Funder·Founded 1934·New York, NY, USA
“We fund research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics”In its own words: sloan.org
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US philanthropic nonprofit in New York City that makes grants for original research and education in science, technology, engineering, maths and economics, including support for OpenMined's open-source software for privacy-preserving AI.

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Grants are made through specific programmes: applicants send a two-page letter of inquiry to the programme director, and only promising inquiries are invited to submit a full proposal. Some programmes accept no unsolicited inquiries, and grants over $250K are approved quarterly.

Says it gives about $105M a year (2024)

On applying “Not all programs accept unsolicited inquiries.” sloan.org

Itemised here $964k in 3 grants

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Led by Adam Falk (President and trustee), Frederick Henderson (Chair of the board of trustees)Its grants page ↗Checked 29 Oct 2026

Money flows

Where its money came from and where it went. Pick years and what to show; hover a box or ribbon for details, click one to focus it, click the background to see everything.

How to apply

Applications
Not stated
Who can apply
Academics, Organisations

Letter of inquiry to the relevant programme director; no unsolicited full proposals: https://sloan.org/grants

Biggest recipients

All grants

3 grants totalling $964k, newest first. Recipients link to their own pages; people who received grants without a public profile are shown by number.

Undated 1 grant · $316k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)~$316kCumulative giving through 2023 per CSET’s “CSET at Five” donor list ($200k–$499,999 tier). Amount is Trace’s estimate at the geometric mean of the tier. Undated: the source gives one total for 2019–2023 and no yearly amounts, so this counts in the all-years view only (no even spl source
2022 1 grant · $310k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
2022OpenMined$310kCredit from the Sloan Foundation to OpenMined (OpenMined’s Open Collective transactions). source
2021 1 grant · $338k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
2021OpenMined$338kCredit from the Sloan Foundation to OpenMined (OpenMined’s Open Collective transactions). source