Margaret Post

Margaret Post is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice at Clark University. Her scholarly work focuses on nonprofit organizations, community power building, and political engagement through hybrid 501(c)(3)-(c)(4) structures.

• Ph.D. in Social Policy, Brandeis University (2008)
• Master of Public Policy, University of Minnesota (2002)
• B.A. in Music and Peace & Conflict Studies, College of the Holy Cross (1996)

Post’s research explores how grassroots organizations influence policy, with emphasis on 501(c)(4) social welfare entities, knowledge co-creation in engaged scholarship, and structural dynamics of hybrid nonprofits. She examines power distribution in community organizing and strategies for democratic strengthening.

Her publications analyze politically active nonprofits, advocacy frameworks, and evaluation methodologies. Grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and JPB Foundation support her work on community leadership and health equity initiatives. She collaborates with the Innovation Network and Community Change Power in Places Initiative.

• Senior Researcher, JPB Foundation (2021–2024)
• Community Change Cross-Site Evaluation (2020)
• Hybrid Nonprofit Capacity Studies (2019–2023)