Open Foundations · Pennsylvania

John Templeton Foundation

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania · EIN 621322826. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $133.9M across 422 grants in 2024, a median of $222K each.

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$133.9M
paid in 2024
422
grants paid
$222K
median grant
18%
to first-time recipients
$3.6B
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION
Address
300 CONSHOHOCKEN STATE RD STE 500, WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, 19428
Phone
6109412828
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A GRANTEE'S PROPOSED CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IS INCLUDED IN THE JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION'S ONLINE APPLICATION FORM. THE FORM REQUIRES THAT ALL APPLICANTS PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES, WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND HOW THEY RELATE TO OUR FUNDING AREAS. THE FORM ALSO REQUESTS DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND PEOPLE INVOLVED, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS, A DETAILED BUDGET, A TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES WITH START AND END DATES AND THE EXPECTED RESULTS.
Submission deadline
SUBMISSION DEADLINES AS EXPLAINED ON THE FOUNDATIONS WEBSITE AT WWW.TEMPLETON.ORG.
Restrictions on awards
AWARDS SHOULD ADVANCE THE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION'S FUNDING AREAS. THE FUNDING AREAS INCLUDE CHARACTER VIRTUE DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND FREE MARKETS, LIFE SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND SOCIETY.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533009349100608. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

sciencehumanreligiouscharacter

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 422 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Centre Pour La Recherche Sur L'espacen/a$3,399,545ENRICO FERMI FELLOWSHIPS: CROSS-TRAINING IN THEORETICAL & EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE
2Atlas Economic Research FoundationVA$2,176,681EASE OF EMPLOYMENT, LIVELIHOOD, AND FORMALITY
3Baylor UniversityTX$2,001,684GLOBAL FLOURISHING STUDY: PILOTING AND WAVES 1-5
4Rehabilitation Institute of ChicagoIL$1,894,638THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF RELIGIOUS COGNITION
5University of California RiversideCA$1,776,010DEVELOPING BELIEF: THE DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY OF RELIGIOUS COGNITION AND BEHAVIOR: PHASE 1
6St Johns College Durhamn/a$1,648,297EQUIPPING CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE: PHASE 4
7Interfaith AmericaIL$1,619,530FAITH IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS: INTEGRATING INTERFAITH COMPETENCIES ACROSS PROGRAMS
8University of Bristoln/a$1,530,026RELIGIOUS BELIEF, HEALTH, AND DISEASE: A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE. II. THE FOLLOW-UP AND ANALYSES
9Pumla Gobodo-madikizelan/a$1,514,5782024 TEMPLETON PRIZE
10The University of Texas at San AntonioTX$1,500,000MOUSE & HUMAN CELL CULTURE MODELS OF TRANSGENERATIONAL EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE OF EPIMUTATIONS
11Universidad Francisco Marroquinn/a$1,413,258UFM PROSPERITY LAB
12World Science FoundationNY$1,365,877WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BIG IDEAS SERIES
13Constructive Dialogue Institute IncNY$1,307,172CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE INSTITUTE: BUILDING AND SCALING EVIDENCE-BASED TOOLS TO CULTIVATE CHARACTER
14Regents of the University of MinnesotaMN$1,259,516AGENCY, DIRECTIONALITY, AND FUNCTION: FOUNDATIONS FOR A SCIENCE OF PURPOSE
15Research Foundation for the State University of New YorkNY$1,249,173DIVERSITY, DYNAMISM AND INCLUSION: A NEW MULTI-METHOD APPROACH FOR STUDYING LIBERALISM

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020440$102.1M
2021492$144.2M
2022490$164.4M
2023402$126.8M
2024422$133.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
??17%
California13%
District of Columbia9%
New York8%
Massachusetts8%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Ann CameronTREASURER/ASST SECY · 2024
Brian CrawfordDIRECTOR INVESTMENTS · 2024
Dawn M BryantEXEC VP/ASST SECY/GEN COUNSEL · 2024
Harvey M Templeton IiiSECY/ASST TREASURER · 2024
Heather Templeton DillPRESIDENT · 2024
Jeffrey EverettTRUSTEE · 2024
Jennifer SimpsonTRUSTEE · 2024
Jewel SidemanTRUSTEE · 2024
John H TempletonTRUSTEE · 2024
Kim TanTRUSTEE · 2024
Lauren TempletonTRUSTEE/CHAIRPERSON · 2024
Leigh CameronTRUSTEE/CHAIRPERSON · 2024
Linda Kiraly GilbertASST TREASURER (AS OF 7/22/24) · 2024
Lorentz Gregory JonesTRUSTEE · 2024
Magatte WadeTRUSTEE · 2024
Paul DaviesTRUSTEE (AS OF 7/01/24) · 2024
Philip ClaytonTRUSTEE (UNTIL 6/30/24) · 2024
William David LloydTRUSTEE (AS OF 7/01/24) · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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