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MS Lauren Von Eckartsberg - Fellows
630 Fifth Avenue Suite 2200
New York, NY 10111
(212) 649-1649
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Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$89,001,751
- Grants listed
- 522
- Assets, end of year
- $2,173,558,178
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Tax year 2023
$89,745,363
- Grants listed
- 526
- Assets, end of year
- $2,116,962,267
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Tax year 2022
$90,775,695
- Grants listed
- 502
- Assets, end of year
- $2,056,912,312
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Tax year 2021
$86,213,398
- Grants listed
- 511
- Assets, end of year
- $2,388,291,807
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Tax year 2020
$83,234,551
- Grants listed
- 505
- Assets, end of year
- $2,105,880,634
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Tax year 2019
$82,731,034
- Grants listed
- 548
- Assets, end of year
- $1,952,076,486
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA
To study the techno-economics of critical industries and their supply chains
$1,479,024 -
Peri Support FundAmherst, MA
To improve the availability, accessibility, and accuracy of data on the u.s. Care economy
$1,332,967 -
Convergent ResearchCambridge, MA
To make mathematics more reliable, searchable, understandable, and accessible by developing open source proof-assistant software of great value for research, applications, and education
$1,030,788 -
Research Foundation of the City University of NYNew York, NY
To provide research experience and mentoring to promising students transferring from CUNY community colleges to CUNY senior colleges
$1,025,621 -
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering IncAlexandria, VA
To administer scholarships for the sloan indigenous graduate partnership (sigp) program
$1,001,000 -
University of California Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA
To launch a sustainable network of open source program offices across the university of california system
$925,775 -
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA
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 users
$875,419 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
To improve the user experience (ux) of scientific software through development of an open source design system, infrastructure for collaborative prototyping on user interfaces, and training curriculum
$843,319 -
Social Science Research CouncilNew York, NY
To 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
$767,551 -
Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA
To leverage ai for the benefit of wikipedias readers and contributors, including tools to address vandalism
$715,000 -
Research Corporation for Science AdvancementTucson, AZ
To administer awards from the 2024 scialog: sustainable minerals, metals, and materials (SM3) conference
$660,000 -
Ensemble Studio Theatre IncNew York, NY
To commission, develop, produce, and disseminate new science plays in new york and across the country
$640,000 -
University of California DavisDavis, CA
To support development of the virtual reality user interface (vrui) and its community of contributors
$623,618 -
AspirationSan Francisco, CA
To support research on the building, deployment, and maintenance of open digital infrastructure
$605,000 -
Sundance InstitutePark City, UT
To support a science and technology film program at the nation's pre-eminent independent film center that includes screenwriting fellowships, feature film prizes, science and film panels, and associated outreach
$600,000 -
Consumer Reports IncYonkers, NY
To investigate, evaluate and enhance consumer welfare in the financial sector
$590,330 -
Resources for the Future IncWashington, DC
To advance the evaluation of recent federal clean energy funding programs and policies
$580,000 -
Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO
To examine the role of refineries and mining-refining integration for the production of nickel and cobalt in the united states
$550,000 -
University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, NE
To support continued development and adoption in research and practice of open source software community health metrics
$544,673 -
Santa Fe InstituteSanta Fe, NM
To support development of the arch platform for virtual collaboration of academic communities
$535,120 -
American Association for the Advancement of ScienceWashington, DC
To facilitate a multi-faceted community of learning and practice for sloans creating equitable pathways to STEM graduate education grantees
$531,030 -
American UniversityWashington, DC
To develop and implement a community-oriented engagement approach on marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) in partnership with[c]worthy, a focused research organization
$501,463 -
Bard CollegeAnnandale, NY
To support the design of a new science laboratory and teaching curriculum for hands-on research experiences for bard early college new york city students
$500,644 -
Pecan Street IncAustin, TX
To expand and diversify a high-resolution residential energy use monitoring testbed to four new geographies in georgia, pennsylvania, oklahoma, and oregon
$500,000 -
The University of ChicagoChicago, IL
To build, from non-living chemicals, a minimal living system capable of reproduction and darwinian evolution
$500,000 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
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
$500,000 -
WGBH Educational FoundationBrighton, MA
To support the production and associated marketing and promotion of two prime time american experience documentary films: MR. Polaroid and the war on smog
$500,000 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
To examine the equity implications of critical mineral mining and water scarcity in the great basin region through community-based participatory case studies
$496,588 -
University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO
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
$471,587 -
University of Maryland College ParkCollege Park, MD
To produce, test, and scale infrastructure for re-engineering official economic statistics using administrative data from businesses
$470,997 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To support over 50 programs with thousands of in-person and online participants at the annual nber summer institute
$468,000 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To support early-career researchers working on the net federal budgetary impacts of proposed legislation for enhancing u.s. Productivity
$461,760 -
Brookings InstitutionWashington, DC
To continue supporting the publication and dissemination of high-quality, influential, and policy-relevant economics research through the brookings papers on economic activity
$450,000 -
University of California at IrvineIrvine, CA
Toevaluate the interactions between critical mineral development and a shift to electrified public transportation using social life cycle assessment methodologies
$450,000 -
University of WyomingLaramie, WY
To examine the technical, environmental, social, and legal considerations for producing critical minerals and rare earth elements from mining residuals
$445,632 -
Howard UniversityWashington, DC
To enhance the teaching and educational training of howard university students pursuing degrees in economics
$438,854 -
Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY
To study how mechanical force impacts the fidelity of transcription and coordinates the development of multicellular structures
$437,500 -
Dynamicland FoundationBerkeley, CA
To support the development of realtalk as a mode of communal computing in scientific contexts
$425,000 -
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA
To support the sloan centers for systemic change (SCSC) seed grantees by equipping them with research, tools, change management strategies, and a supportive network of colleagues
