neighborhood near you!
NEEDS: $0 of 6,000 + Volunteers -
Art is a Safe Space in Cleveland
An inclusive platform for poets, artists and musicians to express, shed & have community.
NEEDS: $0 of 2,390
Learn More
For all the details on eligibility and how this match works, read our match FAQ.
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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 $8 million in citizen philanthropy on ioby for projects that make their communities healthier, greener, safer, and more livable. When you post project on ioby you can collect tax-deductible donations, find new donors and volunteers, and receive one-on-one fundraising coaching.
This match fund is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from the Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC). Learn more about CAC at cacgrants.org.
