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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-1623877

Alfred P Sloan Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 522 grants and $89 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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630 Fifth Avenue Suite 2200
New York, NY 10111
(212) 649-1649
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Contact
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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $89,001,751

    Grants listed
    522
    Assets, end of year
    $2,173,558,178
  • Tax year 2023

    $89,745,363

    Grants listed
    526
    Assets, end of year
    $2,116,962,267
  • Tax year 2022

    $90,775,695

    Grants listed
    502
    Assets, end of year
    $2,056,912,312
  • Tax year 2021

    $86,213,398

    Grants listed
    511
    Assets, end of year
    $2,388,291,807
  • Tax year 2020

    $83,234,551

    Grants listed
    505
    Assets, end of year
    $2,105,880,634
  • Tax year 2019

    $82,731,034

    Grants listed
    548
    Assets, end of year
    $1,952,076,486

Grants paid in 2024

522 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA

    To study the techno-economics of critical industries and their supply chains

    $1,479,024
  2. Peri Support FundAmherst, MA

    To improve the availability, accessibility, and accuracy of data on the u.s. Care economy

    $1,332,967
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering IncAlexandria, VA

    To administer scholarships for the sloan indigenous graduate partnership (sigp) program

    $1,001,000
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    To leverage ai for the benefit of wikipedias readers and contributors, including tools to address vandalism

    $715,000
  11. Research Corporation for Science AdvancementTucson, AZ

    To administer awards from the 2024 scialog: sustainable minerals, metals, and materials (SM3) conference

    $660,000
  12. Ensemble Studio Theatre IncNew York, NY

    To commission, develop, produce, and disseminate new science plays in new york and across the country

    $640,000
  13. University of California DavisDavis, CA

    To support development of the virtual reality user interface (vrui) and its community of contributors

    $623,618
  14. AspirationSan Francisco, CA

    To support research on the building, deployment, and maintenance of open digital infrastructure

    $605,000
  15. 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
  16. Consumer Reports IncYonkers, NY

    To investigate, evaluate and enhance consumer welfare in the financial sector

    $590,330
  17. Resources for the Future IncWashington, DC

    To advance the evaluation of recent federal clean energy funding programs and policies

    $580,000
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. Santa Fe InstituteSanta Fe, NM

    To support development of the arch platform for virtual collaboration of academic communities

    $535,120
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. The University of ChicagoChicago, IL

    To build, from non-living chemicals, a minimal living system capable of reproduction and darwinian evolution

    $500,000
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. Howard UniversityWashington, DC

    To enhance the teaching and educational training of howard university students pursuing degrees in economics

    $438,854
  37. Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY

    To study how mechanical force impacts the fidelity of transcription and coordinates the development of multicellular structures

    $437,500
  38. Dynamicland FoundationBerkeley, CA

    To support the development of realtalk as a mode of communal computing in scientific contexts

    $425,000
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering IncAlexandria, VA

    To support operations of the alfred p. Sloan ucem program at duke university

    $400,000
  43. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    To continue the development of the decarbonizing chemical manufacturing using sustainable electrification (dc-muse) center

    $400,000
  44. Community InitiativesOakland, CA

    To strengthen the professional network of research software engineers in the united states

    $399,803
  45. Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA

    To analyze how reimbursement policies for home-and-community-based services (HCBS) impact care recipients and their caregivers

    $398,982
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    To pursue research projects and community-building activities that will advance the development of cognitive economics

    $347,848
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. St Louis UniversitySaint Louis, MO

    To support the institutionalization of an open source programs office at saint louis university

    $327,065
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. Fund for the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    To provide partial support for the sloan public service awards program

    $323,495
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    To complete a model of e. Coli that accounts for over 90% of the well-characterized gene content

    $300,000
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    To assess the barriers and opportunities for establishing a resilient green graphite supply chain in the united states

    $300,000
  79. 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
  80. NestaLondon, United Kingdom

    To facilitate the use of field experiments in the economics of science, innovation, entrepreneurship, and productivity

    $289,254
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. University of VermontBurlington, VT

    To support the institutionalization of an open source programs office at university of vermont

    $281,631
  84. 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
  85. 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
  86. 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
  87. Film Independent IncLos Angeles, CA

    To provide direct support to develop and distribute science and technology scripts, teleplays, and films

    $267,621
  88. 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
  89. 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
  90. 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
  91. 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
  92. 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
  93. University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada

    To accelerate the production of empirical economics research on industrial strategy

