John Templeton Foundation
West Conshohocken, PA · EIN 62-1322826. Reported 1,850 grants totalling $587.5M to 611 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$201,270median grant
$587.5Mgranted, 2021-2024
611organizations funded
61%of grantees funded again the next year
$3.6Bassets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. John Templeton Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $201,270. Half of everything it gave fell between $46,800 and $420,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $15.5M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 611 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $25.5M | 42 | 4 | 2024 |
| Garden Association Inc | Winchester, TN | $15.5M | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $14.7M | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $11.6M | 16 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Bristol | Bristol | $10.3M | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $9,332,087 | 30 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Science Foundation | New York, NY | $8,535,949 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $8,254,110 | 28 | 4 | 2024 |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Palo Alto, CA | $8,040,675 | 22 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | Arlington, VA | $7,942,522 | 16 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $7,894,814 | 23 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $7,174,266 | 17 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California Riverside | Riverside, CA | $7,168,605 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Birmingham | Edgbaston | $6,291,946 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | $6,124,109 | 18 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lsst Inc | Tucson, AZ | $6,109,348 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | Washington, DC | $6,069,793 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $5,896,196 | 19 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,683,917 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of South Alabama | Mobile, AL | $5,388,796 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $5,366,510 | 20 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA | $5,317,723 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $5,014,652 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Character Lab | Philadelphia, PA | $4,979,313 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Medical University of Graz | Graz | $4,650,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | $4,454,125 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Centre Pour La Recherche Sur L'espace | Cassis | $4,396,274 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | $4,352,945 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wake Forest University | Winstonsalem, NC | $4,327,331 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $4,237,699 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| The General Hospital Corporation Dba Massachusetts General Hospital | Somerville, MA | $4,214,329 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Johns College Durham | Durham | $4,184,284 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Durham | Durham | $4,106,659 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac | Notre Dame, IN | $3,990,191 | 11 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $3,744,808 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Birmingham | Edgbaston, Birmingham | $3,720,667 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lumen Christi Institute | Chicago, IL | $3,648,012 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | $3,621,388 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Queen's University of Belfast | Belfast | $3,609,930 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | Tempe, AZ | $3,529,381 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $3,510,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | $3,315,600 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $3,312,972 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Centre Samy Maroun Pour La Recherche Sur L'espace | Cassis | $3,228,033 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Maryland | College Park, MD | $3,218,248 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Civic Ventures | San Francisco, CA | $3,150,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | $3,070,860 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercatus Center Inc | Arlington, VA | $3,060,792 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Penn State University | State College, PA | $3,050,881 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Surrey | Surrey | $2,983,531 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,969,903 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Old Dominion University Research Foundation | Norfolk, VA | $2,913,012 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Florida State University Research Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $2,898,801 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | $2,869,609 | 9 | 3 | 2024 |
| Prosocial World | Austin, TX | $2,817,685 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Veritas Forum Inc | Cambridge, MA | $2,810,617 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $2,785,875 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $2,767,893 | 8 | 2 | 2022 |
| Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty | Grand Rapids, MI | $2,754,750 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $2,703,554 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Biola University | La Mirada, CA | $2,585,792 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $2,559,489 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Constructive Dialogue Institute Inc | New York, NY | $2,517,704 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Folklight Film Club | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford | $2,464,768 | 9 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $2,419,935 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $2,384,202 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of British Columbia | Vancouver | $2,359,749 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | Piscataway, NJ | $2,355,374 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $2,351,326 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Constitution Center | Philadelphia, PA | $2,332,664 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Council for Christian Colleges and Universities | Washington, DC | $2,287,335 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Universidad Francisco Marroquin | Guatemala City | $2,258,261 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $2,237,936 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $2,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | $2,198,453 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tufts University | Boston, MA | $2,133,060 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $2,119,187 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Governing Council of the University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $2,112,032 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Biologos Foundation Inc | Grand Rapids, MI | $2,090,242 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $2,065,023 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University Court of the University of St Andrews | Fife | $2,026,246 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| King's College London | London | $2,008,112 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | $2,001,846 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| University Court of the University of St Andrews | St Andrews, Fife | $1,988,431 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of British Columbia | Vancouver, British Columbia | $1,927,613 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,910,437 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $1,885,965 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | $1,837,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Haifa | Mt Carmel, Haifa | $1,832,855 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,827,748 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Forensic League | West Des Moines, IA | $1,823,852 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science Aaas | Washington, DC | $1,822,674 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford | $1,815,767 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| University