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:

  • 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
  • The second heART of Cleveland book will look similiar

    heART of Cleveland 2 book

    A celebration of the diverse artists and their art inspired by the great city of Cleveland. 

    NEEDS: $4,227 of 6,667

  • Run Away with Crooked River Circus & School

    Experience the thrill and joy of the circus right in your backyard with Crooked River Circus & School. Help us bring an amazing outdoor circus show to community spaces this summer for all to enjoy. 

    NEEDS: $0 of 4,150

  • Homecoming: Three Black Women Creatives Return to the Land

    Three Black Women Creatives--Poets Kelly Harris-DeBerry and Teri Ellen Cross-Davis, and composer Janice Lowe--Return to the Land in honor of the City of Cleveland Commission on Black Women and Girls.

    NEEDS: $0 of 1,920 + Volunteers
  • Dads on the Trail

    Dads Outdoors - Nature Walk in the Parks

    Nature is a great learning experience for kids and parents. We are getting dads on the trails to engage their kids to ask questions and enjoy our parks!

     

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,743

  • Changing Faces

    Teaching Youth The Art Of Face Painting!

    NEEDS: $6,417 of 6,417

  • Youth Social Community (ages 10-17)

    Use your own perception to create your own paintings with mural, acrylic paint, and canvas. COME SEE AND FEEL YOUR WAY THROUGH TOUCH AND IMAGINATION!

    NEEDS: $0 of 715 + Volunteers

  • VISION Board

    NOT Your Average Board Game

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,091
  • Anne Kibbe Print

    Anne Kibbe Residency Program for Women

    FIG's Anne Kibbe Residency Program for Women is awarded to a creative who self-identifies as a woman, and provides facility access, training, and a stipend.
     

    NEEDS: $0 of 5,155

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.