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:

  • Juneteenth: A Commemoration

    LIFENFLUX LLC & BLAKK JAKK DANCE COLLECTIVE LLC presents, "Juneteenth: A Commemoration," Celebrating freedom, culture, history and enjoy live performances, music, dance, food, drinks, and fun.

    NEEDS: $13,402 of 13,402 + Volunteers
  • JUNETEENTH HAIR & FASHION SHOW

    Presenting the Fashion Brands & Designs through the Arts & Juneteenth Global Freedom Celebration of Asiatic, African, & American Fashion Designers 

    NEEDS: $800,000 of 800,000 + Volunteers
  • 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: $6,041 of 6,091 + 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: $498 of 2,538 + 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: $5,287 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: $1,826 of 5,076
  • 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: $17,931 of 18,431 + 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: $4,720 of 5,435 + Volunteers