NEW YORK, NY

Alfred P Sloan Foundation

Quick Facts

EIN: 131623877
Location: NEW YORK, NY
Category: Education
Total Assets: $2.2B
Annual Income: $1B
IRS Ruling Year: 1934
Organization Type: Corporation
Principal Officer: % Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Tax Deductibility: Contributions are deductible

About This Foundation

Alfred P Sloan Foundation is a private corporation based in NEW YORK, NY. The foundation received its IRS ruling in 1934. The principal officer is % Alfred P Sloan Foundation. It holds total assets of $2.2B. Annual income is reported at $1B. The foundation operates in the area of education. Contributions to this foundation are tax-deductible.

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Financial Overview

Total Giving

$119.2M

2023+8%

Total Assets

$2.1B

2023+3%

Fair Market Value

$2.1B

2023

Net Worth

$2B

2023

Grants Paid

$93.6M

2023

Contributions

2023

Net Investment Income

$68.1M

2023

Distribution Amount

$102.1M

2023

Total Giving by Year

$100.8M

$93.2M

$109.4M

$97.7M

$103M

$120.7M

$99M

$108.3M

$110.8M

$119.2M

Asset Growth

$1.2B

$1.3B

$2B

$2.1B

$2.4B

$2.1B

Investment Portfolio (2023)

Total: $213M

Corporate Stock: $207.3M

Government Obligations: $5.6M

Other Investments: $1.8B

Cash: $2.6M

Corporate Stock (10%)

Government Obligations (0%)

Other Investments (89%)

Cash (0%)

Expense Breakdown (2023)

Grants Paid$93.6M

Pension & Benefits$2.9M

Occupancy$2.4M

Officer Compensation$2M

Travel & Conferences$588K

Accounting Fees$261K

Legal Fees$104K

Printing & Publications$59K

Revenue Sources (2023)

Capital Gains (Net): $101.2M
Dividends: $15.7M
Other Income: $1.6M

Financial Details (2023)

Total Revenue: $118.4M
Total Expenses: $119.2M
Exempt Purpose Expenses: $103.1M
Required Distribution: $102.1M
Undistributed Income: $21.7M
Grants Approved (Future): $70.1M
Total Liabilities: $113M
Excise Tax: $947K

Foundation Classification (2023)

Operating FoundationGrants to IndividualsNon-Charity GrantsLobbying ActivityExcess Business Holdings

Grantmaking Insights

Total Grants

Total Giving

$29.8M

Average Grant

$597K

Median Grant

$502K

Grant Range

Min$350K

Max$1.8M

Median: $502K

Smallest grantLargest grant

Geographic Distribution of Grants

NH: $400K (1)

WA: $2.3M (2)

NY: $7.2M (11)

MA: $4.4M (7)

IL: $1.6M (3)

CA: $4.7M (10)

CO: $917K (2)

NE: $555K (1)

MO: $391K (1)

VA: $2.8M (4)

DC: $1.2M (3)

KS: $817K (2)

NC: $500K (1)

TX: $2M (2)

NY$7.2M (11)

CA$4.7M (10)

MA$4.4M (7)

VA$2.8M (4)

WA$2.3M (2)

TX$2M (2)

