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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit institution, was established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard
Sloan, Jr., then President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation.
The Foundation's programs and interests fall into the following areas:
- Science and Technology
- Standard of
Living and Economic Performance
- Industry Studies
- Business Organizations
- Higher Education as an Industry
- Making Municipal Governments More Responsive to Their Citizens
- Workplace, Workforce and Working Families
- Education
and Careers in Science and Technology
- Learning
Outside the Classroom
The Sloan program in asynchronous learning, Anytime,
Anyplace, Online - Information about Careers
- Professional Science Masters Degrees
- The Science and Engineering Workforce NEW!
- Increasing Ph.D.s For Underrepresented Minorities
- Education for Underrepresented Groups
- Retention of Students in Higher Education
- Public Understanding of Science and Technology
- Learning
Outside the Classroom
- Selected National Issues
- The Civic Program
Each program is assigned a Program Director, who may be contacted directly for additional information about a specific program.
The total assets of the Sloan Foundation have a market value of about $1.5 billion. Financial statements can be found in the Foundation's on-line
Annual Report.