Cleveland Art Week 2020, supported through the Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Match Fund.

Get your donations doubled for arts and culture projects
in Cuyahoga County!

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 for up to $3,000 of your donations to your ioby crowdfunding campaign for a project that brings arts and culture to Cuyahoga County residents. Share your project idea below!

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Is your project eligible? 

Get answers to frequently asked questions about this match program. 

 

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

  • Femininity Dance Showcase

    Highlighting the beauty, intelligence, and strength of women through dance and art performance. 

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,258
  • Self-Care Sunday

    New Era Cleveland

    New Era Cleveland’s goal is to elevate the consciousness of community members as well as assisting with addressing the basic needs of people that need the most assistance.

    NEEDS: $17,526 of 17,526 + Volunteers
  • 1,000,000 Photos True to Life Sized panel or 2,000 images.

    1,000,000 PHOTOS: Unity Through Photography

    The Cleveland Photo Fest announces the world’s largest international photo exhibition 1,000,000 PHOTOS, opening in November of 2022  in Cleveland, Ohio. 

    NEEDS: $26,263 of 27,113 + Volunteers

  • Cleveland Youth Festival 2nd Annual

    Cleveland Youth Festival is an annually festival to support the Youth Talent and to celebrate our Culture all over the World.

    NEEDS: $5,422 of 6,522 + Volunteers

  • Art at The Park

    Come out and Bond and get a chance to see meet and bond with the local Artist in the Community. On Saturday, July 2nd from 3:00pm-7:00pm at Forest Hills Park.

     

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,186

  • Let's PAINT about it

    Art class for girls to express emotions, build confidence, relieve stress. Through art, an opportunity to address important issues & learn calming, soothing art techniques. 

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,261

  • Destination Dream:INDI Art House Rehab Phase 1

     This year in 2022 we will be raising awareness and creating opportunities for the youth of Cleveland with our INDI Art House dedicated to youth workforce development programming, mental health and the arts.

    NEEDS: $30,212 of 30,928

  • ListenCLE

    ListenCLE aims to bring all the amazing music and performance North East Ohio has to offer into the daily lives of the residents and visitors of the region by creating opportunities for performers.

    NEEDS: $3,974 of 10,309

  • Painting the Town

    Help beautify our Shaker Heights community one traffic utility box at a time

    NEEDS: $4,100 of 10,309

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 $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.