This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2024. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation |
| Facebook username | sloanfoundation |
| Website | https://sloan.org/ |
| Donations URL | https://sloan.org/grants-database |
| Twitter username | SloanFoundation |
| Page on philosophy informing donations | https://sloan.org/about#mission |
| Grant application process page | https://sloan.org/grants/apply |
| Data entry method on Donations List Website | SQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/sloan-foundation |
Full donor page for donor Sloan Foundation
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Facebook page | MITnews |
| Website | http://mit.edu |
| Twitter username | mit |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology |
| Org Watch page | https://orgwatch.issarice.com/?organization=Massachusetts+Institute+of+Technology |
Full donee page for donee Massachusetts Institute of Technology
| Item | Value |
|---|
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 34 | 250,000 | 462,338 | 4,500 | 20,000 | 45,000 | 75,000 | 120,000 | 250,000 | 385,328 | 400,000 | 500,000 | 1,000,000 | 3,562,684 |
| Initiatives | 3 | 108,425 | 204,308 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 108,425 | 108,425 | 108,425 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| Higher Education | 2 | 20,000 | 35,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Economics | 13 | 327,322 | 738,981 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 45,000 | 80,000 | 250,000 | 327,322 | 390,487 | 485,000 | 868,954 | 2,998,325 | 3,562,684 |
| Public Understanding | 5 | 349,768 | 275,334 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 349,768 | 349,768 | 399,545 | 399,545 | 557,359 | 557,359 |
| Energy and Environment | 8 | 125,000 | 406,050 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 60,000 | 75,000 | 125,000 | 125,000 | 400,000 | 500,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,043,399 | 1,043,399 |
| Science | 2 | 120,000 | 209,712 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 299,424 | 299,424 | 299,424 | 299,424 | 299,424 |
| Digital Technology | 1 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 | 385,328 |
If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.
Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)
There are no documents associated with this combination of donor and donee.
Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations
| Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 34) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 557,359.00 | 6 | Public Understanding/New Media | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8554 | -- | Grant investigator: John Durant; to support the growth of twelve new science festival initiatives in communities across the country with small resource bases with a special new emphasis on diversity. | |
| 299,424.00 | 17 | Science/Chemistry of Indoor Environments | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8580 | -- | Grant investigator: Jesse Kroll; to develop a low-cost monitor for measurements of volatile organic compounds in the indoor environment. | |
| 1,043,399.00 | 3 | Energy and Environment/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8456 | -- | Grant investigator: Robert Armstrong; to produce a comprehensive, multidisciplinary Future of Storage study that will consider the role key storage technologies might play in electricity systems over different time scales and service requirements. | |
| 20,000.00 | 30 | Public Understanding/New Media | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8471 | -- | Grant investigator: Amy Brand; support for the preliminary stages of a MIT Press book and film project on women in STEM fields and the seminal 1999 report “A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT.”. | |
| 125,000.00 | 19 | Energy and Environment/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8562 | -- | Grant investigator: Jessika Trancik; to provide final support in completing the first phase of a project examining the component costs of battery chemistries and train the next generation of scholars in energy systems analysis. | |
| 50,000.00 | 26 | Higher Education/Education and Professional Advancement for Underrepresented Groups | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8492 | -- | Grant investigator: Alan Grossman; to support up to four undergraduate students planning for PhD programs from the University of Puerto Rico system for a semester (Spring 2018) of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | |
| 500,000.00 | 7 | Initiatives/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8270 | -- | Grant investigator: Israel Ruiz; as a gift to MIT to establish a Fund in honor of Professor Paul Joskow to recognize his ten years of exemplary service as President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. | |
| 390,487.00 | 13 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8073 | -- | Grant investigator: John Van Reenen; to study R&D investment levels and returns in the context of current U.S. productivity and innovation trends. | |
| 434,269.00 | 10 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8074 | -- | Grant investigator: Heidi Williams; to conduct research on the private and social returns to innovation. | |
| 2,998,325.00 | 2 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/8061 | -- | Grant investigator: Amy Finkelstein; initiative: Empirical Economic Research Enablers (EERE); to continue core support for a research network that promotes the rigorous empirical study of economic issues in North America. | |
| 349,768.00 | 15 | Public Understanding/New Media | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7302 | -- | Grant investigator: John Durant; to support the growth of nine new science festival initiatives in communities across the country with small resource bases. | |
| 485,000.00 | 9 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6837 | -- | Grant investigator: Esther Duflo; initiative: Empirical Economic Research Enablers (EERE); to improve the credibility of empirical economics by turning best-practices for research transparency into common practice for research practitioners. | |
