Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1907 — Work of Sage Foundation. [ARTICLE]

Work of Sage Foundation.

Mr. Robert W. De Forest, counsel for Mrs. Russell Sage, in discussing the plans for administering the foundation of $lO,000,000 recently contributed by Mrs. Sage for the improvement of social conditions, said that she was especially interested in the living conditions of the poor and unfortunate, and that it was her intention to take an active part personally in distributing the income of the fund, which would amount to about $450,000 a year. lie thought this income would be applied very largely to existing charities, but if investigation showed that anything could be {accomplished by a campaign of education along certain lines, stfib work would be taken up. Mrs. Sage desires that the lowly and unfortunate, and any others who do not get the best results out of social conditions, should find a way to improve them, and should be helped to improve them, if necessary.