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Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Match Program 2024
$25
Match funds remaining
$79,975
Match funds allocated
396
Matched donations
38
Projects
Overview
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.
Eligibility
Your project is eligible to be part of the Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Match if it meets the following criteria. Donors are matched instantly up to $500, and projects can access up to $3,000 until the program ends.
- Projects must take place in Cuyahoga County and be for the benefit of Cuyahoga County residents.
- Projects must create a public benefit and be non-profit in nature, not aimed at private profit for a specific individual, family, or business.
- Projects must be led by or in partnership with the residents of the neighborhood where the project is taking place.
- Projects should be specific. Please note that all ioby campaign pages must include a budget outlining how funds will be spent.
- Projects must complete fundraising and cash out by November 30, 2024.
- ioby policy requires that match participants achieve a minimum of five distinct donors in order to cash out with matching funds.
- Match funds cannot be applied to a project already funded by a CAC grant, including projects funded through CAC’s Support for Artists programs and projects co-funded with Neighborhood Connections.
- Organizations currently receiving a Project Support grant of $5,000 or less may be eligible to receive match funds, but only for a project that is different from the CAC grant, per #7 above.
- *Not eligible: Organizations currently receiving a General Operating Support or Project Support grant of more than $5,000 from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
- Cuyahoga Arts & Culture reserves the right to determine eligibility for any project.
- Organizations with an annual budget larger than $200,000 are not eligible for this match funding.
- Projects must be arts or cultural by CAC’s definition: The
- Large organizations or institutions that are not eligible to receive match funding are still encouraged to support projects either as a fiscal sponsor, the donation of space, expertise, networks or other resources.
- Murals on a local school or neighborhood building
- Temporary or permanent public art installations in a local park
- Arts fairs and parades
- Afterschool art classes for youth
- Community gardening
- Musical street fairs and affordable/free public concerts
- A series of nature walks in a local metropark.
- Summer film screenings in a local plaza or community garden
- New dance classes offered at the local community center
- A new mosaic beautifying the entryway to a school or park
- Outdoor dance performance for the public
- New event series for local artists to gather to share work and build community
- Funding for a community gallery or existing arts nonprofit
- food and other event costs
- event permitting and insurance fees
- volunteer rewards such as T-shirts
- advertising and marketing
- materials and equipment
- educator, performer, speaker or intern stipends
- local travel
- software and hardware
- contracted services
- consultant fees
- staff salaries and administrative overhead, prorated for the time spent on the project
Want to discuss your project and see if it’s a good fit?
Contact ioby Cleveland: cleveland @ ioby .org
Ineligible Projects and Budgets:
- Because all ioby projects must have a public benefit, projects that benefit one specific individual, family, or business are NOT eligible.
- Organizations with an annual budget larger than $200,000 are not eligible for this match funding.
- Projects involving: political campaigning, lobbying, or contributions to political campaigns are NOT eligible.
- Fundraising for a pool of funds to be re-granted to others or used for an unspecified purpose in the future is NOT eligible.
- General operating support or funding new staff hires for nonprofits, including nonprofits focused exclusively on arts projects, is NOT eligible.
- ioby may determine a project ineligible at any time.
Sponsoring Partner
This match fund is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC). Learn more about CAC at cacgrants.org.