$417,104 -
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA
To expand and diversify the community of researchers conducting randomized controlled trials (RCTS) that investigate and address the underlying causes of racial inequity
$402,864 -
Environmental Defense Fund IncNew York, NY
To conduct a field measurement campaign to better quantify emissions from hydrogen fueling stations and heavy-duty vehicles
$400,000 -
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering IncAlexandria, VA
To support operations of the alfred p. Sloan ucem program at duke university
$400,000 -
New York UniversityNew York, NY
To continue the development of the decarbonizing chemical manufacturing using sustainable electrification (dc-muse) center
$400,000 -
Community InitiativesOakland, CA
To strengthen the professional network of research software engineers in the united states
$399,803 -
Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA
To analyze how reimbursement policies for home-and-community-based services (HCBS) impact care recipients and their caregivers
$398,982 -
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN
To advance indigenous perspectives in STEM graduate education through a multi-campus model focused on outreach, mentoring, community-building, and student financial support
$381,940 -
University of California Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA
To strengthen and expand project management and research in the energy and climate program at the environmental markets lab (emlab)
$380,000 -
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA
To develop an equity-minded, law-attentive organizational learning series for higher education institutions seeking to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
$379,539 -
Fund for the City of New YorkNew York, NY
To improve local decision-making by continuing to build technical capacity in NYC borough president offices, community boards, agencies, and civic organizations
$375,224 -
Community InitiativesOakland, CA
To continue enabling academic data science communities to share knowledge, ideas, and lessons learned via the academic data science alliance
$375,000 -
George Washington UniversityWashington, DC
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at george washington university
$373,768 -
Tufts UniversityMedford, MA
Tostudy the economic and equity impacts of alternative electricity rate structures via a randomized controlled trial with rural electricity cooperatives in the midwest
$365,000 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To support new research on the financial challenges facing the higher education sector in the united states
$359,586 -
University of Kansas Center for ResearchLawrence, KS
To study the trade-off between hiring staff scientists or postdoctoral scholars to work in scientific laboratories
$356,518 -
Film Independent IncLos Angeles, CA
To support the triennial sloan film summit, a three-day event of screenings, panels, staged readings, project updates, networking opportunities, and community building for sloan film grantees
$350,000 -
University of Wisconsin MadisonMadison, WI
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at the university of wisconsin, madison
$349,123 -
New York UniversityNew York, NY
To pursue research projects and community-building activities that will advance the development of cognitive economics
$347,848 -
California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA
To develop a platform that integrates synthetic cell technologies, thereby creating new research opportunities for the synthetic cell community
$336,493 -
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD
To achieve size-regulation of nucleic acid based biomolecular condensates and sustained cycles of condensate formation-growth-dissolution by coupling condensation dynamics and chemical reaction dynamics
$333,120 -
The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at the universityof texas, austin
$328,119 -
St Louis UniversitySaint Louis, MO
To support the institutionalization of an open source programs office at saint louis university
$327,065 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
To optimize, scale, and study the social science prediction platform, an online resource for collecting and cataloguing expert forecasts about the results of social science experiments
$326,354 -
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY
To continue support for a 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
$325,669 -
National Public Radio IncWashington, DC
To support NPRS coverage of economics via two podcasts, planet money and the indicator; online short videos; a weekly newsletter; and educational outreach
$325,000 -
Fund for the City of New YorkNew York, NY
To provide partial support for the sloan public service awards program
$323,495 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
Toimage the nanoscale organization of major processes in cell biology using correlative cryo-fluorescence super resolution microscopy and cryo-electron tomography
$323,335 -
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at stanford university
$322,741 -
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at syracuse university
$322,022 -
University of Kansas Center for ResearchLawrence, KS
To 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
$318,703 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
To establish an interdisciplinary research program on the social science of caregiving and build empirical and theoretical foundations for the cognitive economics of care
$317,458 -
Georgia Tech Research CorporationAtlanta, GA
To support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at thegeorgia institute of technology
$315,958 -
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA
To expand, diversify, and support the community of metascience researchers conducting randomized controlled trials that test ways of strengthening the processes and pace of scientific progress
$313,930 -
University of GlasgowGlasgow, United Kingdom
To observe and quantify the emergence and growth of selection-for-complexity in long term chemical evolution experiments
$312,604 -
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA
To complete a model of e. Coli that accounts for over 90% of the well-characterized gene content
$300,000 -
The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA
To expand the multidisciplinary rtogov research network examining the role and governance of regional transmission organizations that manage the electric power grid in the united states
$300,000 -
University of Maryland College ParkCollege Park, MD
To continue and expand an interdisciplinary transportation doctoral fellowship program that connects scholars in engineering, economics, and public policy across multiple institutions
$300,000 -
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI
To examine the impact of reshoring critical minerals production on electric vehicle manufacturers and surrounding communities in the united states
$300,000 -
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT
To assess the barriers and opportunities for establishing a resilient green graphite supply chain in the united states
$300,000 -
Spelman CollegeAtl, GA
To address the scarcity of black women who pursue and earn economics and related graduate degrees and to grow the number of black women economists in the professoriate
$294,849 -
NestaLondon, United Kingdom
To facilitate the use of field experiments in the economics of science, innovation, entrepreneurship, and productivity
$289,254 -
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA
To support the development and production of science and technology films, television, and new media projects by top film students
