The 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
  • Sloan Research Fellowships
  • Direct Support of Research
  • History of Science and Technology
    
• Standard of Living and Economic Performance
  • Industry Studies
    • Industry Centers
    • Industry Studies Affiliates
    • Industry Studies Fellowships
    • Human Resources/Jobs/Income
    • Globalization
  • 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
  • Increasing Ph.D.s For Underrepresented Minorities
  • Education for Underrepresented Groups
  • Retention of Students in Higher Education
  • Public Understanding of Science and Technology
    • books
    • radio
    • public television
    • commercial tv
    • film
    • theater
    • internet
    • new media
• Selected National Issues
  • Bioterrorism
  • Federal Statistics
  • Universal Access to Recorded Knowledge
• 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.