Hi, I’m
Stephen Colón.
I’m a gay ADHD icon 🏳️🌈, nail polish aficionado 💅🏻, devoted uncle 👦🏼👧🏼, and San Diegan by choice 🏖️ (even if LA will always be home in my heart 💖). After 10 years paying the bills as a nonprofit leader 👨🏼💼, I’m now serving as a pastor in the United Church of Christ ⛪️ while discerning a future in ordained ministry.
CliftonStrengths 💼 says I lead by influencing; the Enneagram 🌀 says I’m a 6; David Kiersey says I’m an idealist 💖; Carl Jung🧑🏻🔬says I’m an ENFJ. My closest friends say I build bridges 🫶🏼 between people and communities that need each other more than they realize.
I started my career helping government programs and nonprofits stay accountable to the everyday people they serve.
Learn more about my professional background here.
I recently took a bit of a religious detour.
I’m serving as a pastor at a United Church of Christ congregation while they work through a leadership transition.
It’s been really fun helping this church (and the preschool they own) face some big change together. It’s been even more fun helping them explore their place in the story of God and us.
When I’m not doing any of that, I provide strategic advice to nonprofits and their funders.
Under the Four-Sector Strategies brand, I’ve helped everyone from upstart founder-driven organizations to community cornerstones figure out how to make the biggest difference possible with every dollar they have. My primary expertise is in development and operations and outreach. I’ve got a knack for identifying big difference-makers, so funders often look to me for guidance selecting grantees.
If you’d like help with something like that, or if you just want to chat, I’d love to hear from you. Contact me using the form below.