$289,181 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To study the economics of digitization and of artificial intelligence in a newly unified working group that covers both topics
$287,670 -
University of VermontBurlington, VT
To support the institutionalization of an open source programs office at university of vermont
$281,631 -
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT
To understand mechanistically how cellular information-processing enables and bounds the ability of bacteria to carry out key functions such as environmental navigation and cell-cell communication
$281,031 -
University of Missouri ColumbiaColumbia, MO
To develop a bio-physically based model of the simplest form of life, minimal cell jcvi-syn3.0a
$280,206 -
University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN
To design, build, and evaluate the impact of immersive reality technologies and artificial intelligence on collaborative scientific work
$279,482 -
Film Independent IncLos Angeles, CA
To provide direct support to develop and distribute science and technology scripts, teleplays, and films
$267,621 -
Howard UniversityWashington, DC
To explore how spontaneous, self-organizing processes give rise to goal-oriented behaviors in single-cell organisms by studying the reassembly and mass-sensing behaviors of physarum polycephalum
$263,289 -
University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, NC
To study the relationship between different forms of virtual presence on group entitativity in scientific collaborations
$262,023 -
Imperial College LondonLondon, United Kingdom
To use ultracold molecules trapped in an optical lattice to improve the precision of electron electric dipole moment measurements by a factor of forty
$257,904 -
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA
To augment the penn wharton budget model (PWBM) so that it can analyze the federal budgetary impacts of proposed immigration policies for STEM workers
$257,676 -
Toronto International Film FestivalToronto, Canada
To support two years of a science and technology film program at the toronto international film festival, including feature film prizes, screenwriting fellowships, project pitches for filmmakers, science and film panels, and associated outreach
$257,667 -
University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada
To accelerate the production of empirical economics research on industrial strategy
$254,385 -
University of Wisconsin MadisonMadison, WI
To develop a comprehensive, publicly available dataset and web-based tool detailing federal, state, and institutional policies and programs that provide financial support for indigenous students seeking postsecondary education
$252,339 -
Afterimage Public MediaSan Francisco, CA
To support the post-production of an all-archival, feature length documentary about climate change and its shift from scientific phenomenon to political battleground
$250,000 -
Amalgamated FoundationWashington, DC
To support projects submitted to higher education forward, in response to an RFP on effective communication related to equity, academic freedom, and democratic values in higher education, to be managed by amalgamated foundation and processed by justfund.
$250,000 -
Brookings InstitutionWashington, DC
To convene experts for different sectors of the u.s. Care economy and identify priority research questions in each area
$250,000 -
Canadian Institute for Advanced ResearchToronto, Canada
To support an international research initiative on innovation, equity, and the future of prosperity
$250,000 -
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA
To grow and sustain the open energy outlook initiative open source modeling collaboration
$250,000 -
Code for Science and SocietyPortland, OR
To support community-led collaborations on common challenges in the research software ecosystem
$250,000 -
Digital Public Library of America IncBoston, MA
To build and expand a centralized wikimedia engagement program that will make 15 million culturally rich digital files from 1000 member institutions from dpla available on wikipedia, wikimedia commons and related sites
$250,000 -
Institute of International EducationNew York, NY
To provide at least 22 life-saving fellowships and academic placements for threatened and displaced scholars from around the world over three years
$250,000 -
International Documentary AssociationLos Angeles, CA
To support one in-depth video on youtube about chimpanzee violence and pilot three youtube videos and eight short-form videos on tiktok/instagram reels based on a sloan book
$250,000 -
National Academy of SciencesWashington, DC
To support the participation of sloan research fellows and other outstanding early-career scientists in the interdisciplinary frontiers of science symposium run by nasem
$250,000 -
Pioneer WorksBrooklyn, NY
To support the continuing growth of the broadcast, an online media publication with original video, podcasts, animations, and events highlighting the role of science in culture
$250,000 -
Science Friday Initiative IncNew York, NY
To support science friday, focusing on science and the arts, including radio broadcasts, digital science videos, blog posts, live events, and associated media
$250,000 -
Social Science Research CouncilNew York, NY
To design, test, and promulgate standards for disclosing and auditing the management practices of companies that produce artificial intelligence systems
$250,000 -
Southern Regional Education BoardAtlanta, GA
To support sloan scholarship community attendance at the 2024 sreb institute on teaching and mentoring in new orleans, louisiana
$250,000 -
The Hack FoundationW Hollywood, CA
To continue supporting a set of coordinated activities at the community, network, and policy layers to maximize the impact of open source and open source program offices in universities
$250,000 -
The University of ChicagoChicago, IL
To empower the american professoriate to tell the most resonant story about why diversity matters in the academy and, by extension, our society
$250,000 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
To conduct empirical research on the effectiveness of transportation and infrastructure investment policies
$250,000 -
Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, VA
To strengthen the partnership between vsu and VT through a variety of activities that may serve as a model for equitable, holistic hbcu-pwi graduate student pathways in engineering
$250,000 -
Washington State UniversityVancouver, WA
To explore the future of reading and writing in virtual and augmented reality through community dialog, building software, and developing metadata infrastructure
$250,000 -
WGBH Educational FoundationBrighton, MA
To produce and release a one-hour nova documentary about personal data and privacy along with a social media campaign, screening events, virtual fieldtrip and classroom-ready assets hosted on PBS learningmedia
$250,000 -
University of Missouri ColumbiaColumbia, MO
To connect early career energy economics researchers with practitioners through a training program provided by the regulated utilities leadership institute (ruli)
$249,991 -
University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst, MA
To diversify pathways from undergraduate to graduate education in computer science and engineering at UMASS boston and amherst through faculty and student professional development and inclusive mentoring
$249,986 -
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL
To consolidate, coordinate, and communicate work in the emerging field of science of science and support community building through the establishment of international conferences and a professional society
$249,966 -
Howard UniversityWashington, DC
To develop and implement a pilot program to advance open-source skills in faculty research and student training at two historically black colleges and universities
$249,947 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To sustain the development and provision of patent datasets that facilitate research by economists on the innovation process
