Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Russell Sage Foundation

RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION, an organization incorporated in 1907 for the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States. The institution was established by Mrs. Russell Sage, with an endowment of $10,000,000. Its work is chiefly devoted to research and publication. There are a Division of Statistics and Education, a Department of Recreation, a Division of Industrial Studies, a Division of Remedial Loans, a Department of Surveys and Exhibits, a Charity Organization Department, and a Department of Child Helping. Besides extensive research work in these various departments, the results of which were embodied in many publications, the Foundation also supervised the development of a modern suburban community at Forest Hills Gardens, Long Island, N. Y. During the war, practically the entire staff and resources of the Foundation were put at the disposal of the government and the various welfare organizations engaged in work for soldiers and their dependents. The headquarters of the Foundation are at 130 East Twenty-second street, New York City. In 1920, R. W. de Forest was president, and John M. Glenn, secretary and general director.