Washington · Private foundation
The Sloan Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 23
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $39M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Sloan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $3.9M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $2.2M | 26% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.8M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $1,900,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brothers for Life | $1,501,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries | $625,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Lifeline | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Farestart | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| March to the Top - Africa | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $1,900,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brothers for Life | $1,501,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries | $625,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Lifeline | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Farestart | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| March to the Top - Africa | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Our House | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Upower | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hualalai Ohana Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Nmdp Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Science Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Alaska Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Behind the Badge Foundation | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life at the University of Washington | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sloan Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sloan Foundation
- How much does The Sloan Foundation give?
- The Sloan Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $2,100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Sloan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Health (15%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are The Sloan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ($1.9M), Brothers for Life ($1.5M), Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries ($625k).
- Does The Sloan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sloan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Sloan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Sloan Foundation based?
- The Sloan Foundation is based in WA.
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