Jeremy Beer
About
Jeremy Beer is a principal partner at American Philanthropic, LLC, a consultancy and services firm he co-founded in 2009. He was previously vice president of publishing and information systems at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, where he also served as the editor in chief of the institute's award-winning press, ISI Books.
As a partner at American Philanthropic, Jeremy has worked with dozens of nonprofit leaders in such areas as strategic planning, major gifts, direct mail, and foundation solicitations, and he frequently leads the firm’s intensive fundraising seminars. In addition to his work at American Philanthropic, since 2014 he has served as president of the American Ideas Institute, helping double the organization’s annual revenue.
Jeremy has published more than forty essays and articles on philanthropy, culture, and politics in popular periodicals and academic journals, including theWashington Post, HistPhil, Society, Perspectives on Political Science, First Things, Touchstone, the American Conservative, Front Porch Republic, and the Utne Reader. He is the author of The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity and the coeditor of American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia. He has lectured at Wake Forest University, Georgetown University, Calvin College, Augustana College, national meetings of the American Political Science Association, and elsewhere.
Jeremy holds a doctorate in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife, Kara, live in Phoenix, Arizona.