$249,932 -
Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA
To support a historical study on the regional and national development of electric power systems, with a focus on frontline workers and consumers
$249,781 -
The Center for Black Brown and Queer StudiesCambridge, MA
To develop tools for effective and equitable virtual pedagogy that improve the experience of traditionally marginalized groups
$249,535 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
To explore the value of virtual coworking in science
$249,516 -
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC
To develop and share scalable methods for identifying, classifying, and analyzing evidence about emerging technologies
$249,333 -
Open Source InitiativeW Hollywood, CA
To support the development of an open source ai definition supported by a diverse set of stakeholders
$249,150 -
Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ
To develop comprehensive and timely measurements of the dynamics, outcomes, and broader socio-economic impacts of programs for promoting regional innovation and prosperity
$249,082 -
Boston UniversityBoston, MA
To develop a framework, curated repository of open source tools, and training program to streamline the process of deploying rag-based generative ai solutions in academic settings
$248,856 -
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH
To fund dissertation fellowships for PHD candidates to work on policy-relevant economics research within independent or support agencies such as the congressional budget office
$248,377 -
Council of Graduate SchoolsWashington, DC
To support the graduate education community in pursuing its diversity, equity, and inclusion goals in a shifting legal landscape
$248,317 -
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN
To create a systemic change plan tailored to eight STEM departments across purdue, facilitate community-building and program development across colleges, and engage in external learning opportunities
$248,205 -
The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA
To build and deploy a web-based system that helps writers compose better captions for scientific figures
$246,600 -
The University of ChicagoChicago, IL
To estimate personalized treatment effects (ptes) and the gains from pte-based assignment for different types of high-dosage tutoring
$246,331 -
AspirationSan Francisco, CA
To investigate ai chatbots for accuracy and bias and disseminate the results via videos on youtube and tiktok, while developing a network of online video practitioners
$246,234 -
Association of Public and Land-Grant UniversitiesWashington, DC
To launch a professional development experience for graduate teaching assistants that addresses the importance of inclusive teaching practices and equitable campus policy and practice
$246,012 -
Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, OR
To develop a llm-based tool that empowers research groups to capture, apply, and preserve their research data and the tacit knowledge that underpins their research methods and lab practices
$245,004 -
University of California San DiegoLa Jolla, CA
To conduct experiments exploring the role of frictions and mental gaps in explaining non-optimal behaviors
$244,965 -
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY
To perform in vitro experiments and related simulations exploring how two attributes of cytoplasm -an enzyme-driven active bath and a viscoelastic biopolymer network- influence macromolecular phase separation
$244,923 -
Council for Economic EducationNew York, NY
To promote economics education, especially in new york high schools, by recognizing innovative teachers, by promoting successful pedagogies, and by developing culturally relevant curricula that motivate diverse students to learn more economics
$244,688 -
American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY
To create additional STEM research mentoring opportunities for NYC high school students
$243,480 -
Rand CorporationSanta Monica, CA
To design and test a pilot survey about daily time-use decisions made by people who have caregiving responsibilities
$241,378 -
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA
To investigate how humans and machines collaborate on making decisions
$240,061 -
Brookings InstitutionWashington, DC
To mobilize and illustrate economic research that improves official cost-benefit analyses
$240,000 -
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI
To design, develop, and implement data linkage tools that connect software mentions to research papers, repositories, and grant sources
$239,832 -
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA
To support the development and production of science and technology films, television, and new media projects by top film students
$239,601 -
Digital Public Library of America IncBoston, MA
To support the transition of the dpla cultural heritage aggregation project to a new institutional home and develop a strategic plan for the future of dpla
$237,835 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
To develop an analytical framework that incorporates distributional concerns in policy evaluation
$237,339 -
Lost Women of Science Initiative IncSan Francisco, CA
To research, produce, and release 8-12 episodes of lost women of science to tell in-depth stories of overlooked women in STEM throughout history
$236,371 -
Upjohn Institute for Employment ResearchKalamazoo, MI
To aid the design of workforce policies in the childcare sector by estimating the responsiveness of the labor supply to changes in wages, child-staff ratios, and other job characteristics
$231,977 -
University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN
To study what limits the range of proteins built by natural cells, and to engineer a translation system that builds a wider range of proteins than is possible in natural cells
$229,754 -
Manhattan Theatre ClubNew York, NY
To support the mtc/sloan initiative commissioning, developing, and producing new science and technology plays
$229,627 -
New York UniversityNew York, NY
To support an annual feature film production grant over three years to enable film students to shoot a first feature film about science and technology
$228,945 -
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA
To explore the possibility that venus could host life by determining whether the components of a dna-analog molecule can exist stably in concentrated sulphuric acid, the primary component of venus atmosphere
$227,106 -
The Graduate Center Foundation IncNew York, NY
To support an annual scientific biography fellowship at the leon levy center for biography that will result in three new major biographies of scientists and/or technologists
$225,500 -
California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA
To create a synthetic cell fate control system
$225,000 -
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL
To advance our understanding of the genetic circuit deciding between replication and dormancy in bacteriophage lambda, with the ultimate goal of improving our ability to predict the outcome of viral infection
$224,234 -
Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ
To support the development, adoption, and promulgation of community-wide standards for fair (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) practices in computational modeling via the open modeling foundation
$220,236 -
University of WarwickCoventry, United Kingdom
To test critical aspects of a plan to probe the quantum nature of gravity by entangling two microdiamonds via their mutual gravitational attraction
$219,827 -
The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA
To explore how nanoscale solution structure modifies chemical reactions generally, and biochemical reactions in particular
$210,289 -
American Statistical AssociationAlexandria, VA
