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John B and Ethel Templeton Fund at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$128kHuman Services$64kEducation$21kYouth Development$20kRecreation & Sports$17kCrime & Legal$11kReligion$9kFood & Nutrition$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$667k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$5,000
OUT YOUTH INC$5,000
FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIAN$5,000
NAMI CENTRAL TEXAS$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK$3,594
POP UP BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION$2,500
THE BAKARI FOUNDATION$2,500
ROUND ROCK AREA SERVING CENTER$2,500
RUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION$2,500
AUSTIN CLUBHOUSE$2,500
DOWN HOME RANCH$2,500
AUSTIN DIAPER BANK$2,500
CANINE COMPANIONS$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DOWN HOME RANCH: $3k → 12%DOWN HOME RANCH: $3k → 12%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $6k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 10%POP UP BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%POP UP BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 10%POP UP BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $3k → 10%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$312k · 21 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
11

Total granted

$312k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
-4%

Still filing today

62%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HH
    HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $27k · revenue +62%
  • OY
    Out Youth Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +70%
  • FA
    FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $18k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE AUSTIN CENTER FOR GRIEF AND LOSS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -53%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $7k
  • BC
    BEE CAVE RECOVERY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -1%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Giving Rose Foundation Atx
Public Benefit
2
Austin Pride Foundation
—
3
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
4
Flower Hill Foundation Austin Texas
—
5
A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin
Philanthropy
6
Atx Helps

ATX Helps was created to fill gaps in the spectrum of services available to people in Austin who are experiencing homelessness.

Human Services
7
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

—
8
Austin Child Guidance Center

To improve the mental health of children and their families through early intervention, diagnosis, and treatment to help them develop the emotional skills for meeting life's challenges.

—
9
Young Texans Against Cancer Dallas

Young Texans Against Cancer is a network of motivated young professionals collectively working together to raise awareness and funds to support the local Dallas cancer community. The Dallas chapter was established in 2007, as part of a…

—
10
Any Baby Can of Austin Inc

Any baby can, an austin-based nonprofit, partners with parents so children reach their full potential. with programs that meet clients where they are at home, work or school any baby can provides in-home therapy, parent education, mental…

—
11
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
12
Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center

To engage and educate communities to prevent sexual violence and to support survivors and their loved ones as they heal and thrive.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dell Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Moss Pieratt Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
14/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $69,775 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATI: $49,000 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATICOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $18,000 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLSNAMI Central Texas: $15,000 · OtherNAMI Central TexasTHE AUSTIN CENTER FOR GRIEF AND LOSS: $10,000 · OtherTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $8,756 · OtherRound Rock Area Serving Center Inc: $8,500 · Other+13 more: $43,872 · Other+13 moreHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $27,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HAND HOME…THE BAKARI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE BAKARI FOUNDA…Pop-Up Birthday Foundation: $7,500 · Human ServicesPop-Up Birthday F…AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $5,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN DIAPER BAN…DOWN HOME RANCH INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesDOWN HOME RANCH I…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE: $17,500 · HealthFRIEDREICH'S A…RUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION: $16,500 · HealthRUTLEDGE CANCE…Austin Clubhouse Inc: $7,500 · HealthAustin Clubhou…BEE CAVE RECOVERY: $5,200 · HealthBEE CAVE RECOV…+1 more: $1,500 · HealthOut Youth Inc: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentAUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION: $14,000 · Recreation & SportsCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $6,094 · Food & NutritionIDEA Public Schools: $3,000 · Education
Other$222,903Human Services$57,000Health$48,200Youth Development$20,000Recreation & Sports$14,000Food & Nutrition$6,094Education$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $27,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOut Youth Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION: $16,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNAMI Central Texas: $15,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BAKARI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetTHE AUSTIN CENTER FOR GRIEF AND LOSS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $8,756 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRound Rock Area Serving Center Inc: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Clubhouse Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPop-Up Birthday Foundation: $7,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $6,094 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEE CAVE RECOVERY: $5,200 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDOWN HOME RANCH INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,022 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS 4000 FOR CANCER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHADE PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMoss Pieratt Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Austin Community Foun…The Moody FoundationSt David's FoundationBetter Business BureauUnited Way for Greate…Joni Elaine Templeton…Ecg FoundationShield-Ayres Foundati…Charles Schwab Founda…Aetna Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …United Way Worldwide
Austin Community Foundation IncTX25.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization John B and Ethel Templeton Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John B and Ethel Templeton Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to John B and Ethel Templeton Fund?

    Find your warmest path to John B and Ethel Templeton Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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