The Russell Sage Foundation is the principal American foundation devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences. The foundation serves as a research center for academics and journalists, a funding source for studies by scholars at other academic and research institutions, and an active member of the nation’s social science community. The foundation also publishes books and a journal that derive from the work of its grantees and visiting scholars. RSF funds research projects in four principal programs—Behavioral Economics; the Future of Work; Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; and Social Inequality—and in a number of special initiatives. RSF also hosts working groups that develop and cultivate original social science research in new or understudied fields.

Contact details

Website:
http://www.russellsage.org

Address:
112 E. 64th Street New York, NY 10065

Country:
United States

Sub-region:
Northern America

Areas of focus

Geographics of focus
Global
Operating languages
English

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Year founded
1906
Institutional affiliations
No affiliation
Founded by
Founders: Margaret Olivia Sage
Founder gender: All female
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): Sheldon Danziger
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2024): Sheldon Danziger
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2023): Sheldon Danziger
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2025
Russell Sage Foundation
7
United States average
47
Global average
87
2024
Russell Sage Foundation
7
2019
Russell Sage Foundation
10
% Female staff
2019
Russell Sage Foundation
40%
United States average
46%
Global average
43%
Age (years)
Russell Sage Foundation
120
United States average
43
Global average
33

Organisational performance

Publications
2024
Russell Sage Foundation
9
United States average
61
Global average
57
2023
Russell Sage Foundation
54
2022
Russell Sage Foundation
7
Financials
2020
Russell Sage Foundation
$52,501,542
United States average
$39,652,103
Global average
$216,603,722
2015
Russell Sage Foundation
$281,068

Social

Facebook
Likes (2023)
Russell Sage Foundation
1,858
United States average
65,415
Global average
26,974
Likes (2022)
Russell Sage Foundation
1,805
Likes (2021)
Russell Sage Foundation
1,730
Twitter
Followers (2025)
Russell Sage Foundation
9,765
United States average
50,843
Global average
19,812
Followers (2024)
Russell Sage Foundation
10,500
Followers (2022)
Russell Sage Foundation
9,594
Subscribers (2025)
Russell Sage Foundation
104
United States average
19,270
Global average
7,401
Subscribers (2024)
Russell Sage Foundation
95
Subscribers (2023)
Russell Sage Foundation
91
Followers (2025)
Russell Sage Foundation
1,000
United States average
24,325
Global average
15,836
Followers (2024)
Russell Sage Foundation
1,000
Followers (2023)
Russell Sage Foundation
911

Data notes

Last updated: 19/03/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: NIRA Think Tank Directory, Organisation´s website
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