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COVID 19: Caring for your community

Our ioby community is full of helpers. Neighborhood leaders, unofficial mayors of the block, people like you who have always stepped up to do what’s right and to lend a hand. We’re here to support your urgent responses to the impacts of COVID-19 in Cleveland. There are two things you can do on ioby right now to support your community: You can start a project on ioby, or check out a list of resources in Cleveland we compiled to help you plan a project. 

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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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 460 resident leaders as they plan, crowdfund, and build positive change in neighborhoods across the city. With a median donation of $50, these leaders have raised over $1,447,359 in small donations to make Cleveland neighborhoods greener, safer, more livable, and more full of opportunity for all residents.

Meet Pete Saudek, ioby's Cleveland Action Strategist

As the Cleveland Action Strategist, Pete Saudek partners with neighbors across Northeast Ohio to create positive and sustainable change throughout the region. When you share your idea for positive change in your neighborhood, Pete will walk alongside you as you build your crowdfunding campaign, and connect you to the tools and resources intended to transform your community.

Pete has been rooted in Northeast Ohio for the past 10 years as a community organizer, housing justice advocate and musician, working with neighbors to generate community-based projects and campaigns across the city.

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

 

Get your donations doubled! 

 

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Match Program

The Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Match Fund supports organizations and residents as they make our county more vibrant and creative. 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. 

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CUYAHOGA ARTS & CULTURE MATCH PROGRAM

 

Lorain and Elyria, OH Match Fund

The 2021 Lorain and Elyria, OH Match Fund can match donations to support communities in zip codes 44052, 44053, 44055, 44035 and 44036. By focusing on volunteer-led projects and small grassroots groups, this program will get timely funding to local resident-led projects as neighbors deepen their collaborations and relationships in Lorain City, Ohio and in Elyria, Ohio. Please note that 2020 Neighborhood Connections cohort members are not eligible.

Learn more about the Lorain and Elyria, OH Match Fund

 

Please note that you cannot participate in two match opportunities at the same time, but if you exhaust one fund and are eligible for another you may then participate in an additional match fund opportunity.

 

Donate to a project in your Cleveland neighborhood

  • UGRR Map at Woodland Cemetery

    Heritage Etched in Stone

    Memorializing those contributors to the Underground Railroad buried at Woodland Cemetery.

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,336

  • Starving Artists 2 Working Artists P2CTV

    Prelude2Cinema launches the second phase of its project to create a streaming network that will teach filmmakers how to make a living from their movies and provide bold, inclusive cinema to fans all over the world.

    NEEDS: $27,053 of 27,174 + Volunteers

  • Cleveland CommunityLink

    Donations will go towards our goal of empowering individuals witth social service information.

    NEEDS: $1,475 of 1,475

  • Pillow Therapy Workshops

    Life hits hard and some people have no one to talk, which is why these workshops allow that opporunity to not only build a pillow but to establish a community that uplifts and encourages someone to keep fighting.

    NEEDS: $0 of 320

  • Jali

    Large scale Indo-Islamic design inspired public art installation.

    NEEDS: $0 of 5,760 + Volunteers

  • Make Your Mark E. 130th St. Mural

    The Make Your Mark project will bring to life the experiences and imagination of youth through a creative process facilitated by professional artists to install a vibrant mural on E 130th St.

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,850

  • Northeast Ohio Worker Center

    The Northeast Ohio Worker Center is built by workers, for workers and in the Spring of 2021 we drafted the Northeast Ohio Worker Bill of Rights.

    NEEDS: $0 of 3,071 + Volunteers

Browse all ioby projects currently fundraising across the country

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. Check out these resources 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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Or, 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.