CIELO Fund awards $450,000 to 40 Organizations in 2025 Grants

The Cultivating Inland Empire Latino Opportunity, or, CIELO Fund, at the Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF) has awarded $450,000 in grants to 40 organizations serving the region.

“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.

“We are incredibly proud of the impact the CIELO Fund has achieved in such a short time. Through thoughtful grantmaking and deep partnerships, the Fund is helping to uplift and empower Latinoled and Latino-serving organizations across our region,” said Michelle Decker, President & CEO at the Inland Empire Community Foundation. “We look forward to building on this momentum and continuing to support our communities that need us most.”

The 2025 CIELO Fund Grantees:

• About Families, Inc.
• Arcoiris Collective Learning
• Asociación de Emprendedor@s
• Bordando Nuestras Raíces
• Casa Blanca Home of Neighborly Services
• Centro Del Inmigrante
• Chinampas
• Comite Civico del Valle
• Corona Relief Organization
• Danza Azteca Citlaltonac
• El Sol Neighborhood
• Garcia Center for the Arts
• High Desert Second Chance
• Huerta Del Valle
• IE Prism Collective
• Imperial Valley Equity & Justice
• Immigration Legal Educational & Advancement Project
• Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice
• Inland Empire Future Leaders Program
• Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective
• Inland Empire Latino Lawyers Association
• Inland Equity Community Land Trust
• Inland Valley Recovery Services
• Ives Torres Foundation
• My Baby My Way Foundation
• Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas
• Providers Need Care
• San Bernardino Community Services
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. Catherine de Alexandria
• The Codex Creation Committee
• The Exception
• The Key Nonprofit
• The Shella Foundation
• TODEC Legal Center
• Undocumented Student Services Center, CSUSB
• Unidos for La Causa
• Veterans Success Center, CSUSB
• We Are One United

For more information about the Inland Empire Community Foundation, visit iegives.org.