To monitor and report on the health of the federal statistical system
$210,211 -
University of Wisconsin MadisonMadison, WI
To perform selection experiments on chemical ecosystems that test the hypothesis that ecosystem-scale selection can yield assemblages of chemicals that play complementary roles in promoting their collective propagation
$208,392 -
Research Foundation of CUNY Obo Advanced Science Research CenterNew York, NY
To demonstrate and study a primitive form of learning and memory exhibited by a chemical system
$207,511 -
University of TorontoToronto, Canada
To perform a search for nuclear time-reversal symmetry violation using an octupole deformed nucleus (153eu) doped into a solid-state crystal (yso)
$206,400 -
Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR
To train researchers in effective and sustainable practices for developing research software
$206,256 -
American Academy of Arts and SciencesCambridge, MA
To convene leaders and experts to discuss the pressing issues facing postsecondary education and share actionable solutions to help address these issues
$200,000 -
Boston UniversityBoston, MA
To assess underexplored equity implications of renewable energy generation through eight case studies across the wind and solar supply chains
$200,000 -
LA Theatre WorksVenice, CA
To record four new sloan plays for public radio broadcast and online streaming and a 12-play podcast while disseminating 16 science plays to millions of people and thousands of libraries and schools
$200,000 -
Manhattan Theatre ClubNew York, NY
To provide production support for the staging of jonathan spectors science-themed play eureka day
$200,000 -
McGill UniversityMontral, Canada
To study prebiotically relevant chemistry in droplets that explores whether aerosol droplets can accelerate chemical reactions important to abiogenesis
$200,000 -
Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, MO
To better understand the public perception of critical minerals and metals associated with clean energy transitions and the implications for policymaking
$200,000 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To advance research on energy system decarbonization, trade, and macroeconomics
$200,000 -
New York Public RadioNew York, NY
To support story-driven health care reporting at wnyc, including coverage of health and health care policy and economics, covid 19 and climate change, and medical science and discovery
$200,000 -
Research AmericaAlexandria, VA
Toconductfocus groupson how gen z engages with science online and to develop messaging that improves their understanding of, and engagement with, science
$200,000 -
Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsNew York, NY
To encourage charitable giving in support of basic scientific research through sloan membership in the science philanthropy alliance and support a five-year strategic plan
$200,000 -
The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH
To advance transient astronomy by taking a movie of the entire sky nightly
$200,000 -
University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN
To investigate barriers and opportunities for the uptake of low-carbon concrete options in the united states
$200,000 -
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA
To help remediate underrepresentation of minorities (urm) in the economics profession focusing on the post-baccalaureate segment of the talent pipeline and mentoring them for successful PH.D. Study at top research institutions in the u.s.
$196,650 -
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN
To develop graduate certificate courses and a postdoc-to-faculty program in multimessenger astronomy as an expansion of the fisk-vanderbilt bridge program
$194,418 -
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA
To develop approaches to creating and characterizing levitated, macroscopic quantum superpositions that could eventually be used to probe the quantum nature of gravity
$187,438 -
Broad Institute IncCambridge, MA
To develop multicolor, long-term nanoprobes for single particle tracking, and to perform experiments that demonstrate the utility of these probes for quantifying nonequilibrium dynamics in live cells
$184,098 -
National Center for Civic Innovation IncNew York, NY
To develop an interactive online course and complementary materials based on the equity accelerators classroom practices library to transform teaching and learning in the STEM classroom
$182,994 -
Urban InstituteWashington, DC
To build synthetic tax datasets for use in social science research
$182,824 -
National Book Foundation IncNew York, NY
To honor exceptional books with scientific or technological themes or characters from diverse authors and to support public programming with the winning authors
$181,453 -
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA
To implement and analyze support for scientific research teams who are working together on common aims but from multiple locations
$175,755 -
Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD
To investigate the relative ease and tradeoffs between opensim and unity for developing immersive student experiences
$175,000 -
Columbia UniversityNew York, NY
To develop a unified bayesian approach to estimating heterogeneous causal effects
$165,232 -
University of Puerto Rico CayeyCayey, Puerto Rico
To enhance and broaden pathways to chemistry graduate programs for students from small undergraduate institutions in puerto rico
$164,853 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To strengthen economics research on science funding practices and their impacts by holding conferences, producing a handbook, running boot camps, conducting site visits, and other means of community building
$163,249 -
University of Texas El PasoEl Paso, TX
To accelerate systemic change across computing alliance hispanic-serving institutions (cahsi) to advance more hispanic students into and through computing graduate programs
$163,168 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To encourage, grow, and further strengthen research on behavioral macroeconomics by providing doctoral fellowships and training support to early-career scholars
$161,460 -
American Council on EducationWashington, DC
To refine the carnegie classification of institutions of higher education, including the creation of a classification that measures the success of institutions in fostering social and economic mobility for traditionally underserved students
$160,856 -
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI
To launch nationally the distributed teaching collaborative (DTC), which seeks to revolutionize msi-to-r1 graduate pathways in robotics
$160,544 -
George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA
To organize a week-long 2024 energy and climate tech innovation boot camp that introduces early-career scholars to the practical and policy dimensions of energy system decarbonization
$159,488 -
University of Nevada Las VegasLas Vegas, NV
To develop an infrastructure that increases diversity, fosters inclusion, and closes equity gaps among PH.D. Students in the physical sciences and engineering
$156,012 -
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL
To enhance the integration of contemporary energy economics research in training provided by the institute for regulatory law & economics (irle) to state public utility commission practitioners
$153,300 -
Academy FoundationBeverly Hills, CA
To support film screenings, filmmaker discussions, and public programs focused on science and the science and technology of motion pictures
$151,400 -
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA
To examine how household energy insecurity is experienced by different demographic groups at the state and national levels
$150,000 -
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA
To assess the equity and electricity grid impacts of electric vehicle (ev) charging infrastructure siting decisions through two case studies
