RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION, an institution estab lished by Mrs. Russell Sage in memory of her husband. The initial endowment was $10,000,000, to which $5,000,000 was added by her will. It was incorporated by an act of the legislature of New York in April 1907, "for the improvement of social and liv ing conditions in the United States of America." The charter further states: "It shall be within the purposes of said corpora tion to use any means to that end which from time to time shall seem expedient to its members or trustees, including research, publication, education, the establishment and maintenance of charitable or benevolent activities, agencies and institutions, and the aid of any such activities, agencies or institutions already established." The income only may be spent.
The management of the foundation is vested in a board of nine trustees, which is self-perpetuating. The staff of the foundation
study social conditions and methods of social work, interpret the findings, make the information available by publications, con ferences and other means of public education, and seek in various ways to stimulate action for social betterment. Departments exist for dealing with charity organization, industrial studies, remedial loans, etc., and there is a consultation service on delinquency. The foundation does not relieve individual need and it avoids dupli cating the work of existing agencies. In 1922 the foundation organ ized the Committee on Regional Plan of New York and its envi rons, providing the funds and office space and some staff assistance in preparing a plan for the future development of the New York region, an undertaking which took about seven years to complete.