Private foundation · EIN 13-1623877 · New York, NY · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where Alfred P Sloan Foundation's grants went
It reported $89.7M in grants paid across 526 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 74.9% of those dollars to 157 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $67.2M 345 lines
- No confident match $18.3M 127
- Individuals, not shown $801K 25
- Outside the US $3.42M 29
What its filing says about applications
It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”
- Form of application
- SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION FOR DETAILS
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Restrictions
- SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION FOR DETAILS
- Website on filing
- WWW.SLOAN.ORG
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 500 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1265806 | $1,750,000 | TO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO EXPLAIN THE GENESIS OF THE M… | Same address 1.00 |
| Pecan Street Austin, TX · EIN 27-0744614 | $1,700,000 | TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY A HIGH-RESOLUTION RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE MONITORING TESTBED TO FOUR NEW GEOGRAPHIES IN GEORGIA, PENNSYLVANIA, OKLAH… | Same address 1.00 |
| The Rockefeller University New York, NY · EIN 13-1624158 | $1,386,739 | TO TEST THE HYPOTHESES THAT BIOMECHANICAL FORCES ARE KEY TO OVERCOMING ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH RANDOM PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND THAT THEY MEDIA… | Same city 1.00 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation Brighton, MA · EIN 04-2104397 | $1,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION AND ASSOCIATED MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF TWO PRIME TIME AMERICAN EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTARY FILMS: LOVE CANAL AND TH… | Same address 1.00 |
| Convergent Research Cambridge, MA · EIN 88-3013217 | $937,080 | TO MAKE MATHEMATICS MORE RELIABLE, SEARCHABLE, UNDERSTANDABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE BY DEVELOPING OPEN SOURCE PROOF-ASSISTANT SOFTWARE OF GREAT V… | Same address 1.00 |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY · EIN 15-0532082 | $883,622 | TO CONDUCT THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE AND METHODOLOGICALLY RIGOROUS SURVEY ON MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CULTURE IN RESEARCH LABORATORIES | Known alias 1.00 |
| National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Alexandria, VA · EIN 52-1190664 | $787,373 | TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT SUPPORT FOR SLOAN UCEM, SIGP, AND SCSC PRO… | Same address 1.00 |
| National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Alexandria, VA · EIN 52-1190664 | $787,340 | TO PROVIDE PARTIAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE SLOAN INDIGENOUS GRADUATE PARTNERSHIP (SIGP) PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEARS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROPO… | Same address 1.00 |
| Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Brookline, MA · EIN 04-3039722 | $774,850 | TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE ON SCREEN PROGRAM | Same address 1.00 |
| Social Science Research Council New York, NY · EIN 13-1325070 | $718,799 | TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO SLOAN SCHOLAR ALUMNI OF THE LEGACY, UCEM, AND SIGP PROGRAMS VIA THE SLOAN SCHOLARS MEN… | Same city 1.00 |
| Wikimedia Foundation San Francisco, CA · EIN 20-0049703 | $715,000 | — | Known alias 1.00 |
| National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Alexandria, VA · EIN 52-1190664 | $686,540 | TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS OF THE ALFRED P. SLOAN UCEM PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNI… | Same address 1.00 |
| Fund for the City of New York New York, NY · EIN 13-2612524 | $646,990 | TO PROVIDE PARTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE SLOAN PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS PROGRAM | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre New York, NY · EIN 23-7150345 | $640,000 | TO COMMISSION, DEVELOP, PRODUCE, AND DISSEMINATE NEW SCIENCE PLAYS IN NEW YORK AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103580 | $624,581 | TO ENABLE THE SAFE ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE DATA BY EXPANDING BOTH AN OPEN-SOURCE LIBRARY OF SOFTWARE TOOLS AS WELL AS A GROWING COMMUNITY OF US… | Same ZIP 0.84 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA · EIN 94-1156365 | $600,000 | TO COMPLETE A MODEL OF E. COLI THAT ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 90% OF THE WELL-CHARACTERIZED GENE CONTENT | Known alias 1.00 |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2177139 | $581,194 | TO PILOT AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF EXPECTATIONS ABOUT INFLATION | Same address 1.00 |
