Executive compensation
Form 990-PF · Part VIII · 16 reported individuals · Filing year 2023
Percentile bands compare each position's total pay with the same role at Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking organizations in New York.
| Position | Total |
|---|---|
President Board President Above 90th percentile | $791k $888k |
Secretary Board Secretary Above 90th percentile | $219k $246k |
Treasurer Board Treasurer Median to 75th percentile | $38k $42k |
Trustee Board Member 75th to 90th percentile | $36k $41k |
Chairman Board Chair Median to 75th percentile | $34k $39k |
Trustee Board Member 75th to 90th percentile | $28k $31k |
Trustee Board Member 75th to 90th percentile | $26k $29k |
Vice-chairman Unclassified | $16k $18k |
Treasurer Board Treasurer 25th percentile to median | $15k $17k |
Trustee Board Member Median to 75th percentile | $14k $16k |
Trustee Board Member Median to 75th percentile | $13k $15k |
Trustee Board Member Median to 75th percentile | $11k $13k |
Trustee Board Member Median to 75th percentile | $10k $11k |
Trustee Board Member Median to 75th percentile | $9k $10k |
Trustee Board Member 25th percentile to median | $4k $4k |
Non-voting Committee Member Unclassified | $600 $673 |
Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.
Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
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Top pay as a share of expenses
In 2023, the highest total compensation at RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION equaled 4% of the organization's total expenses. The median for philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations is 15%.
Based on 35,946 philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations, each measured at its most recent filing year with reported expenses and compensation.
Grants paid
Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2023 Form 990-PF, Part XV.
Total granted
$7.3M
Itemized grants
171
Median grant
$35k
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | Informing Overconfident and Insecure Job Seekers | $199k |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | How Social Media Influencers Shape the Politics of Young Adults | $181k |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | The Geography of Race, Poverty, Crime, and Policing | $177k |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | PHLRentAssist-Direct Evaluation | $147k |
| New York University | New York, NY | The Effect of SNAP on Financial Health | $134k |
| Drake University | Des Moines, IA | The inequities of unemployment | $129k |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | Using municipal land records to reconstruct the initial patterns and evol... | $125k |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | Political Solidarity and Political Action Among People of Color | $100k |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Evaluating the Role of Stigma as a Barrier to Take-up of Public Benefits | $100k |
| New York University | New York, NY | Missing pieces in the puzzle | $100k |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | Assessing the Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of a Four Day W... | $99k |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Surveying Perceptions of Employment Discrimination | $98k |
| University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | The Geography of Race and Ethnicity in the United States | $98k |
| University of Nebraska Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | The Parenthood Gap: Firms and Earnings Inequality After Kids | $97k |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | A Data-Driven Study of Autopsies written for Non-Firearm Legal Interventi... | $96k |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | Double Jeopardy | $96k |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | How Do High-Achieving Low-Income Students Make Postsecondary Decisions? I... | $91k |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | State-Level Safety Net Investments, Family Economic Well-Being and Childr... | $88k |
| University of California Merced | Merced, CA | Immigrant Peers and the Short-Run Academic and Long-Run Outcomes of US-Bo... | $87k |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | Demographic representation and income stratification in Puerto Rico | $85k |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Enforcing Inequality | $83k |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Reskilling and Upskilling in the Workplace | $82k |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | A First Examination of Academic and Early-Career Outcomes of Refugee and ... | $82k |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | Emergency Education and Social Inequalities: Evidence from WWII in the U.S. | $81k |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Prosecutor-Driven Criminal Justice Reform and Socioeconomic Wellbeing | $76k |
Funded by
Private foundations whose Form 990-PF Part XV grants matched this organization.
Up 17%
from 2022
From $678k in 2022 to $791k in 2023.
Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Board President pay rose 17% from 2022 to 2023, while revenue fell 74%.
- Board Secretary pay rose 15% from 2022 to 2023.
- Board Treasurer pay rose 283% from 2022 to 2023.
Pay for the position itself, not any one person. The officeholder may have changed between 2022 and 2023.
This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($150M - $1B), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.
Among peers
Revenue and top compensation, plotted against similar organizations. This organization is highlighted in cyan.
Common questions about RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION
What does the Board President of RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION earn?
In 2023, the Board President of RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION received $791,166 in total compensation. This pay is in the top 10% for Board President roles among Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking organizations in New York: at least 9 in 10 comparable filings report less. Based on IRS Form 990 data.
How does Board President pay at RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION compare with similar nonprofits?
Compared with the same role at Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking organizations in New York, the 2023 pay of the Board President at RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION falls in the top 10%. In 2023, the highest total compensation at RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION equaled 4% of the organization's total expenses. The median for philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations is 15%.
What are RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION's revenue and expenses?
In 2023, RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION reported $11.1M in total revenue and $19.9M in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.
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