Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

EIN 131623877 Private Foundation

New York, NY 19103 |(212) 649-1649

https://www.sloan.org
Total Given 2017–2023
$770.8M
3,537 grants · $110.1M avg/year
based on 7 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$100M+/yr
mega funder
capacity
$125K
typical big bets · $75K–$257K
grant size
48%
supporter · 299/621 multi-year
repeat
$2.1B
Assets (2023)
621
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Health Arts & Culture Environment Human Services

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals Unknown
Contact Person MR ADAM FALK - GRANTS
Phone (212) 649-1649
Deadlines NONE
How to Apply SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION FOR DETAILS
Restrictions SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION FOR DETAILS
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Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2017 $144.4M $1.9B $102.9M 657
2019 N/A $2.0B $76.7M N/A
2020 $153.4M $2.1B $192.5M 698
2021 $156.1M $2.4B $200.0M 725
2022 $157.0M $2.1B $118.5M 720
2023 $159.9M $2.1B $118.4M 737

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 3537 grants on record

Minimum
$2K
25th Pctl
$75K
Median
$125K
Average
$218K
75th Pctl
$257K
Maximum
$11.2M

Geographic Distribution

Texas Counties Served

2.7% of US grants · Rank #7 of 47 states $15.8M across 90 grants 12 of 254 counties

Top 10 counties

  1. 1 Travis 48 grants · $10.3M
  2. 2 Dallas 7 grants · $1.2M
  3. 3 El Paso 6 grants · $1.1M
  4. 4 Montgomery 3 grants · $900K
  5. 5 Bexar 6 grants · $724K
  6. 6 Harris 9 grants · $653K
  7. 7 Hidalgo 1 grant · $249K
  8. 8 Cameron 1 grant · $249K
  9. 9 Brazos 4 grants · $230K
  10. 10 Waller 1 grant · $75K
+2 more counties · 4 grants · $126K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (3,537 total)

Purpose
Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA $11,250,000 To undertake the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V), which will utilize all-sky spectroscopic observations to... 2017
Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA $6,500,000 TO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO... 2020
Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA $6,000,000 TO ACHIEVE THE FULL PROMISE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V) BY COMPLETING A FIVE-YEAR, ALL-SKY,... 2022
Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA $4,750,000 To undertake the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V), which will utilize all-sky spectroscopic observations to... 2017
Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA $4,125,000 TO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO... 2021
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc Alexandria, VA $4,004,000 TO ADMINISTER SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE SLOAN INDIGENOUS GRADUATE PARTNERSHIP (SIGP) PROGRAM 2023
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc Alexandria, VA $2,537,340 TO PROVIDE PARTIAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE SLOAN INDIGENOUS GRADUATE PARTNERSHIP (SIGP) PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEARS, IN... 2020
Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA $2,375,000 TO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO... 2021
Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA $2,375,000 TO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO... 2022
Rockefeller University New York, NY $2,079,737 TO TEST THE HYPOTHESES THAT BIOMECHANICAL FORCES ARE KEY TO OVERCOMING ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH RANDOM PHYSICAL... 2020
Rockefeller University New York, NY $2,079,737 TO TEST THE HYPOTHESES THAT BIOMECHANICAL FORCES ARE KEY TO OVERCOMING ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH RANDOM PHYSICAL... 2021
Wikimedia Foundation San Francisco, CA $2,015,000 To transform Wikipedia Commons' media files from free text into machine-readable, structured data, enabling new... 2017
The University of Chicago Chicago, IL $2,000,000 TO BUILD, FROM NON-LIVING CHEMICALS, A MINIMAL LIVING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF REPRODUCTION AND DARWINIAN EVOLUTION 2022
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO $1,787,264 TO EXTEND THE PRECISION AND CAPABILITIES OF ATOMIC CLOCKS IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE FIRST EXPERIMENTS WHERE BOTH... 2023
Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA $1,750,000 TO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO... 2022
Astrophysical Research Consortium Seattle, WA $1,750,000 TO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO... 2023
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc Alexandria, VA $1,700,000 TO SUPPORT GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, MENTORING, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF EXEMPLARY... 2020
Pecan Street Inc Austin, TX $1,700,000 TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY A HIGH-RESOLUTION RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE MONITORING TESTBED TO FOUR NEW GEOGRAPHIES IN... 2023
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineer White Plains, NY $1,700,000 To support the Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program (MPHD) through Phase 1 Renewal Grants for University Centers... 2017
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc Alexandria, VA $1,662,340 TO PROVIDE PARTIAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE SLOAN INDIGENOUS GRADUATE PARTNERSHIP (SIGP) PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEARS, IN... 2021
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineer White Plains, NY $1,600,000 To provide scholarship support for the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (SIGP) enabling consortium members to... 2017
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN $1,533,358 TO ADVANCE INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES IN STEM GRADUATE EDUCATION THROUGH A MULTI-CAMPUS MODEL FOCUSED ON OUTREACH,... 2023
Social Science Research Council New York, NY $1,526,814 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO SLOAN SCHOLAR ALUMNI OF THE LEGACY, UCEM, AND SIGP PROGRAMS VIA... 2023
Harvard University Cambridge, MA $1,500,000 TO ENABLE THE SAFE ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE DATA BY EXPANDING BOTH AN OPEN-SOURCE LIBRARY OF SOFTWARE TOOLS AS WELL AS A... 2022
Stanford University Stanford, CA $1,500,000 TO COMPLETE A MODEL OF E. COLI THAT ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 90% OF THE WELL-CHARACTERIZED GENE CONTENT 2022

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