Grew Yavapai Community College Foundation over ten years to $16 million before resigning in December 2020; largest endowment of its kind among community colleges in Arizona
Paul Kirchgraber
The Prescott Unified School District (PUSD) Education Foundation announced that it selected Paul Kirchgraber as its new Executive Director. Kirchgraber replaces Tami Phillips who resigned the position in December.
Kirchgraber resigned his position at the Yavapai Community College Foundation in December 2020. During his ten-year service to the Community College, he helped grow the foundation’s endowment to $16 million. This made it the largest endowment of its kind among individual community colleges in Arizona.
Throughout his career, Kirchgraber has served in senior level development roles with organizations such as the University of Southern California (USC), Arizona State University Foundation (ASU), American Red Cross, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and Special Olympics.
As a former adjunct professor at two universities, Kirchgraber designed and taught courses in grant writing, public administration and public relations. He is a frequent contributor at national fundraising conferences conducting workshops on a variety of nonprofit topics.