Past Grantees

Recipient	Location	Amount	Year
Astrophysical Research ConsortiumTO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO EXPLAIN THE GENESIS OF THE MILKY WAY AND ITS NEIGHBORS, COMPREHENSIVELY TEST STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS AND STAR-PLANET RELATIONS, PROBE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE PHYSICS, AND MAP, ON UNPRECEDENTED SCALES, THE MILKY WAYS INTERSTELLAR GAS AND THAT OF NEARBY GALAXIES	Seattle, WA	$1.8M	2023
Pecan Street IncTO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY A HIGH-RESOLUTION RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE MONITORING TESTBED TO FOUR NEW GEOGRAPHIES IN GEORGIA, PENNSYLVANIA, OKLAHOMA, AND OREGON	Austin, TX	$1.7M	2023
Rockefeller UniversityTO TEST THE HYPOTHESES THAT BIOMECHANICAL FORCES ARE KEY TO OVERCOMING ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH RANDOM PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND THAT THEY MEDIATE COORDINATION BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL UNITS	New York, NY	$1.4M	2023
Wgbh Educational FoundationTO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION AND ASSOCIATED MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF TWO PRIME TIME AMERICAN EXPERIENCE DOCUMENTARY FILMS: LOVE CANAL AND THE PAP TEST.	Boston, MA	$1M	2023
Convergent ResearchTO MAKE MATHEMATICS MORE RELIABLE, SEARCHABLE, UNDERSTANDABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE BY DEVELOPING OPEN SOURCE PROOF-ASSISTANT SOFTWARE OF GREAT VALUE FOR RESEARCH, APPLICATIONS, AND EDUCATION	Cambridge, MA	$937K	2023
Cornell UniversityTO CONDUCT THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE AND METHODOLOGICALLY RIGOROUS SURVEY ON MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CULTURE IN RESEARCH LABORATORIES	Ithaca, NY	$884K	2023
National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering IncTO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT SUPPORT FOR SLOAN UCEM, SIGP, AND SCSC PROGRAMS	Alexandria, VA	$787K	2023
National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering IncTO PROVIDE PARTIAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE SLOAN INDIGENOUS GRADUATE PARTNERSHIP (SIGP) PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEARS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE SLOAN FOUNDATION BY THE INSTITUTIONS COMPRISING THE SIGP	Alexandria, VA	$787K	2023
Coolidge Corner Theatre FoundationTO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE ON SCREEN PROGRAM	Brookline, MA	$775K	2023
Social Science Research CouncilTO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO SLOAN SCHOLAR ALUMNI OF THE LEGACY, UCEM, AND SIGP PROGRAMS VIA THE SLOAN SCHOLARS MENTORING NETWORK, TRACK SCHOLAR OUTCOMES, AND FACILITATE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN CURRENT SLOAN SCHOLARS AND ALUMNI	New York, NY	$719K	2023
Wikimedia FoundationTO LEVERAGE AI FOR THE BENEFIT OF WIKIPEDIAS READERS AND CONTRIBUTORS, INCLUDING TOOLS TO ADDRESS VANDALISM	San Francisco, CA	$715K	2023
National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering IncTO SUPPORT OPERATIONS OF THE ALFRED P. SLOAN UCEM PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	Alexandria, VA	$687K	2023
Fund For The City Of New YorkTO PROVIDE PARTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE SLOAN PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS PROGRAM	New York, NY	$647K	2023
Ensemble Studio Theatre IncTO COMMISSION, DEVELOP, PRODUCE, AND DISSEMINATE NEW SCIENCE PLAYS IN NEW YORK AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY	New York, NY	$640K	2023
President And Fellows Of Harvard UniversityTO ENABLE THE SAFE ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE DATA BY EXPANDING BOTH AN OPEN-SOURCE LIBRARY OF SOFTWARE TOOLS AS WELL AS A GROWING COMMUNITY OF USERS	Cambridge, MA	$625K	2023
Stanford UniversityTO COMPLETE A MODEL OF E. COLI THAT ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 90% OF THE WELL-CHARACTERIZED GENE CONTENT	Stanford, CA	$600K	2023
The University Of ChicagoTO PILOT AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF EXPECTATIONS ABOUT INFLATION	Chicago, IL	$581K	2023
Consumer Reports IncTO DESIGN AND VALIDATE A CYBERSECURITY LABELING SYSTEM FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICES TO REDUCE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETAL THREATS, AND TO SUPPORT NEW SLOAN FELLOWS	Yonkers, NY	$580K	2023
Mathematical Sciences Research InstituteTO SUPPORT TWO SPECIAL SEMESTER-LONG PROGRAMS AT MSRI ON MARKET AND MECHANISM DESIGN AND ALGORITHMIC FAIRNESS	Berkeley, CA	$568K	2023
The University Of ChicagoTO SEARCH FOR NEW FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES BY USING COLD THORIUM OXIDE MOLECULES TO MEASURE WHETHER AN ELECTRON HAS AN ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHARGE	Chicago, IL	$563K	2023
University Of Nebraska At OmahaTO SUPPORT CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY HEALTH METRICS	Omaha, NE	$555K	2023
The Metropolitan Museum Of ArtTO SUPPORT A NEW YORK-AREA NETWORK OF MUSEUM PARTNERS FOCUSED ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ART CONSERVATION THROUGH ACCESS TO EXPERT RESEARCHERS AND ADVANCED EQUIPMENT	New York, NY	$537K	2023
Seattle UniversityTO ASSESS EXPERIMENTALLY HOW RESEARCHER DEGREES OF FREEDOM INFLUENCE AND POTENTIALLY DISTORT THE PUBLICATION, INTERPRETATION, AND RELIABILITY OF EMPIRICAL LITERATURE	Seattle, WA	$525K	2023
Fund For The City Of New YorkTO IMPROVE LOCAL DECISION-MAKING BY CONTINUING TO BUILD TECHNICAL CAPACITY IN NYC BOROUGH PRESIDENT OFFICES, COMMUNITY BOARDS, AGENCIES, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS	New York, NY	$514K	2023
University Of Colorado BoulderTO SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF PHYSICS BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL AND ATTEMPT TO CAST LIGHT ON THE ORIGINAL ASYMMETRY (MATTER/ANTIMATTER ASYMMETRY) OF THE UNIVERSE	Boulder, CO	$505K	2023
