Russell Sage Foundation

WHO WE ARE The Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees and senior staff are dedicated to strengthening the methods, data, and theoretical core of the social sciences as a means of diagnosing social problems and improving social policies. The Foundation supports visiting scholars in residence, funds researchers at other institutions, publishes books and journals, and supports programs to develop new generations of social scientists. WHAT WE DO The Russell Sage Foundation was established by Margaret Olivia Sage in 1907 for “the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States.” RSF funds social science research that extends the methods, data, and theories of the social sciences as a means of better documenting and understanding the nation’s most pressing social, political, and economic problems. The foundation supports visiting scholars in residence and publishes books and a journal under its own imprint. It also funds researchers at other institutions and supports programs intended to develop new generations of social scientists.