| 1,000,000.00 | 4 | Energy and Environment/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7442 | -- | Grant investigator: Jacopo Buongiorno; to conduct an assessment of the opportunities and challenges associated with the future of next generation nuclear energy technologies. | |
| 120,000.00 | 21 | Science/Microbiology of the Built Environment | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7743 | -- | Grant investigator: Fangqiong Ling; to develop genomic assays targeted at the human?associated microbiome that can be used to monitor biological safety, enabling potable reuse of wastewater. | |
| 45,000.00 | 28 | Energy and Environment/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7454 | -- | Grant investigator: Christopher Knittel; to organize a workshop that brings together the leadership and management of university energy economics, technology, and policy research initiatives to plan strategically, discuss best practices, and explore possibilities for improved coordination. | |
| 75,000.00 | 24 | Energy and Environment/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7459 | -- | Grant investigator: Richard Lester; to assess the past and present capabilities of the U.S. nuclear energy innovation system. | |
| 124,718.00 | 20 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6811 | -- | Grant investigator: Maria Zuber; initiative: Economic Analysis of Science and Technology (EAST); to catalogue promising but underfunded opportunities for investing in scientific research. | |
| 868,954.00 | 5 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6848 | -- | Grant investigator: Micah Altman; initiative: Empirical Economic Research Enablers (EERE); to develop tools that are computationally, administratively, and legally practical for conducting privacy preserving research on social science datasets. | |
| 80,000.00 | 23 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6861 | -- | Grant investigator: Daniel Weitzner; initiative: Empirical Economic Research Enablers (EERE); to organize and run a workshop on technical, practical, and research questions about big data privacy. | |
| 60,000.00 | 25 | Energy and Environment/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7476 | -- | Grant investigator: Richard Lester; to provide final support for the International Nuclear Leadership Education Program (INLEP) to train private and public sector executives from emerging nuclear countries and to become financially self-sustaining over the next year. | |
| 3,562,684.00 | 1 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6854 | -- | Grant investigator: Amy Finkelstein; initiative: Empirical Economic Research Enablers (EERE); to launch a research network that promotes the rigorous empirical study of economic issues in North America. | |
| 45,000.00 | 28 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6865 | -- | Grant investigator: Samuel Madden; initiative: Empirical Economic Research Enablers (EERE); to hold a workshop that informs and articulates a roadmap for research on privacy-preserving techniques for processing large sets of data. | |
| 50,000.00 | 26 | Public Understanding/New Media | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7313 | -- | Grant investigator: David Kaiser; to support a two-day workshop on the changing face of public science engagement and potential research in this area. | |
| 20,000.00 | 30 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6818 | -- | Grant investigator: Andrew Lo; initiative: Economic Analysis of Science and Technology (EAST); to explore new methods for funding scientific research. | |
| 20,000.00 | 30 | Higher Education/Science of Learning STEM | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7536 | -- | Grant investigator: Daniel Hastings; to share best practices in evaluating teaching and learning in promotion and tenure at some of the nation’s top research universities. | |
| 399,545.00 | 12 | Public Understanding/New Media | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7314 | -- | Grant investigator: John Durant; to provide seed grants to launch twelve new science festival initiatives in communities with small resource bases. | |
| 4,500.00 | 34 | Initiatives/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7198 | -- | Grant investigator: Beth Ogar; to remove, clean, restore, and relocate the portrait of Alfred P. Sloan that currently hangs in the E52 Sloan Building Lobby. | |
| 385,328.00 | 14 | Digital Technology/Scholarly Communication | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6753 | -- | Grant investigator: Erik Brynjolfsson; to examine the impacts of online working paper repositories on the diffusion of scholarly ideas. | |
| 327,322.00 | 16 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6904 | -- | Grant investigator: Daron Acemoglu; to assess whether and to what extent the loss of domestic manufacturing due to trade with China affects the productivity of other U.S. firms in the same geographical area. | |
| 500,000.00 | 7 | Energy and Environment/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7503 | -- | Grant investigator: Richard Lester; to create a new executive-level course designed to promote the safe and responsible use of nuclear power worldwide. | |
| 108,425.00 | 22 | Initiatives/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7521 | -- | Grant investigator: Glenn Ellison; to investigate gender gaps and achievement gaps across schools among high-achieving mathematics students. | |
| 250,000.00 | 18 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6881 | -- | Grant investigator: Anthony Sinskey; to examine the effects of globalization on U.S. domestic regulatory policies, compliance, and economics in biopharmaceutical product manufacturing. | |
| 20,000.00 | 30 | Economics/Economic Institutions, Behavior, & Performance | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/6942 | -- | Grant investigator: David Autor; to prepare and post a comprehensive data base for studying the effects of rent control. | |
| 400,000.00 | 11 | Energy and Environment/ | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7510 | -- | Grant investigator: Robert Armstrong; to partially fund an MIT study on the Future of Solar Energy. |