    $254,385
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. 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
  97. 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
  98. Canadian Institute for Advanced ResearchToronto, Canada

    To support an international research initiative on innovation, equity, and the future of prosperity

    $250,000
  99. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA

    To grow and sustain the open energy outlook initiative open source modeling collaboration

    $250,000
  100. Code for Science and SocietyPortland, OR

    To support community-led collaborations on common challenges in the research software ecosystem

    $250,000
  101. 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
  102. 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
  103. 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
  104. 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
  105. 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
  106. 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
  107. 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
  108. 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
  109. 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
  110. 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
  111. University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    To conduct empirical research on the effectiveness of transportation and infrastructure investment policies

    $250,000
  112. 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
  113. 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
  114. 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
  115. 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
  116. 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
  117. 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
  118. 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
  119. 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
  120. 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
  121. 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
  122. University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    To explore the value of virtual coworking in science

    $249,516
  123. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    To develop and share scalable methods for identifying, classifying, and analyzing evidence about emerging technologies

    $249,333
  124. Open Source InitiativeW Hollywood, CA

    To support the development of an open source ai definition supported by a diverse set of stakeholders

    $249,150
  125. 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
  126. 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
  127. 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
  128. 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
  129. 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
  130. 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
  131. 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
  132. 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
  133. 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
  134. 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
  135. 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
  136. 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
  137. 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
  138. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY

    To create additional STEM research mentoring opportunities for NYC high school students

    $243,480
  139. 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
  140. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    To investigate how humans and machines collaborate on making decisions

    $240,061
  141. Brookings InstitutionWashington, DC

    To mobilize and illustrate economic research that improves official cost-benefit analyses

    $240,000
  142. 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
  143. 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
  144. 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
  145. University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    To develop an analytical framework that incorporates distributional concerns in policy evaluation

    $237,339
  146. 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
  147. 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
  148. 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
  149. Manhattan Theatre ClubNew York, NY

    To support the mtc/sloan initiative commissioning, developing, and producing new science and technology plays

    $229,627
  150. 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
  151. 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
  152. 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
  153. California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA

    To create a synthetic cell fate control system

    $225,000
  154. 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
  155. 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
  156. 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
  157. The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA

    To explore how nanoscale solution structure modifies chemical reactions generally, and biochemical reactions in particular

    $210,289
  158. American Statistical AssociationAlexandria, VA

    To monitor and report on the health of the federal statistical system

    $210,211
  159. 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
  160. 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
  161. 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
  162. Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR

    To train researchers in effective and sustainable practices for developing research software

    $206,256
  163. 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
  164. 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
  165. 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
  166. Manhattan Theatre ClubNew York, NY

    To provide production support for the staging of jonathan spectors science-themed play eureka day

    $200,000
  167. McGill UniversityMontral, Canada

    To study prebiotically relevant chemistry in droplets that explores whether aerosol droplets can accelerate chemical reactions important to abiogenesis

    $200,000
  168. 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
  169. National Bureau of Economic Research IncCambridge, MA

    To advance research on energy system decarbonization, trade, and macroeconomics

    $200,000
  170. 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
  171. 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
  172. 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
  173. The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH

    To advance transient astronomy by taking a movie of the entire sky nightly

    $200,000
  174. University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN

    To investigate barriers and opportunities for the uptake of low-carbon concrete options in the united states

    $200,000
  175. 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
  176. 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
  177. 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
  178. 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
  179. 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
  180. Urban InstituteWashington, DC

    To build synthetic tax datasets for use in social science research

    $182,824
  181. 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
  182. 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
  183. Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD

    To investigate the relative ease and tradeoffs between opensim and unity for developing immersive student experiences

    $175,000
  184. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    To develop a unified bayesian approach to estimating heterogeneous causal effects

    $165,232
  185. 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
  186. 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
  187. 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
  188. 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
  189. 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
  190. 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
  191. 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
  192. 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
  193. 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
  194. 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
  195. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA

    To examine how household energy insecurity is experienced by different demographic groups at the state and national levels

    $150,000
  196. 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
  197. 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
  198. 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
  199. 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
  200. University of California Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA

    To conduct a critical minerals and metals just transition listening project

    $149,998
  201. 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
  202. 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
  203. 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
  204. 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
  205. Inside Climate NewsBrooklyn, NY

    To support one full-time reporter to publish articles about new york citys climate and environmental issues

