Welch Consulting has extensive experience developing programs that need funding, finding the financing that works, and supporting your organization’s long-term success by looking at the complete picture. We are a proud member of the Grant Professionals Association (GPA).
Lauren has spent her professional life working in nonprofit development and programming all over the United States as she moved state to state with her husband’s active duty military career.
While grant writing was a part of every job she held, grant research, writing and management of awards became her primary role when she started at Urban Corps of San Diego County in April 2018. At Urban Corps, Lauren was responsible for funding approximately 15% of a 14 million dollar budget every year, writing around 800-100 grants a year. For Urban Corps, since March 2018, Lauren has secured $12.3 million dollars in support (as of September 2023). Lauren has experience in marketing, and communication and donor development and management.
Lauren created San Diego Gives, a local one-day of giving in San Diego County established in December 2020. In its first year of existence with a volunteer steering committee behind it, San Diego Gives raised almost half a million dollars for over 100 nonprofits. In 2022, San Diego Gives raised $1,088,000 for 327 nonprofits. Lauren was the Director of San Diego Gives for 2021 and 2022 campaign before it was launched as a program of the local nonprofit Impact Cubed.
Lauren has extensive community impact experience, supporting communities with grant funding.
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