We checked in with the president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, one of the country's longest-running backers of science, math, economics and technology, to learn about the foundation's wide-ranging mix of interests.
Read MoreMuch of the philanthropic funding for higher education in STEM still fails to address disparities in those fields. Here are a few of the grantmakers we’re tracking who have been funding DEI in STEM higher ed.
Read MoreThe idea of solar geoengineering, cooling the planet by reflecting sunlight back into space, is working its way into mainstream consideration. Who is funding work in this space? Who is for and against? And how scared should we be?
Read MoreInside Philanthropy spoke with Evan S. Michelson, program director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, about his new book, "Philanthropy and the Future of Science and Technology."
Read MoreThe Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has been backing an initiative at Sundance that supports filmmakers who explore scientific themes. If you go to the movies, you may have already seen the impact of this grantmaking.
Read MoreSlowly but surely, funders have come around to Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s prescient vision of integrating science with the humanities. We dig into the foundation’s recent moves in the filmmaking space.
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