    $148,840
  206. 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
  207. 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
  208. 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
  209. 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
  210. 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
  211. 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
  212. University of OttawaOttawa, Canada

    To develop a large language model-based reviewer for code submitted for academic peer review

    $134,784
  213. Mathematical Sciences Research InstituteBerkeley, CA

    To increase the number of students from historically underrepresented groups that receive advanced mathematical degrees

    $133,334
  214. 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
  215. 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
  216. 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
  217. 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
  218. 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
  219. 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
  220. 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
  221. 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
  222. 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
  223. 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
  224. Uniondocs IncRidgewood, NY

    To support the production of a feature length documentary about the life and work of scientist john lilly

    $125,000
  225. 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
  226. 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
  227. 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
  228. 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
  229. 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
  230. 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
  231. 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
  232. 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
  233. 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
  234. 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
  235. 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
  236. 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
  237. Ai for Good FoundationEl Cerrito, CA

    To develop new measures of country-level corruption based on objective observational data

    $112,700
  238. 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
  239. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    To study how scientists use generative ai for software development in their research

    $110,532
  240. 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
  241. 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
  242. 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
  243. 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
  244. 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
  245. 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
  246. Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ

    To examine how private-equity (pe) ownership of childcare providers impacts markets for labor, caregiving, and education

    $102,275
  247. 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
  248. 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
  249. 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
  250. Catticus CorporationBerkeley, CA

    To producethe science of friendship,a one-hour documentary to air on PBSS nova

    $100,000

Approved for future payment

208 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid; the largest 50 are shown.

  1. National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering IncAlexandria, VA

    To administer scholarships for the sloan indigenous graduate partnership (sigp) program

    $3,003,000
  2. 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
  3. Peri Support FundAmherst, MA

    To improve the availability, accessibility, and accuracy of data on the u.s. Care economy

    $1,378,823
  4. 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
  5. Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY

    To study how mechanical force impacts the fidelity of transcription and coordinates the development of multicellular structures

    $1,312,500
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Howard UniversityWashington, DC

    To enhance the teaching and educational training of howard university students pursuing degrees in economics

    $1,061,145
  9. The University of ChicagoChicago, IL

    To build, from non-living chemicals, a minimal living system capable of reproduction and darwinian evolution

    $1,000,000
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    To leverage ai for the benefit of wikipedias readers and contributors, including tools to address vandalism

    $715,000
  19. 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
  20. Manhattan Theatre ClubNew York, NY

    To support the mtc/sloan initiative commissioning, developing, and producing new science and technology plays

    $710,000
  21. 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
  22. California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA

    To create a synthetic cell fate control system

    $675,000
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. Consumer Reports IncYonkers, NY

    To investigate, evaluate and enhance consumer welfare in the financial sector

    $609,660
  26. 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
  27. McGill UniversityMontral, Canada

    To study prebiotically relevant chemistry in droplets that explores whether aerosol droplets can accelerate chemical reactions important to abiogenesis

    $600,000
  28. Resources for the Future IncWashington, DC

    To advance the evaluation of recent federal clean energy funding programs and policies

    $600,000
  29. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    To complete a model of e. Coli that accounts for over 90% of the well-characterized gene content

    $600,000
  30. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    To support research and convenings on the design and implementation of effective industrial strategies

    $582,724
  31. University of California DavisDavis, CA

    To support development of the virtual reality user interface (vrui) and its community of contributors

    $576,229
  32. 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
  33. NestaLondon, United Kingdom

    To facilitate the use of field experiments in the economics of science, innovation, entrepreneurship, and productivity

    $560,508
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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.

  1. Education168 grants $26,492,84847% of the total
  2. Social science27 grants $5,972,75211% of the total
  3. Arts and culture27 grants $5,942,19311% of the total
  4. Science and technology25 grants $5,555,73010% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking10 grants $2,528,7634% of the total
  6. Environment9 grants $1,780,0003% of the total
  7. 11 other causes31 grants $7,947,02314% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California101 grants $19,393,800
  2. New York75 grants $13,561,703
  3. Massachusetts57 grants $12,536,942
  4. District of Columbia32 grants $7,005,365
  5. Pennsylvania21 grants $4,500,283
  6. Illinois23 grants $2,834,746
  7. Virginia8 grants $2,437,500
  8. Texas15 grants $1,947,064
  9. Maryland15 grants $1,928,243
  10. Colorado8 grants $1,666,161

Officers, directors and trustees

15 people as filed

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

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