Carlos Medina, CFRE, contributes nearly 15 years of experience within San Diego County’s nonprofit community, as a grant writer with The San Diego LGBT Community Center, Father Joe’s Villages, Champions for Health, and Mama’s Kitchen, before serving as Learning Services Manager at Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties (2019-2021).
As Principal at Carlos Medina Consulting and Grant Strategies, he contributed a background sourcing private and public funding; assembling and submitting grant requests, letters of inquiry, proposals, and associated budgets; creating and maintaining a grants calendar to ensure a solid rhythm of cultivation, solicitation, grant reports and renewals, and; developing long-term relationships with grant-making partners. In 2023, Carlos joined the team at Chicano Federation of San Diego County as Grants Manager. He is also a board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, San Diego Chapter, and the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County.