The Cultivating Inland Empire Latino Opportunity (CIELO) Fund at the Inland Empire Community Foundation recently announced $450,000 in its 2025 round of grant awards. Grantees comprised 40 organizations that serve the region.
Since its launch in 2022, the CIELO Fund’s total investment through research, grantmaking, narrative change initiatives and scholarship programs sits at $1.4 million. That accounts for nearly 100 grant awards to organizations in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
“As families across Riverside and San Bernardino continue to face rising costs for essentials like housing, food, childcare, eldercare and education, the CIELO Fund’s grantmaking this year is intentionally focused on supporting organizations that are directly addressing these pressing community needs,” said Jesse Melgar, founder and chair of the CIELO Fund and board chair of IECF…