Degrees

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

Affiliated Department

Sustainability and Social Justice

Scholarly and creative works

• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Resident Organizing Networks: Evaluation Report

  May
  Community Change with Innovation Network and Grassroots Solutions
  Margaret A. Post, Virginia Roncaglione, Anvi Mridul
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Nonprofit political engagement: The roles of 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations in elections and policymaking

  Published in Nonprofit Policy Forum
  2022
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Presentations

  Identifying the Structural Characteristics & Ecosystem Connections that Influence 501(c)(3)-(c)(4) Hybrid Organization Success

  Public Aims and Private Interests Invited Workshop

  University of Minnesota, Humphrey School (virtual convening)
  May

  2022
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Presentations

  Advancing Nonprofit Influence: The Mediating Role of Politically Active 501(c)(4) Organizations

  ARNOVA Public Policy, Politics, and Law Section Meeting
  April 8

  2022
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Presentations

  Advancing Nonprofit Influence: The Mediating Role of Politically Active 501(c)(4) Organizations

  Society and Protest Workshop

  CUNY Graduate Center
  March

  2022
  Margaret A. Post
• Presentations

  Identifying the Structural Characteristics and Ecosystem Connections that Influence 501(c)(3)-(c)(4) Hybrid Organization Success

  ARNOVA Annual Conference

  Raleigh NC
  November

  2022
  Sponsored by Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The Advocacy Universe: A Methodology to Identify Politically Active 501(C)(4) Organizations.

  Published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
  January

  2022
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris, Carol L. Stimmel
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Evaluating Power: Conceptual Clarity and Methodological Choice in a Multi-site Initiative

  Published in New Directions for Evaluation
  2021

  Issue #171
  Margaret A. Post, Katie Fox
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Guest Editorial: Power in Engaged Scholarship: Dimensions and Dynamics of Knowledge Co-Creation

  Published in Gateways International Journal of Community Research and Engagement
  2021

  Vol. 14

  Issue #2
  Margaret A. Post, Morgan L. Ruelle
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Power in Engaged Scholarship (Special Issue)

  Fall

  Vol. 14

  Issue #2
  UTS ePress
• Presentations

  Advancing Nonprofit Influence: The Mediating Role of Politically Active 501(c)(4) Organizations

  Invited Workshop on Public Aims and Private Interests (Humphrey School, University of Minnesota)

  Humphrey School of Public Affairs University of Minnesota
  May

  2021
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Presentations

  Power in Places: A Study of Nine Grassroots Power Building Organizations.

  ARNOVA Annual Conference 2021

  Hybrid, Atlanta
  November

  2021
  Sponsored by Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
  Margaret A. Post
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Power Building in the Community Change Power in Places Initiative: Framework & Strategies (Public Report)

  Innovation Network and Community Change
  Margaret A. Post, Katie Fox, Virginia Roncaglione, Anvi Mridul, Alissa Marchant
• Presentations

  Nonprofit organizations that promote diverse participation in U.S. democracy: The role of 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations in grassroots electoral and public policy engagement

  2020 American Political Science Association Annual Conference
  September

  2020
  Sponsored by American Political Science Association
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Presentations

  Nonprofit organizations that promote diverse participation in U.S. democracy: The role of 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations in grassroots electoral and public policy engagement

  2020 ARNOVA Policy Symposium

  Virtual/ Washington D.C.
  May

  2020
  Sponsored by Association for Research on NonProfit and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and Independent Sector
  Margaret A. Post
• Presentations

  Influencing policy and politics: Structure, capacity, and outcomes in politically active 501(c)(3)/501(c)(4) hybrid organizations

  2020 ARNOVA Annual Conference
  November

  2020
  Sponsored by Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Presentations

  The [Im]balance of Power: Scholarly Identity and the Collaborative Research Process

  2020 ARNOVA Annual Conference
  November

  2020
  Sponsored by Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
  Margaret A. Post
• Presentations

  “Path to Power:” Evaluating types of power building in grassroots social change organizations

  American Evaluation Association 2020 Annual Conference
  October

  2020
  Sponsored by American Evaluation Association
  Margaret A. Post, Katie Fox
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Community Change Evaluation Report on Cross-Site Analysis

  April
  Margaret A. Post, Katie Fox, Johanna Morariu
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Innovations and Adaptations in Community Organizing Training: A Learning Conversation

  Margaret A. Post, Drew Astolfi
• Presentations

  Civic Organizations that Promote Diverse Participation in American Democracy: A Study of Politically Active 501(c)(4) Organizations.

  2019 American Political Science Association Conference

  Washington D.C.
  August

  2019
  Sponsored by American Political Science Association
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Politically effective or just good at campaigns?: Capacity building in 501(C)(4) organizations and the role of leadership.

  Margaret A. Post
• Presentations

  Democracy in Action?: An Examination of Research on 501(c)(4) Social Welfare Organizations

  2019 ARNOVA Annual Conference

  San Diego
  November

  2019
  Sponsored by Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
  Margaret A. Post
• Presentations

  Civic Organizations that Promote Diverse Participation in American Democracy: A Study of Midsized 501(c)(4) Organizations.

  2019 ARNOVA Annual Conference

  San Diego
  November

  2019
  Sponsored by ARNOVA
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Presentations

  The Advocacy Universe: Identifying Politically Active 501(c)(4) Nonprofit Organizations

  2019 ARNOVA Annual Conference

  San Diego
  November

  2019
  Sponsored by ARNOVA
  Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris
• Presentations

  Community and Grassroots Partnerships in San Diego: Understanding Opportunities and Challenges for Policy Change

  2019 ARNOVA Annual Conference

  San Diego CA
  November

  2019
  Sponsored by ARNOVA
  Margaret A. Post
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Why Some Politically Active 501(C)(4) Organizations are More Effective than Others

  Scholars Strategy Network
  Margaret A. Post

Awards and grants

• Evaluating Community Power to Build Health Equity

  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/ Center for Evaluation Innovation

  Jul. 1, 2021 – Aug. 14, 2024

• Senior Researcher, JPB – Community Change Evaluation Research Project

  JPB Foundation/ Innovation Network

  Sep. 1, 2020 – Jun. 30, 2023

• Studying how 501(c)(3)-(c)(4) hybrid organizations build community leadership and strengthen democratic processes that improve community well-being

  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Nov. 15, 2021 – Jan. 31, 2023

• Senior Researcher, JPB – CCC Evaluation Research Project

  Innovation Network

  Jun. 1, 2019 – May. 31, 2020