Jeremy Beer

Jeremy Beer is the Executive Chairman at AmPhil, a professional services firm that has worked with hundreds of nonprofits, foundations, and donors across the country. Jeremy co-founded AmPhil in 2009.

Before co-founding AmPhil, Jeremy served as vice president of publications and information systems at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, where he oversaw the organization’s award-winning press. Since co-founding AmPhil, Jeremy has developed significant expertise in organizational leadership and management, strategic planning, and major gifts. He hosts AmPhil’s Givers, Doers, and Thinkers podcast and frequently speaks on philanthropy and fundraising.

Jeremy received his B.A. from Indiana University and his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. He has written or edited eight books, including The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity; The Forgotten Foundations of Fundraising: Practical Advice and Contrarian Wisdom for Nonprofit Leaders; and, most recently, The Quest for Belonging: How the Most Effective Nonprofit Leaders Understand the Psychology of Giving, which will be published this July.

Jeremy is on the board of the T.W. Lewis Foundation and a member of the advisory board of the Institute for Philosophy, Technology, and Politics at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University. He lives with his wife, Kara, in Phoenix, Arizona, where they are parishioners at St. Mary’s Basilica.