College London | London | $1,799,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | $1,787,863 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | Washington, DC | $1,777,868 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Media Project | Chicago, IL | $1,726,669 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education Conservation | Washington, DC | $1,712,959 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California | Oakland, CA | $1,670,437 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trinity International University | Deerfield, IL | $1,665,307 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pen American Center Inc | New York, NY | $1,657,376 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | $1,651,658 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Interfaith America | Chicago, IL | $1,619,530 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Open Science Inc | Charlottesville, VA | $1,598,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Magis Institute | Garden Grove, CA | $1,587,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Macquarie University | Macquarie Park | $1,585,568 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Humane Studies | Arlington, VA | $1,585,060 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center of Theological Inquiry | Princeton, NJ | $1,544,629 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Universitat Bielefeld | Bielefeld | $1,540,108 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | Wake Forest, NC | $1,533,089 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prx Incorporated | Cambridge, MA | $1,505,440 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $1,504,633 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Free to Choose Network | Erie, PA | $1,500,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA | Madison, WI | $1,493,775 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | Cambridge, MA | $1,481,295 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Amref Health Africa Inc | New York, NY | $1,474,257 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | London | $1,454,444 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Vienna | Vienna, Vienna | $1,437,765 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $1,430,396 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University Hospital of Cologne | Koln | $1,416,095 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| State Policy Network | Arlington, VA | $1,400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | $1,393,317 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Justitia | Copenhagen | $1,387,131 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youthbuild USA Inc | Roxbury, MA | $1,375,632 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $1,353,046 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Search Institute | Minneapolis, MN | $1,334,830 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Claremont Graduate University | Claremont, CA | $1,333,788 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Translational Genomics Research Institute | Phoenix, AZ | $1,323,116 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clal - the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership | New York, NY | $1,308,618 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Canisius College | Buffalo, NY | $1,306,279 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fraser Institute | Vancouver | $1,303,236 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sundance Institute | Park City, UT | $1,297,533 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | New York, NY | $1,270,582 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Braver Angels Inc | New York, NY | $1,254,965 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC | $1,249,818 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Human Rights Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,243,408 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of the Bible | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,226,492 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Edna's Maternity Hospital | Black Rock, CT | $1,213,460 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The University Court of the University of Glasgow | Glasgow | $1,183,294 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leiden University | Leiden, Zuid Holland | $1,158,688 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heterodox Academy | New York, NY | $1,140,891 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| George Washington University | Washington, DC | $1,139,463 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $1,127,195 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Kuhn Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $1,126,345 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $1,113,571 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $1,090,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church | Philadelphia, PA | $1,080,521 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hebrew University Association Jerusalem Palestine | Jerusalem | $1,079,045 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Academia Brasilera De Cristaos Na Ciencia | Belo Horizonte | $1,072,220 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family and Youth Institute of Michigan | Canton, MI | $1,044,785 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Loyola University Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $1,034,445 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Washington State University | Pullman, WA | $1,033,308 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| NAMI | Arlington, VA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teachers College Columbia University | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inquiry Schools | Philadelphia, PA | $994,408 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Muso Inc | San Francisco, CA | $988,582 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | $988,349 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fuller Theological Seminary | Pasadena, CA | $983,197 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Makerere University School of Public Health | Kampala | $982,229 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Colossian Forum | Grand Rapids, MI | $960,207 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Brussel | $945,538 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Scotland | $929,503 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $916,093 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $912,455 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ashland University | Ashland, OH | $879,362 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington | Washington, DC | $877,865 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Public Radio Inc | Washington, DC | $874,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $854,097 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asociacion Civil De Estudios Superiores | Buenos Aires | $852,196 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fundacio Sant Joan De Dei | Barcelona | $844,561 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion | Cambridge | $824,335 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc | New York, NY | $803,751 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford, Oxfordshire | $792,749 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $791,785 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Deutsche Region Der Jesuiten Kdor | Munchen | $778,632 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tokyo Institute of Technology | Tokyo | $772,741 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Research Institute of Industrial Economics | Stockholm | $771,427 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District | $766,709 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society for the Advancement of Ecclesial Theology | Oak Park, IL | $765,980 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center Innovative Governance Research | Washington, DC | $753,331 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Science for Monks | Palo Alto, CA | $744,529 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of St Thomas | St Paul, MN | $741,508 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Copenhagen | Copenhagen, Hovedstaden | $737,807 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | $733,066 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | $719,465 