$150,000 -
Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO
To study how societal considerations can be integrated into the early stages of energy technology research and development processes
$150,000 -
The University of ChicagoChicago, IL
To train pre-doctoral scholars in collaborative energy and environmental economics and policy research by strengthening connections between the expanding diversity in economics (ede) and energy policy institute at chicago (epic) fellowship programs
$150,000 -
Carnegie Institution of WashingtonWashington, DC
To investigate the economic and greenhouse gas emissions impacts of centralized and decentralized low-carbon ammonia production in the united states
$149,998 -
University of California Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA
To conduct a critical minerals and metals just transition listening project
$149,998 -
Code for Science and SocietyPortland, OR
To build a comprehensive, shared understanding of the current state of the community and business/operations infrastructure for research software
$149,969 -
Boulder Housing CoalitionDenver, CO
To undertake a series of outreach and training activities that engage early career researchers in energy system decarbonization modeling
$149,731 -
George Washington UniversityWashington, DC
To investigate community perspectives on the social and environmental impacts of critical mineral mining activities in the united states across three comparative case studies
$149,712 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To support three postdoctoral fellowships studying the determinants of, and potential solutions to, racial or ethnic disparities in economic outcomes
$148,920 -
Inside Climate NewsBrooklyn, NY
To support one full-time reporter to publish articles about new york citys climate and environmental issues
$148,840 -
American Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY
To maintain the most comprehensive site for the nationwide sloan film program, to develop related outreach, events, and educational materials, and to support one year of the sloan student prizes
$148,080 -
Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, TX
Leverage a multi-year, integrated research partnership training experience for texas state university (TXST) students to widen graduate pathways and foster systemic change at both TXST and the university of colorado, boulder
$147,010 -
Eckerd CollegeSt Petersburg, FL
To create the eckerd science, technology, engineering, and math (e-stem) scholarship program to recruit and support black, latinx, and indigenous students who aspire to a STEM graduate degree and career
$145,767 -
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ
To help develop the next generation of matter-to-life scholars by supporting a center fellow pursuing physics-of-life research
$142,226 -
American Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY
To support two years of the sloan student grand jury prize for the annual selection anddevelopment of the best-of-the-best screenplay from sloans six film school partners and the sloan discovery award selected fromsix non-sloan film school screenplays
$139,927 -
Ithaka Harbors IncNew York, NY
To assess the effectiveness of university open source program offices in facilitating development and maintenance of open source software in research
$137,961 -
University of OttawaOttawa, Canada
To develop a large language model-based reviewer for code submitted for academic peer review
$134,784 -
Mathematical Sciences Research InstituteBerkeley, CA
To increase the number of students from historically underrepresented groups that receive advanced mathematical degrees
$133,334 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To study transportation infrastructure challenges in the united states, including project selection, financing strategies, and procurement practices
$132,110 -
Columbia UniversityNew York, NY
To encourage the next generation of filmmakers to write screenplays and produce short films about science and technology through enhanced research, mentorship, and award opportunities
$130,571 -
University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN
To diversify and increase equitable access to earth and data science graduate pathways for indigenous students through collaborations with tcus, msis, research universities, and professional organizations
$125,694 -
The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH
To create a successful systemic change model for recruiting, enrolling, and retaining students in STEM graduate programs, closing equity gaps in retention and graduation
$125,197 -
Entertainment Industry FoundationLos Angeles, CA
To support the production of a feature length documentary about the life and accomplishments of scientist katy payne and the history and significance of whale acoustic science
$125,000 -
Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive StorytellingGreenwood LK, NY
To support the production of my mom, the scientist, a 90-minute personal documentary about the challenge of recruiting more black people into STEM
$125,000 -
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association IncArlington, VA
To support the production and associated marketing and promotion of a two-part, four-hour documentary about leonardo da vinci
$125,000 -
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA
To launch the sloan-mit technology briefings program with two in-person seminars and online learning modules to educate congressional staffers on ai and technology
$125,000 -
Neurorights Foundation IncWashington, DC
To review existing consumer neurotechnology products with consumer reports and to establish a privacy and human rights frameworks for the use of neurotechnology and brain data along with other emerging technologies such as ai, surveillance & robotics
$125,000 -
Sustainable Markets FoundationNew York, NY
To support the launch of fallout revisited, an interactive website modeling the fallout from all u.s. Atmospheric nuclear tests conducted in the us
$125,000 -
Uniondocs IncRidgewood, NY
To support the production of a feature length documentary about the life and work of scientist john lilly
$125,000 -
Electronic Frontier FoundationSan Francisco, CA
To support ten new episodes of how to fix the internet, an in-depth podcast about the problems of the modern web geared toward a lay audience
$124,977 -
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art LTD (DBA Here Art Center)New York, NY
To support looking at you, an immersive opera about online privacy that incorporates mined audience data and a digital privacy kit
$124,974 -
Independent Media InitiativeAustin, TX
To support independent creators on youtube and tiktok via the sloan science prizes and panel at imi fest and to support 12 episodes of howtown
$124,436 -
Rutgers the State University of New JerseyNewark, NJ
To strengthen graduate pathways in the geosciences by providing professional development opportunities and peer mentoring for students and mentor training for faculty
$124,329 -
University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO
To transform existing systems and establish new infrastructure to facilitate opportunity and success for graduate students from historically marginalized backgrounds
$123,134 -
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA
To build a networked improvement community that serves to enact systemic change with a focus on equitable participation, experiences and outcomes in the physical sciences and engineering
$122,998 -
University of Wisconsin MadisonMadison, WI
To transform the graduate student experience by fostering collaborative engagement within and across STEM departments to build a multi-layered, cohort-based community of peers and mentors
$122,205 -
National Academy of SciencesWashington, DC
