Mike Batchelor Email & Phone Number

In 1990, he was selected as the first executive director of The Erie Community Foundation. In a City of 100,000 and a County of 280,000, he grew foundation assets from $20 to $353 million. Named endowment funds within The Foundation increased from 53 to 900. Over time, he has grown the organization from a staff from 2 to 11. In 2007, he facilitated an unprecedented anonymous gift of $100 million dollar gift to benefit 43 different nonprofit organizations. He has also transformed grantmaking at The Erie Community Foundation; becoming a recognized regional leader on issues of poverty, access to post-secondary education and training, access to health care and nonprofit capacity building. He helped create PA's 1st new communtiy college is 40 years, facilitated expansion of Magee Women's Research Institute from Pittsburgh to Erie and attracted nearly $80 million of Oppoftunity Zone Investments that transformed downtown ErieMike has consulted widely within the community foundation field; with on-site engagements at nearly 50 different community foundations. He has also helped community foundations develop successful Giving Days and Key Indicator Projects. He is a founder of CEO-Net and a popular instructor for the Center for Community Foundation Excellence. He is the founder of a significant capacity-building program, The Nonprofit Partnership and he assisted in the formation of four rural community foundations. He was named Foundation president in 1995. He and his wife Tammy have two children; Jake (age 31) and Chris who passed away at age 15. The Batchelor family served as chairs of the 1995 First Night Erie celebration. Hobbies include basketball, kayaking, travel, skiing, tennis and golf.