Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Founded| 1934; 92 years ago (1934)
Founder| Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr.
Focus| Research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics
Location|

* New York City, New York, U.S.

Method| Grantmaking

Key people

| Stacie Bloom (president)[1]
Endowment| US$2.0 billion

Employees

| 38[2]
Website| {{{1}}}

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is an American philanthropic nonprofit organization. It was established in 1934 by Alfred P. Sloan Jr., president and chief executive officer of General Motors.

The Sloan Foundation makes grants to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economics. The foundation is an independent entity and has no formal relationship with General Motors.[3] As of 2024, the Sloan Foundation's assets totaled $2.2 billion.[4]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Programs
* 3 Presidents
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

During the initial years of Alfred P. Sloan's presidency, the foundation devoted its resources almost exclusively to education in economics and business.[5] Grants were made to develop materials to improve high school and college economics teaching; for preparation of and wide distribution of inexpensive pamphlets on the pressing economic and social issues of the day; for weekly radio airing of round table discussions on current topics in economics and related subjects; and for establishing a Tax Institute at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to interpret new taxes and new trends in public finance for the average citizen.[6]

From 1936 to 1945, Harold S. Sloan, an economist and Alfred's younger brother, served as director and vice president of the foundation.[7][8]

The Sloan Foundation also made many civic contributions to the foundation's home city of New York, including grants to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Channel 13, New York Public Library, New York University, and the Fund for the City of New York.[9]

Starting in 2026, Stacie Bloom assumed presidency of the foundation.[1]

## Programs

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation makes grants in seven broad subjects, known within the foundation as major program areas:

* Science,
* Economics,
* STEM Higher Education,
* Digital Information Technology,
* Public Understanding of Science, Technology & Economics,
* Working Longer,
* Energy & Environment.[3]

The Sloan Work and Family Researchers Network supports research and education about work-family issues. The foundation also funded the national workplace flexibility campaign[10] as part of the Working Families program led by Kathleen E. Christensen.[11]

The Sloan Research Fellowships are annual awards given to more than 126 young researchers and university faculty, to further studies in chemistry, computational and evolutionary microbiology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences and physics.[12]

In March 2008, the foundation awarded a $3 million grant to the Wikimedia Foundation.[13] It made additional grants in July 2011 and January 2017.[14]

The Sloan Foundation is the primary funder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a major astronomical survey that began data collection in 2000.

In 1945, the Sloan Foundation donated $4 million to launch the Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, now the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.[15]

In 1950, the Sloan Foundation made a gift of more than $5 million to establish a School of Industrial Management, now known as the MIT Sloan School of Management.[16]

In 1955, the Sloan Foundation made a gift to establish the first two-year academic program in healthcare management in the US at Cornell University, initially called the Sloan Institute of Hospital Administration and now known as the Sloan Program in Health Administration.

## Presidents

1. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. (1934–1961)
2. Everett Case (1962–1968)
3. Nils Y. Wessell[17] (1969–1979)
4. Albert Rees[18] (1979–1988)
5. Ralph E. Gomory (1989–2007)
6. Paul L. Joskow (2008–2017)
7. Adam F. Falk (2018–2025)
8. Stacie Bloom (2025–)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stacie Bloom Named President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation" (PDF) (Press release). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. October 6, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
2. ↑ "Staff". Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. https://sloan.org/about/staff.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 About the Foundation Sloan Foundation.
4. ↑ Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2024). ﻿2024 Highlights﻿ (Report). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. https://sloan.org/storage/app/media/files/annual_reports/2024_Highlights.pdf. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
5. ↑ Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2009). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: A Grantmaking History, 1934–2009. New York, NY: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. http://www.sloan.org/assets/files/general/sloan_hist_bk_text_version.pdf.
6. ↑ Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: A Grantmaking History 1934-2009. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2009. p. 10. http://www.sloan.org/assets/files/general/sloan_hist_bk_text_version.pdf. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
7. ↑ "Fairleigh Dickinson Elects", The New York Times, October 6, 1963. Accessed October 1, 2017, Subscription required.
8. ↑ "Harold S. Sloan, 100, Former Manufacturer". The New York Times. November 9, 1988. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/09/obituaries/harold-s-sloan-100-former-manufacturer.html. "Harold Stephenson Sloan, a retired manufacturer, economist, teacher and author who was a brother of the industrialist Alfred P. Sloan, died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Lopatcong Township, N.J. He was 100 years old."
9. ↑ "Alfred P. Sloan Foundation History". http://www.sloan.org/assets/files/general/sloan_hist_bk_text_version.pdf.
10. ↑ "National Challenge for Higher Education: Campaign Recruiting Materials". http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/National-Challenge-for-Higher-Education-Campaign-Recruiting-Materials.aspx.
11. ↑ "Kathleen E. Christensen: Program Director". January 25, 2013. http://www.bc.edu/research/agingandwork/about/bios/christensen.html.
12. ↑ "Sloan Research Fellowships". https://sloan.org/fellowships#tab-selection-committees.
13. ↑ Bergstein, Brian (26 March 2008). "Sloan Foundation donates $3M to Wikipedia". USA Today. Associated Press. https://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2008-03-26-sloan-wikipedia-donation_N.htm.
14. ↑ "Wikimedia Foundation receives $3 million grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the web" (Press release). Wikimedia Foundation. January 9, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
15. ↑ "Sloan Kettering Institute Marks 70 Years of Changing Cancer". 27 August 2015. https://www.mskcc.org/blog/sloan-kettering-institute-marks-70-years-changing.
16. ↑ "About MIT Sloan". MIT. http://mitsloan.mit.edu/about-mit-sloan/history/.
17. ↑ Hevesi, Dennis (9 March 2007). "Nils Wessell, 92, Leader Who Transformed Tufts, Is Dead" (in en). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/us/09wessell.html.
18. ↑ "Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Report for 1955-56" (in en). Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 39-2 2'566. 1957. pp. 116-120. https://www.nhttps://sloan.org/storage/app/media/files/annual_reports/1955-1960_annual_reports.pdfytimes.com/1992/09/07/us/albert-rees-71-labor-economist-and-an-adviser-to-president-ford.html.

## External links

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* Work and Family Researchers Network
* Sloan Foundation Grant records at Williams College Archives & Special Collections
* "Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Internal Revenue Service filings". https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/131623877.

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