CIELO
CIELO catalyzes hope, resilience, and stability in under-resourced communities by helping enterprising individuals transform their dreams of owning a neighborhood business into reality.
CIELO has been helping low-income Orange County residents pursue financial stability since 2012, when CIELO first began as an incubated project of Oak View Renewal Partnership (OVRP) to serve the under-resourced Oak View community of Huntington Beach. While CIELO’s programming was being tested and refined in this neighborhood, an economic study on CIELO’s potential community impact revealed that CIELO had the potential to fill the gap of inequality for many of Orange County’s low-income and under-resourced entrepreneurs. After officially launching in 2016 and operating as a fiscally sponsored project of OVRP for three years, CIELO received independent 501(c)(3) status in March 2018. CIELO has become a comprehensive ecosystem for our immigrants and communities of color, helping to fill the gap in accessible, individualized entrepreneurial training and support.
CIELO now serves as a small business support system for all Orange County residents, with a focus on low-income and under-resourced individuals who lack the resources, knowledge, and support to change their economic trajectory. We aim to reduce opportunity inequality by providing our target population with the resources or connections they wouldn’t otherwise have.
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