To support a consensus study by the national academies on building an integrated system of u.s. Household income, wealth, and consumption statistics
$119,032 -
University of California Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA
To support the development and production of science and technology films, television, and new media projects by top film students
$118,956 -
University of California San DiegoLa Jolla, CA
To create a primitive protocell having a simple metabolism by coupling the creation and maintenance of a PH gradient to the synthesis of more complex molecules from simpler precursors
$116,618 -
The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX
To examine how state-level pressures and sociopolitical environments are shaping racial inclusion policy and practice on college campuses in and outside of STEM
$116,186 -
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI
To establish quantitative relationships between the maximum achievable sensitivity of any biochemical process and the thermodynamic forces driving that process
$114,989 -
Ai for Good FoundationEl Cerrito, CA
To develop new measures of country-level corruption based on objective observational data
$112,700 -
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA
To develop a software system to identify broken external links in wikipedia articles and augment a subset of these links with the predicted new locations of the linked pages
$111,946 -
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI
To study how scientists use generative ai for software development in their research
$110,532 -
The Open Mind Legacy ProjectNew York, NY
To support 15 to 17 interviews with sloan-supported authors and sloan-related thinkers each year for two years on the open mind
$110,044 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
To create a learning community that will engage departmental leadership, faculty, staff, and graduate students in a holistic inclusion effort
$109,807 -
University of California Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA
To design, prototype, and validate multi-user virtual reality tool designs for collaborative use by distributed science teams
$107,736 -
American Film InstituteLos Angeles, CA
To support the development and production of science and technology films, television, and new media projects by top film students
$105,000 -
Barnard CollegeNew York, NY
To support the leading womens film festival, the athena film festival at barnard, with women-in-stem screenwriting development and festival programming
$105,000 -
University of California San DiegoLa Jolla, CA
To facilitate the collaborative design of cross-departmental standards for mentoring ecosystems rooted in equity and culturally relevant frameworks
$104,796 -
Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ
To examine how private-equity (pe) ownership of childcare providers impacts markets for labor, caregiving, and education
$102,275 -
Social Science Research CouncilNew York, NY
To create a research consortium on gender equity in economics that studies and promotes scalable interventions for increasing womens representation in the economics profession
$102,223 -
Portland State University FoundationPortland, OR
To develop new and expand existing strategies for supporting black, indigenous, and latine students in STEM graduate programs and to disseminate best practices to other r2 universities
$101,653 -
Barry UniversityMiami Shores, FL
To develop a place-based just energy transition framework by undertaking four community-engaged case studies in florida, kansas, louisiana, and pennsylvania
$100,000 -
Catticus CorporationBerkeley, CA
To producethe science of friendship,a one-hour documentary to air on PBSS nova
$100,000
Approved for future payment
Approved in 2024 and not yet paid; the largest 50 are shown.
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National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering IncAlexandria, VA
To administer scholarships for the sloan indigenous graduate partnership (sigp) program
$3,003,000 -
Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ
To advance the development of assembly theory, a framework for understanding and predicting the emergence and evolution of complex objects
$1,482,606 -
Peri Support FundAmherst, MA
To improve the availability, accessibility, and accuracy of data on the u.s. Care economy
$1,378,823 -
University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO
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
$1,315,677 -
Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY
To study how mechanical force impacts the fidelity of transcription and coordinates the development of multicellular structures
$1,312,500 -
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD
To achieve size-regulation of nucleic acid based biomolecular condensates and sustained cycles of condensate formation-growth-dissolution by coupling condensation dynamics and chemical reaction dynamics
$1,166,880 -
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN
To advance indigenous perspectives in STEM graduate education through a multi-campus model focused on outreach, mentoring, community-building, and student financial support
$1,151,418 -
Howard UniversityWashington, DC
To enhance the teaching and educational training of howard university students pursuing degrees in economics
$1,061,145 -
The University of ChicagoChicago, IL
To build, from non-living chemicals, a minimal living system capable of reproduction and darwinian evolution
$1,000,000 -
University of California Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA
To launch a sustainable network of open source program offices across the university of california system
$925,774 -
Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsNew York, NY
To encourage charitable giving in support of basic scientific research through sloan membership in the science philanthropy alliance and support a five-year strategic plan
$800,000 -
Imperial College LondonLondon, United Kingdom
To use ultracold molecules trapped in an optical lattice to improve the precision of electron electric dipole moment measurements by a factor of forty
$797,936 -
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering IncAlexandria, VA
To provide administrative services, community engagement activities, and research and assessment support for sloan ucem, sigp, and SCSC programs
$788,066 -
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA
To support the sloan centers for systemic change (SCSC) seed grantees by equipping them with research, tools, change management strategies, and a supportive network of colleagues
$783,199 -
Digital Public Library of America IncBoston, MA
To support the transition of the dpla cultural heritage aggregation project to a new institutional home and develop a strategic plan for the future of dpla
$771,558 -
Social Science Research CouncilNew York, NY
To 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
$759,263 -
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT
To understand mechanistically how cellular information-processing enables and bounds the ability of bacteria to carry out key functions such as environmental navigation and cell-cell communication
$719,363 -
Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA
To leverage ai for the benefit of wikipedias readers and contributors, including tools to address vandalism
$715,000 -
University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN
To study what limits the range of proteins built by natural cells, and to engineer a translation system that builds a wider range of proteins than is possible in natural cells
$711,201 -
Manhattan Theatre ClubNew York, NY
To support the mtc/sloan initiative commissioning, developing, and producing new science and technology plays
$710,000 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To study transportation infrastructure challenges in the united states, including project selection, financing strategies, and procurement practices
