The Russell Sage Foundation is a small foundation located in New York City that is devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences. The foundation is a research center and a funding source for studies by scholars at other institutions, and publishes the books that derive from the work of its grantees and visiting scholars. Areas of research include labor markets, immigration, culture and religion, education, and economic and social issues. Wiktionary has a definition of: Foundation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world. ...

The foundation was established in 1907 for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United states" by a gift of $10 million from Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828-1918), widow of railroad magnate and financier Russell Sage. In its early years, the foundation worked with the problems of the poor and the elderly, to improve hospital and prison conditions, and in the development of social work as a profession; it helped achieve early reforms in health care, city planning, consumer credit, labor law, and social security programs. 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Lady in Sag Harbor, New York who built the John Jermain Library ... A Social Worker is [[a person who has obtained a professional degree either as a BSW,MSW, or DSW/Ph. ... A profession is a specialized work function within society, generally performed by a professional. ... Health care or healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions [1]. The healthcare industry is one of the worlds largest and fastest-growing industries, consuming over 10... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... In economics, consumers are individuals or households that consume goods and services generated within the economy. ... The term credit can have several meanings in different contexts. ... Labor law or labour law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the relationship between and among employers, employees, and labor organizations, often dealing with issues of public law. ... For specific national programs, see Social Security (United States), National insurance (UK), Social Security (Sweden) Social security mainly refers to a field of social welfare concerned with social protection, or protection against socially recognized needs, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment, families with children and others. ...

Since World War II, the foundation has worked to strengthen the social sciences as a means of achieving a more informed and rational social policy by establishing a research center where visiting scholars can pursue their writing and research, often in collaborative groups. The foundation also supports external research projects. In US politics, social policies are those which regulate and govern human behavior in areas such as sexuality and general morality. ...

External link

• The Russell Sage Foundation
• pdf Working Papers published by Russell Sage