Russell Sage Foundation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Russell Sage Foundation is a small foundation located in New York City that is devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences. The foundation is a research center and a funding source for studies by scholars at other institutions, and publishes the books that derive from the work of its grantees and visiting scholars. Areas of research include labor markets, immigration, culture and religion, education, and economic and social issues.
The foundation was established in 1907 for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United states" by a gift of $10 million from Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828-1918), widow of railroad magnate and financier Russell Sage. In its early years, the foundation worked with the problems of the poor and the elderly, to improve hospital and prison conditions, and in the development of social work as a profession; it helped achieve early reforms in health care, city planning, consumer credit, labor law, and social security programs.
Since World War II, the foundation has worked to strengthen the social sciences as a means of achieving a more informed and rational social policy by establishing a research center where visiting scholars can pursue their writing and research, often in collaborative groups. The foundation also supports external research projects.
