> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/alfred-p-sloan-foundation/ - Published: 2026-07-31T15:47:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-31T15:49:19.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization, Organization, #toc, United States, Non-Profit, New York, COVID-19, Pandemic Preparedness, Foundation, Grantmaker The **Alfred P. Sloan Foundation** is an American philanthropic nonprofit organization based in New York City, New York. ## History In 1946, the Sloan Foundation provided multiple grants John Sutherland Productions (via Harding College) to produce a series of educational cartoon videos about capitalism titled "Fun and Facts about American Business," part of the Foundation's decades-long effort to start "a bombardment of the American mind with elementary economic principles through partnering with educational institutions."[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2) ### Pandemic preparedness The Sloan Foundation became involved in biosecurity in October 2000, just one year prior to the 2001 anthrax attacks, when foundation president Ralph E. Gomory decided the [United States Federal Government](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Federal-Government)'s bioterrorism prevention strategy was "wishful thinking." Gomory tapped Paula Olsiewski to lead the initiative.[\[3\]](#fn3) The Sloan Foundation co-sponsored a bioterrorism pandemic preparedness exercise called [Atlantic Storm](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Atlantic-Storm) which took place on January 14, 2005, at the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[\[4\]](#fn4) In 2008, the Sloan Foundation gave a $1 million grant to the [Wikimedia Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Wikimedia-Foundation) and pledged a further $2 million through 2010.[\[5\]](#fn5) The Sloan Foundation also provided funding to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) for the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, which began in January 2008.[\[6\]](#fn6) ### COVID-19 The Sloan Foundation funded the three-year Mercury Project, launched in November 2021 to apply "social and behavioral science to combat the growing global threat posed by low [Covid-19 vaccination](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-vaccine) rates and public health mis- and disinformation."[\[7\]](#fn7) ## Organization The Sloan Foundation is a member organization of the Science Philanthropy Alliance[\[8\]](#fn8) and a partner of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Institute.[\[9\]](#fn9) ### Personnel | Name | Position | Notes | | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Ralph E. Gomory | President (1989-2007)[\[3:1\]](#fn3) | IBM, [United States Navy](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Navy), President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) | | Paula Olsiewski | Program Director (former)[\[10\]](#fn10) | [Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Johns-Hopkins-Center-for-Health-Security) | | Doron Weber | Vice President and Program Director[\[11\]](#fn11) | [Science & Entertainment Exchange](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Science-&-Entertainment-Exchange), [Wikimedia Endowment](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Wikimedia-Endowment) | ## Activities The Sloan Foundation has provided notable funding to: - Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM)[\[12\]](#fn12) - The Conversation[\[1:1\]](#fn1) - Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS)[\[13\]](#fn13) - [Data & Society](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Data-&-Society)[\[14\]](#fn14) - Institute for Advanced Study[\[15\]](#fn15) - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)[\[6:1\]](#fn6) - PBS Foundation[\[16\]](#fn16) - Population Reference Bureau (PRB)[\[17\]](#fn17) - Resources for the Future[\[18\]](#fn18) - [Science & Entertainment Exchange](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Science-&-Entertainment-Exchange)[\[19\]](#fn19) - [Wikimedia Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Wikimedia-Foundation)[\[5:1\]](#fn5) - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[\[20\]](#fn20) ## External links - [Website](https://sloan.org/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%5FP.%5FSloan%5FFoundation) --- 1. Godeanu-Kenworthy, O. (2020, February 27). *How socialism became un-American through the Ad Council’s propaganda campaigns*. The Conversation. [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) 2. Jack, C. (2015). Fun and Facts about American Business: Economic Education and Business Propaganda in an Early Cold War Cartoon Series. *Enterprise & Society, 16*(3), 491–520\. [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. Gronvall, G. K. (2012, December 12). *Preparing for Bioterrorism: The Sloan Foundation’s Leadership in Biosecurity.* Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1) 4. *About the Project.* Atlantic Storm. Retrieved October 20, 2013, from [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. Gardner, S. *2007/2008 Annual Report.* Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved July 7, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref5) [↩︎](#fnref5:1) 6. *Oregon Health Insurance Experiment - Funding.* National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref6) [↩︎](#fnref6:1) 7. Mosenkis, J., & Dukuly, D. (2022, August 23). *Mercury Project to Boost Covid-19 Vaccination Rates and Counter Public Health Mis- and Disinformation in 17 Countries Worldwide.* Rockefeller Foundation. [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Who We Are.* Science Philanthropy Alliance. Retrieved June 20, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *Partners.* TIAA Institute. Retrieved July 4, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref9) 10. *Paula Olsiewski.* Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved May 19, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref10) 11. *Doron Weber.* Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Retrieved September 2, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. *Our Supporters.* Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics. Retrieved January 14, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref12) 13. *Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Workshops on Tiered Data Access.* Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics. Retrieved April 2, 2020, from [↩︎](#fnref13) 14. *Data & Society Funder List.* Data & Society. Retrieved December 28, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref14) 15. Simonyi, C., & Dijkgraaf, R. (2021). *Report for the Academic Year 2020-2021.* Institute for Advanced Study. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220802073655/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/IAS AR 2021\_finaldraft\_2-1\_web.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20220802073655/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/IAS%20AR%202021%5Ffinaldraft%5F2-1%5Fweb.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref15) 16. *Foundations & Corporations.* PBS Foundation. Retrieved June 26, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref16) 17. Baldwin, W. *2013 Annual Report.* Population Reference Bureau. Retrieved July 23, 2021, from [↩︎](#fnref17) 18. *Our Supporters.* Resources for the Future. Retrieved July 24, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref18) 19. *Our Sponsors.* Science & Entertainment Exchange. Retrieved July 14, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref19) 20. *2021 Donors.* Wilson Center. Retrieved August 8, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref20)