| Consumer Reports Yonkers, NY · EIN 13-1776434 | $579,859 | TO DESIGN AND VALIDATE A CYBERSECURITY LABELING SYSTEM FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICES TO REDUCE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETAL THREATS, AND… | Same address 1.00 |
| Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute Berkeley, CA · EIN 94-2650833 | $567,691 | TO SUPPORT TWO SPECIAL SEMESTER-LONG PROGRAMS AT MSRI ON MARKET AND MECHANISM DESIGN AND ALGORITHMIC FAIRNESS | Same address 0.61 |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2177139 | $563,074 | TO SEARCH FOR NEW FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES BY USING COLD THORIUM OXIDE MOLECULES TO MEASURE WHETHER AN ELECTRON HAS AN ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION… | Same address 1.00 |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE · no confident EIN match | $555,113 | TO SUPPORT CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY HEALTH METRICS | Unmatched Help match |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY · EIN 13-1624086 | $536,714 | TO SUPPORT A NEW YORK-AREA NETWORK OF MUSEUM PARTNERS FOCUSED ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ART CONSERVATIO… | Same address 1.00 |
| Seattle University Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0565006 | $524,768 | TO ASSESS EXPERIMENTALLY HOW RESEARCHER DEGREES OF FREEDOM INFLUENCE AND POTENTIALLY DISTORT THE PUBLICATION, INTERPRETATION, AND RELIABILI… | Same street 1.00 |
| Fund for the City of New York New York, NY · EIN 13-2612524 | $513,652 | TO IMPROVE LOCAL DECISION-MAKING BY CONTINUING TO BUILD TECHNICAL CAPACITY IN NYC BOROUGH PRESIDENT OFFICES, COMMUNITY BOARDS, AGENCIES, AN… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · no confident EIN match | $504,714 | TO SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF PHYSICS BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL AND ATTEMPT TO CAST LIGHT ON THE ORIGINAL ASYMMETRY (MATTER/ANTIMATTER ASYMMETRY) OF THE UNIVERSE | Unmatched Help match |
| National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Alexandria, VA · EIN 52-1190664 | $500,000 | TO SUPPORT GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, MENTORING, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF EXEMPLARY MENTORING (UCEM) AT CORNE… | Same address 1.00 |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2177139 | $500,000 | TO BUILD, FROM NON-LIVING CHEMICALS, A MINIMAL LIVING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF REPRODUCTION AND DARWINIAN EVOLUTION | Same address 1.00 |
| Women Make Movies New York, NY · EIN 13-2740460 | $500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF A FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY CALLED LOVE + TECH, ABOUT THE INCREASING IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON OUR ROMANTIC LIV… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| North Carolina a&t State University Greensboro, NC · no confident EIN match | $500,000 | TO ENGAGE BLACK AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AND SEE THEM SUCCESSFULLY ENROLL IN AND GRADUATE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PH.D. PROGRAMS | Unmatched Help match |
| University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA · no confident EIN match | $500,000 | TO FURTHER GROW AND DIVERSIFY THE FIELD OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER SCHOLARS FROM MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES | Unmatched Help match |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York New York, NY · EIN 13-1988190 | $474,090 | TO PROVIDE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND MENTORING TO PROMISING STUDENTS TRANSFERRING FROM CUNY COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO CUNY SENIOR COLLEGES | Same address 0.68 |
| The Howard University Washington, DC · EIN 53-0204707 | $466,335 | TO ENHANCE THE TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING OF BLACK AND OTHER MINORITY STUDENTS PURSUING DEGREES IN ECONOMICS | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Lawrence, KS · EIN 48-0680117 | $443,183 | TO COMPILE AND COLLECT HIGH QUALITY DATA ABOUT THE U.S. CARE ECONOMY FOR USE BOTH BY RESEARCHERS AND, THROUGH AN ONLINE STATISTICAL DASHBOA… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| University of California Irvine Irvine, CA · no confident EIN match | $430,000 | TO PROVIDE RENEWED SUPPORT TO THE INDOOR CHEMISTRY MODELING CONSORTIUM | Unmatched Help match |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · no confident EIN match | $412,736 | TO EXTEND THE PRECISION AND CAPABILITIES OF ATOMIC CLOCKS IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE FIRST EXPERIMENTS WHERE BOTH QUANTUM MECHANICS AND GENERAL RELATIVITY HAVE MEASURABLE EFFECTS, AND TO PERFORM NOVEL TESTS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY | Unmatched Help match |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College Hanover, NH · EIN 02-0222111 | $399,999 | TO EXAMINE THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND EQUITY DIMENSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELECTRIFICATION AND DECARBONIZATION OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY | Known alias 1.00 |
