Jacob Bucko

Jacob Bucko is the Givers, Doers, & Thinkers podcast production assistant and marketing coordinator for AmPhil, working from the West Chester office. He works primarily with the marketing and business development group. Jacob grew up in Philadelphia and earned a degree in Communication Studies from Temple University with a focus in marketing and branding. During his time at Temple he was on the varsity men's crew team and competed at the national level for four years.

The Fundraising Lies We Used to Believe

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a host of fallacies about how to fundraise effectively. Here are three of them, and suggestions on what nonprofits should be doing instead.

Joe Garecht / 4 min read
Getting Booster Shot for ADT
Jack Fowler / 17 min read
Duke University buildings representing free speech and free expression on campus and what donors can do to promote American values.
How Donors Can Restore American Values in Higher Education

The souls of our nation’s institutes of higher education are endangered by ideological rot. Donors must step in to defend them.

Madeline Fry Schultz / 8 min read
Grim reaper with gold coins indicating effect of changes in estate taxes and charitable deductions on charitable giving
Death and Taxes: How Expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Could Impact Philanthropy

If key provisions of this act are allowed to expire, untold dollars will pass from the hands of charitably minded individuals to the coffers of the federal government, stifling philanthropic giving.

Chivaun Wolter / 4 min read
Their Flags to April’s Breeze Unfurled
Jack Fowler / 16 min read