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $719,099 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation Inc | Madison, WI | $718,591 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Templeton Foundation Inc | West Conshohocken, PA | $709,046 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation | Vienna, VA | $708,450 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harpers Magazine Foundation | New York, NY | $708,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Religious Freedom Institute | Washington, DC | $695,620 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $679,960 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wheaton College | Wheaton, IL | $675,996 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bbb National Programs Charitable Foundation | Mclean, VA | $673,150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Otago | Dunedin | $669,194 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | $661,545 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fraser Institute | Vancouver, British Columbia | $651,054 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arizona Board of Regents University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $634,413 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $632,985 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $626,553 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Leeds | Leeds, West Yorkshire | $623,266 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity College Dublin | Dublin | $607,025 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Openmind Platform Inc | New York, NY | $602,964 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $581,843 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Regents University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $573,540 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $563,868 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ima Innovations | Washington, DC | $537,979 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| On Being Project | Minneapolis, MN | $533,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Skeptic Society | Altadena, CA | $530,876 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blueprint 1543 | Knoxville, TN | $525,083 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $520,564 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Florida Board of Trustees | Gainesville, FL | $506,067 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope | St Louis, MO | $501,807 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Westfalische Willhelms Universitat Munster | Munster | $499,792 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Fellowship of Evangelical Studentsusa | Platteville, WI | $497,925 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | $489,432 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Universidad De Los Andes | Bogota | $484,385 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Centre Samy Maroun Pour La Recherche Et La Physique | Cassis | $478,815 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $478,114 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $474,924 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Berkeley Geochronology Center | Berkeley, CA | $473,146 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Weizmann Institute of Science | Rehovot | $471,298 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $466,648 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Word on Fire Catholic Ministries | Santa Barbara, CA | $466,256 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Npt Transatlantic Limited | London | $463,442 | 11 | 3 | 2023 |
| Faculdades Catolicas | Rio De Janeiro | $455,536 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Leadership Connection Inc | Pepperell, MA | $453,677 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | New Brunswick, NJ | $453,600 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ted Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $449,575 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado School of Mines | Golden, CO | $445,311 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The University of Nottingham | Nottingham | $443,837 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $434,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Christianity Today International | Wheaton, IL | $430,802 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Corus Solutions Inc | Washington, DC | $424,399 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundacio Sant Joan De Deu | Esplugues De Llobregat | $417,416 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westfalische Willhelms-Universitat Mnster | Mnster | $415,011 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Premier Christian Media Trust | Pimlico, London | $404,357 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Graduate Theological Union | Berkeley, CA | $404,206 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Swinburne University of Technology | Victoria | $402,368 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Giving USA Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Space University | Ilkirchgraffenstaden, Grand-Est | $394,256 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $390,282 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc | Washington, DC | $385,003 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The University of Sheffield | Sheffield | $370,425 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Character Education Partnership Inc | Sterling, VA | $359,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| John Brown University | Siloam Springs, AR | $351,077 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
297 of 611 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
Plus 4 grants to individuals totalling $3,782,976 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Garden Association Inc
REPURPOSING THE TEMPLETON LIBRARY FOR PUBLIC USE - Regents of the University of Minnesota
AGENCY, DIRECTIONALITY, AND FUNCTION: FOUNDATIONS FOR A SCIENCE OF PURPOSE - President and Fellows of Harvard College
THE ANCIENT DNA ATLAS OF HUMANITY - University of Bristol
RELIGIOUS BELIEF, HEALTH, AND DISEASE: A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE. II. THE FOLLOW-UP AND ANALYSES - Centre Pour La Recherche Sur L'espace
ENRICO FERMI FELLOWSHIPS: CROSS-TRAINING IN THEORETICAL & EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE - Medical University of Graz
WE ALL ARE MULTITUDES: THE MICROCHIMERISM, HUMAN HEALTH AND EVOLUTION PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,003 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 516 | $153.4M | $197,810 |
| 2022 | 508 | $174.7M | $210,874 |
| 2023 | 401 | $126.6M | $193,046 |
| 2024 | 425 | $132.8M | $215,979 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. John Templeton Foundation has 441 of them, worth $311.5M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $10.1M |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $8,259,516 |
| St Johns College Durham | Durham | $7,536,100 |
| University of Bristol | Bristol | $7,427,337 |
| Lsst Inc | Tucson, AZ | $5,343,407 |
| Medical University of Graz | Graz | $5,339,697 |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $4,420,822 |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | $3,905,860 |
| Queen's University of Belfast | Belfast | $3,766,222 |
| The Character Lab | Philadelphia, PA | $3,575,000 |
| Centre Pour La Recherche Sur L'espace | Cassis | $3,143,445 |
| Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $2,900,750 |
| Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC | $2,885,121 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | $2,798,632 |
| World Science Foundation | New York, NY | $2,731,755 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 13% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund218 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc205 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program164 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust158 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc144 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc113 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $201,270. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from John Templeton Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 300 Conshohocken State Rd Ste 500, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 62-1322826 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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