The Russell Sage Foundation is a prestigious charitable organization that primarily focuses on promoting and funding research in social sciences. Its latest IRS Form 990-PF filing (2023) reports $42.2M in revenue, $423.2M in total assets, $6.7M in grants paid. It currently has 1 open funding opportunity listed on OpenGrants.
Financial data from IRS Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 131635303).
The Russell Sage Foundation is a prestigious charitable organization that primarily focuses on promoting and funding research in social sciences. Established in 1907 by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, it aims to enhance the lives of individuals through comprehensive social science research. This foundation predominantly funds research projects, fellowships, publications, and conferences connected to enhancing social policies. Their typical funding areas include behavioral economics, future of work, race, ethnicity, immigration, social inequality, and the role of technology in society, among others. Their grant programs aim to contribute to society by providing evidence-based insights and data-driven solutions to socio-economic issues.
The Sheldon Danziger Pipeline Grants, launched in 2020 and renamed in 2025, support early-career scholars at the Assistant Professor, Lecturer, and Adjunct Professor levels who investigate economic mobility and opportuni…
Grant details| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Grants paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 990-PF | $42.2M | $19.4M | $423.2M | $6.7M | — |
| 2022 | 990-PF | $12.8M | $16.3M | $391.5M | $5.4M | View |
| 2021 | 990-PF | $49.4M | $17.4M | $452.1M | $7.4M | View |
| 2020 | 990-PF | $37.5M | $16.8M | $373.9M | $5.2M | View |
| 2019 | 990-PF | $15.6M | $18.5M | $337.3M | $6.1M | View |
| 2015 | 990-PF | $73.4M | $12.6M | $281.1M | $3.3M | View |
| 2014 | 990-PF | $16.4M | $13.6M | $292.6M | $3.0M | View |
| 2013 | 990-PF | $13.1M | $12.9M | $253.5M | $3.6M | View |
Source: IRS Form 990 series via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Amounts as filed.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $199K | Informing Overconfident and Insecure Job Seekers |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $181K | How Social Media Influencers Shape the Politics of Young Adults |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $177K | The Geography of Race, Poverty, Crime, and Policing |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $147K | PHLRentAssist-Direct Evaluation |
| New York University | New York, NY | $134K | The Effect of SNAP on Financial Health |
| Drake University | Des Moines, IA | $129K | The inequities of unemployment |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $125K | Using municipal land records to reconstruct the initial patterns and evol... |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $100K | Political Solidarity and Political Action Among People of Color |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $100K | Evaluating the Role of Stigma as a Barrier to Take-up of Public Benefits |
| New York University | New York, NY | $100K | Missing pieces in the puzzle |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $99K | Assessing the Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of a Four Day W... |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $98K | Surveying Perceptions of Employment Discrimination |
| University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $98K | The Geography of Race and Ethnicity in the United States |
| University of Nebraska Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | $97K | The Parenthood Gap: Firms and Earnings Inequality After Kids |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $96K | A Data-Driven Study of Autopsies written for Non-Firearm Legal Interventi... |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $96K | Double Jeopardy |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $91K | How Do High-Achieving Low-Income Students Make Postsecondary Decisions? I... |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $88K | State-Level Safety Net Investments, Family Economic Well-Being and Childr... |
| University of California Merced | Merced, CA | $87K | Immigrant Peers and the Short-Run Academic and Long-Run Outcomes of US-Bo... |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $85K | Demographic representation and income stratification in Puerto Rico |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $83K | Enforcing Inequality |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $82K | Reskilling and Upskilling in the Workplace |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $82K | A First Examination of Academic and Early-Career Outcomes of Refugee and ... |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $81K | Emergency Education and Social Inequalities: Evidence from WWII in the U.S. |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $76K | Prosecutor-Driven Criminal Justice Reform and Socioeconomic Wellbeing |
From the 2024 IRS Form 990-PF (Part XV) e-filing. Amounts as filed.
