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Private operating foundationEIN 131635303Est. 1959-06

RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, NY 100657307

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$466.9M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$7.3M

FY 2023

Grants Made

171

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$43K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$6K–$199K

Typical

Deadlines

See (b) above.

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$2.2M

Visiting scholar program - seventeen visiting scholars, two journalists, two mos scholar and four visiting researchers were provided with offices at the foundation to conduct research, hold meetings & conduct seminars on various social science topics, including significant involvement awards related to the program.

Program 2

$2.6M

Research projects program - provided direct support of social science research working with various universities. Activity also includes development costs related to evaluation and expansion of potential research in social science disciplines, including significant involvement grants related to the program.

Program 3

$884K

Publications - published seven books and five journal issues during the fiscal year on various topics in social science. Direct publishing costs of $469,733 have been excluded.

Program 4

$895K

Undertook outreach activities to promote books, journal articles and social science research by former and current visiting scholars and grantees.

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$11.1M

Total Expenses

$19.9M

Qualifying Distributions

$18.5M

Min. Investment Return

$20.8M

Grant Range

171 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $6K through median $35K to maximum $199K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $7.3M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

Harvard University
$1.2M
20 grants
University of Michigan
$1.1M
21 grants
University of California Los Angeles
$1.1M
16 grants
New York University
$1.1M
17 grants
Stanford University
$822K
12 grants
University of California Berkeley
$814K
14 grants
Columbia University
$740K
13 grants
Boston University
$636K
13 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
112
grants
$10–50K
221
grants
$50–250K
167
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

35 states

California
$4.7M
21% of total
New York
$3.1M
14% of total
Massachusetts
$2.7M
12% of total
Illinois
$1.3M
6% of total
Michigan
$1.1M
5% of total
District of Columbia
$1.1M
5% of total
North Carolina
$830K
4% of total
Texas
$825K
4% of total
New Jersey
$754K
3% of total
Indiana
$753K
3% of total

+25 more states

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