Texas · Private foundation
John B and Ethel Templeton Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $49k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $667k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations John B and Ethel Templeton Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $49k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $46k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $40k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $39k | 77% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $48k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $34k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $30k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $38k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helping Hand Home for Children Inc | $27,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Out Youth Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Rutledge Cancer Foundation | $16,500 | 5 | 1% |
| NAMI Central Texas | $15,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Bakari Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | 6% |
| The Austin Center for Grief and Loss | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Safe Alliance | $8,756 | 3 | 0% |
| Round Rock Area Serving Center Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Austin Clubhouse Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helping Hand Home for Children Inc | $27,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Out Youth Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Rutledge Cancer Foundation | $16,500 | 5 | 1% |
| NAMI Central Texas | $15,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Bakari Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | 6% |
| The Austin Center for Grief and Loss | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Safe Alliance | $8,756 | 3 | 0% |
| Round Rock Area Serving Center Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Austin Clubhouse Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pop-Up Birthday Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $6,094 | 2 | 0% |
| Bee Cave Recovery | $5,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Dell Children's Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Diaper Bank | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Down Home Ranch Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| IDEA Public Schools | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $2,022 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas 4000 for Cancer | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Shade Project Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Moss Pieratt Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mother Maryam Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($169k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John B and Ethel Templeton Fund 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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Moody Foundation · St David's Foundation · Better Business Bureau · United Way for Greater Austin · Joni Elaine Templeton Charitable Foundation · Ecg Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Charles Schwab Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · United Way Worldwide
How this is measured
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About John B and Ethel Templeton Fund
- How much does John B and Ethel Templeton Fund give?
- John B and Ethel Templeton Fund reported 14 grants totaling $48,594 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John B and Ethel Templeton Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (35%), Human Services (17%), Education (6%).
- Who are John B and Ethel Templeton Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Helping Hand Home for Children Inc ($27k), Out Youth Inc ($20k), Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance ($18k).
- Does John B and Ethel Templeton Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John B and Ethel Templeton Fund 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 John B and Ethel Templeton Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, The Moody Foundation, St David's Foundation.
- Where is John B and Ethel Templeton Fund based?
- John B and Ethel Templeton Fund is based in TX.
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