$683,744 -
California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA
To create a synthetic cell fate control system
$675,000 -
University of Kansas Center for ResearchLawrence, KS
To study the trade-off between hiring staff scientists or postdoctoral scholars to work in scientific laboratories
$673,575 -
University of GlasgowGlasgow, United Kingdom
To observe and quantify the emergence and growth of selection-for-complexity in long term chemical evolution experiments
$625,209 -
Consumer Reports IncYonkers, NY
To investigate, evaluate and enhance consumer welfare in the financial sector
$609,660 -
University of WarwickCoventry, United Kingdom
To test critical aspects of a plan to probe the quantum nature of gravity by entangling two microdiamonds via their mutual gravitational attraction
$604,666 -
McGill UniversityMontral, Canada
To study prebiotically relevant chemistry in droplets that explores whether aerosol droplets can accelerate chemical reactions important to abiogenesis
$600,000 -
Resources for the Future IncWashington, DC
To advance the evaluation of recent federal clean energy funding programs and policies
$600,000 -
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA
To complete a model of e. Coli that accounts for over 90% of the well-characterized gene content
$600,000 -
Columbia UniversityNew York, NY
To support research and convenings on the design and implementation of effective industrial strategies
$582,724 -
University of California DavisDavis, CA
To support development of the virtual reality user interface (vrui) and its community of contributors
$576,229 -
Upjohn Institute for Employment ResearchKalamazoo, MI
To aid the design of workforce policies in the childcare sector by estimating the responsiveness of the labor supply to changes in wages, child-staff ratios, and other job characteristics
$562,394 -
NestaLondon, United Kingdom
To facilitate the use of field experiments in the economics of science, innovation, entrepreneurship, and productivity
$560,508 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To strengthen economics research on science funding practices and their impacts by holding conferences, producing a handbook, running boot camps, conducting site visits, and other means of community building
$555,753 -
American Association for the Advancement of ScienceWashington, DC
To facilitate a multi-faceted community of learning and practice for sloans creating equitable pathways to STEM graduate education grantees
$546,866 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
Toimage the nanoscale organization of major processes in cell biology using correlative cryo-fluorescence super resolution microscopy and cryo-electron tomography
$518,198 -
University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, NE
To support continued development and adoption in research and practice of open source software community health metrics
$511,481 -
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY
To perform in vitro experiments and related simulations exploring how two attributes of cytoplasm -an enzyme-driven active bath and a viscoelastic biopolymer network- influence macromolecular phase separation
$504,441 -
Environmental Defense Fund IncNew York, NY
To conduct a field measurement campaign to better quantify emissions from hydrogen fueling stations and heavy-duty vehicles
$500,000 -
The Hack FoundationW Hollywood, CA
To continue supporting a set of coordinated activities at the community, network, and policy layers to maximize the impact of open source and open source program offices in universities
$500,000 -
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
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
$500,000 -
University of Maryland College ParkCollege Park, MD
To continue and expand an interdisciplinary transportation doctoral fellowship program that connects scholars in engineering, economics, and public policy across multiple institutions
$500,000 -
WGBH Educational FoundationBrighton, MA
To produce and release a one-hour nova documentary about the militarization of space along with a social media campaign and screening events
$500,000 -
WGBH Educational FoundationBrighton, MA
To support the production and associated marketing and promotion of two prime time american experience documentary films: MR. Polaroid and the war on smog
$500,000 -
Broad Institute IncCambridge, MA
To develop multicolor, long-term nanoprobes for single particle tracking, and to perform experiments that demonstrate the utility of these probes for quantifying nonequilibrium dynamics in live cells
$490,630 -
National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA
To support over 50 programs with thousands of in-person and online participants at the annual nber summer institute
$486,720 -
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY
To continue support for a 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
$473,271 -
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL
To advance our understanding of the genetic circuit deciding between replication and dormancy in bacteriophage lambda, with the ultimate goal of improving our ability to predict the outcome of viral infection
$467,664 -
New York UniversityNew York, NY
To support an annual feature film production grant over three years to enable film students to shoot a first feature film about science and technology
$457,890 -
American UniversityWashington, DC
To develop and implement a community-oriented engagement approach on marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) in partnership with[c]worthy, a focused research organization
$450,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education168 grants $26,492,84847% of the total
- Social science27 grants $5,972,75211% of the total
- Arts and culture27 grants $5,942,19311% of the total
- Science and technology25 grants $5,555,73010% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking10 grants $2,528,7634% of the total
- Environment9 grants $1,780,0003% of the total
- 11 other causes31 grants $7,947,02314% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- California101 grants $19,393,800
- New York75 grants $13,561,703
- Massachusetts57 grants $12,536,942
- District of Columbia32 grants $7,005,365
- Pennsylvania21 grants $4,500,283
- Illinois23 grants $2,834,746
- Virginia8 grants $2,437,500
- Texas15 grants $1,947,064
- Maryland15 grants $1,928,243
- Colorado8 grants $1,666,161
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Adam FalkTRUSTEE/PRESIDENT Hours 40Pay $1,210,275
- Ruth BrennerTREASURER/SECRETARY/SR VP FINANCE & OP Hours 40Pay $552,275
- Cynthia BarnhartTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $25,000
- Bonnie L BasslerTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $25,000
- Francine BermanTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $25,000
- Judith ChevalierTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $31,500
- Frederick HendersonTRUSTEE/CHAIRMAN Hours 4Pay $37,500
- Thad HillTRUSTEE (AS OF JULY 2024) Hours 2Pay $10,000
- Paul JacobsonTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $32,000
- Ray JayawardhanaTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $25,000
- Jeff KnightTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $34,500
- Michael PuruggananTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $25,000
- Valerie SmithTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $25,000
- Susan TierneyTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $29,000
- Diana WagnerTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $29,000
The return
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- Foundations that fund education in New York
- Foundations that fund social science in New York
- Foundations that fund arts and culture in New York
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