Russel Sage Foundation

The Russell Sage Foundation prioritizes social science research into today’s most pressing social and economic concerns. This page features periodic overviews of research grants made on discrete topics – such as the many effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on social, political, and economic conditions in the U.S. – drawn from across RSF’s four main research programs and its special initiatives. 

In Dreams Achieved and Denied, sociologist Robert Courtney Smith (Graduate Center, City University of New York) examines the laws, policies, and individual and family practices that promoted–and inhibited–their social mobility.

In this double issue, an interdisciplinary group of contributors explore how administrative burdens shape inequality. The scholars examine the impact administrative burdens have on a wide range of issues including: health inequality, student loan repayment, child welfare system, disaster relief, and housing assistance.  

The Segregation Index, a joint project between University of Southern California and Stanford University has recently launched. Funded in part by a Russell Sage Foundation grant, the Segregation Index is a comprehensive resource for tracking neighborhood and school segregation in the United States.

Meredith Greif is the author of the RSF book Collateral Damages: Landlords and the Urban Housing Crisis.

RSF is pleased to announce the launch of its new Medium page. It will feature original content, interviews, and op-eds that add to the public discussion on today’s pressing social, political, and economic issues.