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:

  • 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: $30,112 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: $0 of 6,209

  • Pakistani Cultural Garden Ground Breaking

    Pakistan Cultural Garden is ready to join the rest of the international community in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, and make our presence known, by creating a landmark of our nation in the US.

    NEEDS: $1,093 of 3,093
  • Alyssa- 8y Plate of Color

    Art is AMAZING!

    Art is AMAZING, fun, exciting, and educational! So let's do it as a FAMILY! COVID still lingers, causing stress-- we intend to bring art to families struggling to cope with this trying period. 

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,264 + Volunteers
  • Rabbi Chaplain

    Bee Brave

    Beekeeping and mindfulness training to help youth succeed when they struggle with anxiety

    NEEDS: $39,194 of 41,174

  • When A Poet Loves

    Creating a short film about Black love in Cleveland that will be screened at The Black Joy in Hough Arts Festival on September 10, 2022

    NEEDS: $1,130 of 6,186
  • Twelve Steps of "Hero's Journey" by Transformation Academy

    Hero's Journey: Restorative Justice program

    Twenty participants, guided by certified life coaches, will start their creative, self-actualization journey towards becoming heroes at the Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility.

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,056 + 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 $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.