University Of California BerkeleyTO FURTHER GROW AND DIVERSIFY THE FIELD OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER SCHOLARS FROM MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES	Berkeley, CA	$500K	2023
North Carolina A&T State UniversityTO ENGAGE BLACK AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AND SEE THEM SUCCESSFULLY ENROLL IN AND GRADUATE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PH.D. PROGRAMS	Greensboro, NC	$500K	2023
Women Make Movies IncTO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF A FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY CALLED LOVE + TECH, ABOUT THE INCREASING IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON OUR ROMANTIC LIVES	New York, NY	$500K	2023
The University Of ChicagoTO BUILD, FROM NON-LIVING CHEMICALS, A MINIMAL LIVING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF REPRODUCTION AND DARWINIAN EVOLUTION	Chicago, IL	$500K	2023
National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering IncTO SUPPORT GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, MENTORING, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF EXEMPLARY MENTORING (UCEM) AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ANDPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS GENERAL UCEM SUPPORT	Alexandria, VA	$500K	2023
Research Foundation Of The City University Of NyTO PROVIDE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND MENTORING TO PROMISING STUDENTS TRANSFERRING FROM CUNY COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO CUNY SENIOR COLLEGES	New York, NY	$474K	2023
Howard UniversityTO ENHANCE THE TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING OF BLACK AND OTHER MINORITY STUDENTS PURSUING DEGREES IN ECONOMICS	Washington, DC	$466K	2023
University Of Kansas Center For ResearchTO COMPILE AND COLLECT HIGH QUALITY DATA ABOUT THE U.S. CARE ECONOMY FOR USE BOTH BY RESEARCHERS AND, THROUGH AN ONLINE STATISTICAL DASHBOARD, BY THE PUBLIC AS WELL	Lawrence, KS	$443K	2023
University Of California IrvineTO PROVIDE RENEWED SUPPORT TO THE INDOOR CHEMISTRY MODELING CONSORTIUM	Irvine, CA	$430K	2023
University Of Colorado BoulderTO 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	Boulder, CO	$413K	2023
Dartmouth CollegeTO EXAMINE THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND EQUITY DIMENSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELECTRIFICATION AND DECARBONIZATION OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY	Hanover, NH	$400K	2023
Community InitiativesTO STRENGTHEN THE PROFESSIONAL NETWORK OF RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEERS IN THE UNITED STATES	Oakland, CA	$400K	2023
Massachusetts Institute Of TechnologyTO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY THE COMMUNITY OF RESEARCHERS CONDUCTING RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (RCTS) THAT INVESTIGATE AND ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF RACIAL INEQUITY	Cambridge, MA	$396K	2023
St Louis UniversityTO ENGAGE MASTERS AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN OPEN SOURCE RESEARCH SOFTWARE PROJECTS AS PART OF THE ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY OPEN SOURCE PROGRAM OFFICE	St Louis, MO	$391K	2023
Brookings InstitutionTO PROMOTE INDEPENDENT, UNBIASED, AND NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH ON REGULATORY ECONOMICS, INCLUDING TOPICS SUCH AS EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND MARKET COMPETITION IN THE DIGITAL AGE	Washington, DC	$380K	2023
Community InitiativesTO CONTINUE ENABLING ACADEMIC DATA SCIENCE COMMUNITIES TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE, IDEAS, AND LESSONS LEARNED VIA THE ACADEMIC DATA SCIENCE ALLIANCE	Oakland, CA	$375K	2023
University Of Kansas Center For ResearchTO PILOT AN SIGP PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS THAT WILL RECRUIT, RETAIN, AND GRADUATE INDIGENOUS STUDENTS IN STEM UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS AND ITS PARTNER INSTITUTION, HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY	Lawrence, KS	$374K	2023
University Of California BerkeleyTO ESTABLISH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAM ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF CAREGIVING AND BUILD EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE COGNITIVE ECONOMICS OF CARE	Berkeley, CA	$364K	2023
Massachusetts Institute Of TechnologyTO EXPLORE HOW NONEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS CAN STRUCTURE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ACROSS SCALES FROM MOLECULES TO ECOSYSTEMS	Cambridge, MA	$360K	2023
American Association For The Advancement Of ScienceTO DEVELOP AND FACILITATE A MULTI-FACETED LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR SLOANS CREATING EQUITABLE PATHWAYS TO STEM GRADUATE EDUCATION GRANTEES, EMBEDDED WITHIN THE AAAS SEA CHANGE INITIATIVE	Washington, DC	$353K	2023
University Of California BerkeleyTOIMAGE THE NANOSCALE ORGANIZATION OF MAJOR PROCESSES IN CELL BIOLOGY USING CORRELATIVE CRYO-FLUORESCENCE SUPER RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AND CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY	Berkeley, CA	$353K	2023
University Of California Santa CruzTO PILOT A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OTHER ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ OPEN SOURCE PROGRAM OFFICE	Santa Cruz, CA	$353K	2023
Wgbh Educational FoundationTO SUPPORT A TWO-HOUR NOVA SPECIAL, YOUR BRAIN, ABOUT THE LATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN NEUROSCIENCEHOSTED BY NEUROSCIENTIST AND CLINICIAN HEATHER BERLIN	Boston, MA	$350K	2023
Expanded SchoolsTO CONTINUE EXPANDING K-12 STEM EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS FROM TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGH STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS, AFTERSCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS, AND STEM SERVICE PROVIDERS	New York, NY	$350K	2023
The University Of Texas At AustinTO 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	Austin, TX	$350K	2023