| Community Initiatives Oakland, CA · EIN 94-3255070 | $399,973 | TO STRENGTHEN THE PROFESSIONAL NETWORK OF RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEERS IN THE UNITED STATES | Same address 1.00 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103594 | $396,330 | TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY THE COMMUNITY OF RESEARCHERS CONDUCTING RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (RCTS) THAT INVESTIGATE AND ADDRESS THE UNDERL… | Same street 1.00 |
| St Louis University Saint Louis, MO · EIN 43-0654872 | $390,606 | TO ENGAGE MASTERS AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN OPEN SOURCE RESEARCH SOFTWARE PROJECTS AS PART OF THE ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY OPEN SOURCE PROG… | Same address 1.00 |
| The Brookings Institution Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196577 | $379,845 | TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENT, UNBIASED, AND NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH ON REGULATORY ECONOMICS, INCLUDING TOPICS SUCH AS EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, CONSUM… | Same address 1.00 |
| Community Initiatives Oakland, CA · EIN 94-3255070 | $375,000 | TO CONTINUE ENABLING ACADEMIC DATA SCIENCE COMMUNITIES TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE, IDEAS, AND LESSONS LEARNED VIA THE ACADEMIC DATA SCIENCE ALLIANCE | Same address 1.00 |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Lawrence, KS · EIN 48-0680117 | $373,789 | TO PILOT AN SIGP PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS THAT WILL RECRUIT, RETAIN, AND GRADUATE INDIGENOUS STUDENTS IN STEM UNDERGRADUATE AND… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA · no confident EIN match | $364,406 | TO ESTABLISH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAM ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF CAREGIVING AND BUILD EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE COGNITIVE ECONOMICS OF CARE | Unmatched Help match |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103594 | $360,011 | TO EXPLORE HOW NONEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS CAN STRUCTURE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ACROSS SCALES FROM MOLECULES TO ECOSYSTEMS | Same street 1.00 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196568 | $353,085 | TO DEVELOP AND FACILITATE A MULTI-FACETED LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR SLOANS CREATING EQUITABLE PATHWAYS TO STEM GRADUATE EDUCATION GRANTEES, EM… | Same address 1.00 |
| University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA · no confident EIN match | $352,940 | TOIMAGE THE NANOSCALE ORGANIZATION OF MAJOR PROCESSES IN CELL BIOLOGY USING CORRELATIVE CRYO-FLUORESCENCE SUPER RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AND CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY | Unmatched Help match |
| University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · no confident EIN match | $352,717 | TO PILOT A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OTHER ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ OPEN SOURCE PROGRAM OFFICE | Unmatched Help match |
| Expanded Schools New York, NY · EIN 13-4004600 | $350,000 | TO CONTINUE EXPANDING K-12 STEM EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS FROM TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS BETWE… | Same city 1.00 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation Brighton, MA · EIN 04-2104397 | $350,000 | TO SUPPORT A TWO-HOUR NOVA SPECIAL, YOUR BRAIN, ABOUT THE LATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN NEUROSCIENCEHOSTED BY NEUROSCIENTIST AND CLINICIAN HEATHE… | Same address 1.00 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · no confident EIN match | $349,991 | TO EXAMINE THE ECONOMIC AND POLICY DIMENSIONS OF CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND STORAGE (CCUS) TECHNOLOGIES AND CREATE A NETWORK OF SCHOLARS EXAMINING CRITICAL CCUS RESEARCH QUESTIONS | Unmatched Help match |
1 more line ($250K) isn't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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48 recipients in common
Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.