November 29, 2007
Social Research Can Make a Difference
The philanthropic tradition of supporting research for "social betterment" is marking its 100-year anniversary this year, and looking back today, this approach to charitable giving seems more relevant than ever.
Credit for ushering in what marked a new era in philanthropy goes to the Russell Sage Foundation, which was established in 1907. At a time still divided by Gilded Age concentrations of wealth and poverty, the foundation pioneered a tradition in which social-scientific research
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