Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Sloan Foundation makes grants to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economics.[2] During the initial years of Alfred P. Sloan's presidency, the foundation devoted its resources almost exclusively to education in economics and business.[citation needed] Grants were made to develop materials to improve high school and college economics teaching; for preparation of and wide distribution of inexpensive pamphlets on the pressing economic and social issues of the day; for weekly radio airing of round table discussions on current topics in economics and related subjects; and for establishing a Tax Institute at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to interpret new taxes and new trends in public finance for the average citizen.[3] From 1936 to 1945, Harold S. Sloan, an economist and Alfred's younger brother, served as director and vice president of the foundation.The foundation also funded the national workplace flexibility campaign[8] as part of the Working Families program led by Kathleen E.