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About ioby Cleveland

We’ve got to admit: Cleveland is pretty amazing. When neighbors across the city set out to get good done in the neighborhood, Clevelanders are there to lend a hand. Since we began our on-the-ground work, ioby Cleveland has supported over 200 resident leaders as they plan, crowdfund, and build positive change in neighborhoods across the city. With a median donation of $35, these leaders have raised over $500,000 in small donations to make ioby Cleveland neighborhoods greener, safer, more livable, and more full of opportunity for all residents.

 

Meet Dawn Arrington, ioby Cleveland Action Strategist!

As a Cleveland Action Strategist, Dawn Arrington is working to help even more leaders like you in Cleveland make positive change across the city. When you share your idea for positive change in your Cleveland neighborhood, Dawn will walk alongside you as you build your crowdfunding campaign page, make your first donation asks, and build your project.

Dawn is a born and bred Clevelander with a love for helping others and her community. With years of experience in community network building, customer service, and project development, Dawn sees her life’s mission as one of service. 

Learn more about our City Action Strategists and how we work on-the-ground to support resident-led change.

 

Get your donations doubled! 

Artists Lead! 

Are you an artist or creative worker with great ideas for collaborative solutions to a need in your Cleveland community? Fundraise for your idea with ioby and you could get your dollars doubled through the Artists Lead! match program. Get up to $15,000 of your crowdfunded donations matched dollar-for-dollar.

Double your donations

 

 

Donate to a project in your Cleveland neighborhood

  • Talking A Stance

    Talking A Stance

    We will engage in an exploratory conversation about current policing behaviors and practices in communities of color to include broader themes such as gun violence, biased policing and racism.   

    NEEDS: $0 of 200 + Volunteers
  • Historic Rockefeller Homes

    Forest Hill Street Signage

    Neighbors coming together to share ideas and effect positive change within the East Cleveland Forest Hill community.

    NEEDS: $0 of 1,962 + Volunteers

  • What Happens to the Block?

    Young folks will participate in making a short film which documents what happens when community residents decide to take on outside groups who want to regentrify and exploit their communities.

    NEEDS: $0 of 4,114

  • My Violin Weighs A Ton

    "My Violin Weighs A Ton" is the realization of a unique vision that Mental Health Advocate Archie Green is bringing to life in order to engage, educate, and inspire a new generation.

    NEEDS: $0 of 230
  • Cosgrove 5.8

    Concerts for Cleveland

    Inspiring underserved audiences with great music in unusual settings to build community and love our neighbors, affirming the value of all people.

    NEEDS: $0 of 8,500 + Volunteers

Browse all ioby projects currently fundraising across the country

Upcoming office hours with Dawn

We don't have any office hours coming up just yet in Cleveland. Looking to meet with Dawn? Reach to her at dawn [at] ioby [dot] org. 

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Upcoming events with Dawn

We don't have any upcoming workshops just yet in Cleveland. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know about our next workshop and office hours!

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Start a project in Cleveland

On ioby, anyone with a great idea for creating positive change in their neighborhood can raise funds, find volunteers and promote their project. When you fundraise for your community project on ioby, you can:

  • Receive one-on-one fundraising and implementation coaching

  • Collect tax-deductible donations

  • Have ioby act as your project’s fiscal sponsor

  • Find new volunteers

  • Join us for grassroots fundraising trainings and workshops

Submit your idea and ioby will reach out to support you on your journey to making positive change in your Cleveland neighborhood.

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Resources

 

 We know that the best community projects are not solo endeavors - real change means collaboration, coordination, and teamwork. But we also know how daunting it can feel to work with city government for the first time. That’s why we developed this guide, to make it easier to connect and work with Cleveland officials to make our neighborhoods safer, greener, more livable and more fun! 

 

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Also, check out our resources page and our blog for stories and lessons from our nationwide community of local leaders.

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Press 

Cleveland.com: 'In Our Backyard' brings cutting-edge crowd-sourcing to Cleveland

CityLab: Rethinking the Bus Shelter

For more information on how ioby chooses the places where we work, and how we chose Cleveland, please read our blog posts:

"That Wonky Stuff: What's Phase 0?"

"ioby's Coming to Cleveland: Here's Why!"

 
 
 
 

Partners

  
 
ioby Cleveland is made possible thanks to generous support from the Saint Luke's Foundation, the Cleveland Foundation and The George Gund Foundation.