Russell Sage Foundation
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-1635303 · reported 2023–2025
463grants reported
$35Kmedian award
$15Klower quartile
$1,671smallest grant
$20.0Mtotal paid
38states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 463 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $77K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
112 E 64TH St
New York, NY 10065-7307
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Cornell University Informing Overconfident and Insecure Job Seekers | Ithaca, NY | $199,096 |
| Columbia University How Social Media Influencers Shape the Politics of Young Adults | New York, NY | $181,173 |
| University of California Los Angeles The Geography of Race, Poverty, Crime, and Policing | Los Angeles, CA | $176,777 |
| Stanford University Colleges and Upward Mobility in the US Over the Last Century | Stanford, CA | $166,553 |
| University of Pennsylvania PHLRentAssist-Direct Evaluation | Philadelphia, PA | $146,742 |
| University of Oklahoma Backlash? Schooling Reassignments and the Politics of School Desegregation | Norman, OK | $137,249 |
| University of Mississippi Whiteness in Crisis? | University, MS | $135,293 |
| University of Chicago Insurance in the Gig Economy | Chicago, IL | $134,250 |
| New York University The Effect of SNAP on Financial Health | New York, NY | $133,824 |
| Drake University The inequities of unemployment | Des Moines, IA | $129,353 |
| University of Pittsburgh Using municipal land records to reconstruct the initial patterns and evol... | Pittsburgh, PA | $125,057 |
| Duke University Applying Behavioral Science to Improve Remote Working | Durham, NC | $117,604 |
| North Carolina State University POLICE EXPOSURE AND SOCIOECONOMIC WELL-BEING AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN | Raleigh, NC | $117,364 |
| Brookings Institution CAN TRANSFER PATHWAYS PROMOTE DIVERSITY AFTER THE 2023 SUPREME COURT DECI... | Washington, DC | $109,000 |
| National Academy of Sciences GLOBAL FORCED MIGRATION AND U.S. RESETTLEMENT | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Stanford University A PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR OPEN MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH | Stanford, CA | $100,000 |
| University of California Los Angeles POLITICAL SOLIDARITY AND POLITICAL ACTION AMONG PEOPLE OF COLOR | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Harvard University Evaluating the Role of Stigma as a Barrier to Take-up of Public Benefits | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 |
| Stanford University Double Jeopardy | Stanford, CA | $100,000 |
| University of California Los Angeles Political Solidarity and Political Action Among People of Color | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Harvard University Evaluating the Role of Stigma as a Barrier to Take-up of Public Benefits | Cambridge, MA | $99,999 |
| George Washington University HOW DOES APPLICATION ASSISTANCE AFFECT THE RECEIPT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFI... | Washington, DC | $99,996 |
| New York University Missing pieces in the puzzle | New York, NY | $99,841 |
| New York University Missing pieces in the puzzle | New York, NY | $99,840 |
| Boston College Assessing the Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of a Four Day W... | Chestnut Hill, MA | $99,409 |
| Boston College Assessing the Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of a Four Day W... | Chestnut Hill, MA | $99,409 |
| University of Chicago HOW HOMEOWNERSHIP STABILIZES AND DESTABILIZES WOMENS LIVES | Chicago, IL | $99,036 |
| New York University BAY AREA THRIVING FAMILIES: QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT | New York, NY | $98,816 |
| Syracuse University GROWING UP IN COURT | Syracuse, NY | $98,512 |
| University of California Berkeley Surveying Perceptions of Employment Discrimination | Berkeley, CA | $98,449 |
| University of California Berkeley Surveying Perceptions of Employment Discrimination | Berkeley, CA | $98,448 |
| University of California San Diego THE GEOGRAPHY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE UNITED STATES | LA Jolla, CA | $97,511 |
| University of California San Diego The Geography of Race and Ethnicity in the United States | LA Jolla, CA | $97,511 |
| University of Nebraska Lincoln The Parenthood Gap: Firms and Earnings Inequality After Kids | Lincoln, NE | $96,943 |
| University of California Los Angeles A Data-Driven Study of Autopsies written for Non-Firearm Legal Interventi... | Los Angeles, CA | $96,496 |
| University of California Los Angeles A Data-Driven Study of Autopsies written for Non-Firearm Legal Interventi... | Los Angeles, CA | $96,495 |
| Arizona State University BUILDING A QUALITATIVE DATA INFRASTRUCTURE ON HOW GUNS SHAPE POLITICAL LIFE | Tempe, AA | $96,355 |
| Stanford University Double Jeopardy | Stanford, CA | $96,326 |
| Stanford University THE GREAT WORK FROM HOME DIVIDE | Stanford, CA | $96,291 |
| Harvard University Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics (2022) | Cambridge, MA | $95,790 |
| University of California Berkeley LONG RUN IMPACTS OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION | Berkeley, CA | $95,459 |
| Utah State University COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT | Logan, UT | $94,843 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore County Racial Discrimination, Identity, Socialization and Civic Engagement among... | Baltimore, MD | $93,398 |
| Johns Hopkins University How Do High-Achieving Low-Income Students Make Postsecondary Decisions? I... | Baltimore, MD | $91,434 |
| Johns Hopkins University HOW DO HIGH-ACHIEVING LOW-INCOME STUDENTS MAKE POSTSECONDARY DECISIONS? I... | Baltimore, MD | $91,433 |
| Colby College RURAL WORK, PRECARITY AND RESILIENCE | Waterville, ME | $91,253 |
| Brown University State-Level Safety Net Investments, Family Economic Well-Being and Childr... | Providence, RI | $88,144 |
| University of California Merced Immigrant Peers and the Short-Run Academic and Long-Run Outcomes of US-Bo... | Merced, CA | $88,000 |
| University of California Merced Immigrant Peers and the Short-Run Academic and Long-Run Outcomes of US-Bo... | Merced, CA | $87,184 |
| Yale University Asian Racism During the COVID-19 Pandemic | New Haven, CT | $87,000 |
| Cornell University SOCIOECONOMIC AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN DRIVERS LICENSE SUSPENSION | Ithaca, NY | $86,902 |
| University of California Berkeley GEOGRAPHIC AND NEIGHBORHOOD DIFFERENCES IN INTERGENERATIONAL EARNINGS MOB... | Berkeley, CA | $86,250 |
| Trinity University Can Education Fight Inherited Inequity? Using Administrative Data to Meas... | San Antonio, TX | $85,881 |
| Brown University Demographic representation and income stratification in Puerto Rico | Providence, RI | $84,997 |
| University of Wisconsin Madison Baby's First Years: Mothers' Voices | Madison, WI | $84,426 |
| Cornell University THE CONTEXT AND LIFE COURSE OF RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITIES AMONG MULTIRACIAL... | Ithaca, NY | $83,519 |
| Brown University ESTIMATING THE EXPERIENCE OF A WORKER'S FIRST JOB | Providence, RI | $83,396 |
| University of Michigan ENFORCING INEQUALITY | Ann Arbor, MN | $82,898 |
| University of Michigan Enforcing Inequality | Ann Arbor, MI | $82,898 |
| National Academy of Sciences Policies to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty | Washington, DC | $82,867 |
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