Pictured: Donté´s Gift Express raised over $3,400 in the 2023 CAC match program. 
 

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:

  • Your ioby page here!

    Start your own ioby crowdfunding campaign to be featured here! Donations are matched if your project is eligible for this ioby program.

    NEEDS: $5,000 of 5,000
  • The cover of Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume 2 features a woman in a medical coat superimposed over an immigration form

    Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume 3

    Stories, poems, visual and tactile art, and more — from people with a connection to Ohio and to migration. 

     

    NEEDS: $5,081 of 5,081 + Volunteers
  • Professional Motion Capture

    SEE | The Soul Cinematic Universe

    SEE is a mixed-media film arts camp that allows Cleveland participants (ages 13-17) to learn filmmaking from seasoned accredited film industry professionals.

    NEEDS: $8,195 of 8,205
  • DJ Beats for Tomorrow’s Stars

    “Empower Cleveland’s youth with ‘DJ Beats for Tomorrow’s Stars,’ fostering creativity and potential careers in music through an after-school summer program.” 

    NEEDS: $6,687 of 7,163 + Volunteers
  • Imagine the possibilities

    Friends of Impett Park Pool House Mural

    Two experienced Cleveland mural artists are teaming up with the West Park neighborhood group -- Friends of Impett Park -- to design and install a mural on the western side of the pool house at Impett Park. 

    NEEDS: $23 of 3,061
  • Community Collaborative Showcase

    The show is an opportunity for the Cleveland Community to come together to share in the joy of dance. The event will put on display the diversity, depth, and richness of dance and creativity that is local to Cleveland!

    NEEDS: $0 of 1,020
  • "Put The Guns Down" Rally/Event

    "Put The Guns Down" is a musical/speaker rally-event where some students will recite poems and musical raps about gun violence as well as make a pledge not to carry guns this summer.

    NEEDS: $0 of 6,122
  • RESTAURATOUR CLE

    Culinary tourism guides curated by local chefs.

    NEEDS: $11,417 of 12,467 + Volunteers