Jack Fowler

Jack Fowler is a Senior Philanthropy Consultant at AmPhil, where he helps advise donors and manage giving programs. He also serves as Senior Fellow at the Center for Civil Society, which produces educational resources for nonprofit leaders and donors that offer practical advice, ideas, training, and tools that help civil society leaders achieve their missions. Jack authors the popular Civil Thoughts newsletter where he shares musings in his words, "They’re nothing more than recommendations, but of pieces and essays and articles (one or two, a few, maybe most, possibly even all) that may prove of keen interest, and that will stimulate your thinking."

Before joining AmPhil, Jack served over three decades at National Review in various capacities, including as publisher, and oversaw publishing, promotion, and fundraising and development operations. He also contributed articles regularly and hosts a popular podcast with Victor Davis Hanson. He has served on numerous boards, including the American Mental Health Foundation, The Human Life Foundation, The Frontier Center, and GenJustice, and for over a decade was a White House Fellows program regional judge.

Jack graduated from Regis High School in New York and Holy Cross in Worcester (Mass.), where he majored in philosophy. A member of the Knights of Columbus, he and his wife Sharon have five children and live in Milford, Connecticut.


On to the Conclave

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Good Friday: A Day for the Crucifix

Studying Grandpa’s elaborate remembrance of Christ’s passion and death.


Where Once Embattled Farmer Stood

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Where Once Embattled Voluntary Association Members Stood, Or . . . Hoorah for the Minute Men

The Battles of Lexington and Concord, remembered rightly on their semiquincentennial, Were Where Gunpowder and Civil Society Sparked History’s Greatest Nation.


Casting Call

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Charity Done Right

While shocking nonprofit chicanery has found itself in the media spotlight, the story of one West Texas charity deserves to be told and to inspire.


Forever Hold Thy Peace

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Demolition Derby

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Bracket Racket

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Snug Outside of a Jug of Punch

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