Mirae Kim

Mirae Kim is an Associate Professor of Nonprofit Studies and the Director of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. She has previously held faculty positions at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, and the Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri.

Her educational background includes a PhD in Public Affairs and Administration from Rutgers University (2014), a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University, and a bachelor’s in English Literature from Seoul National University, with exchange experience at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She was also a Penn Social Impact Doctoral Fellow.

Kim's research focuses on nonprofit financial management, the role of nonprofits in civil society, nonprofit advocacy, arts and cultural policy, interorganizational partnerships, and the dynamics of immigrant and BIPOC-serving nonprofit organizations. Her work emphasizes empirical analysis and sector-wide data collection to inform policy and practice.

While specific publications are not listed, her research has been published in top-tier journals such as Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, VOLUNTAS, Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, and Nonprofit Management and Leadership, reflecting strong scholarly engagement in public administration and nonprofit studies.

• Co-Editor, Nonprofit Policy Forum
• Board Member, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
• Lead, Nonprofit Trends and Impacts team
• Director, Nonprofit Organization Research Panel (NORPanel) since 2015

Kim has led the NORPanel project since 2015, conducting representative national surveys of nonprofit organizations and releasing publicly accessible datasets to enhance transparency and research in the sector. This work builds on her earlier experience as managing editor of Civic Engagement magazine. She actively contributes to academic leadership and public service discourse through editorial, advisory, and data dissemination roles.

She is also affiliated with the Nonprofit Trends and Impacts team, which supports evidence-based policymaking through rigorous data collection and dissemination.