Illinois · Private foundation
John B Templeton Trust Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $341k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $28,425
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $89,072
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations John B Templeton Trust Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 8 | $341k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $18k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $12k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Zoological Society | $89,072 | 1 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $85,718 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $78,530 | 8 | n/a |
| Boca Grande Health Clinic Fndtn Inc | $35,352 | 4 | 0% |
| The Community House | $28,679 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Boca Grande Community Center Inc | $28,425 | 1 | 1% |
| Oak Brook Historical Society | $21,691 | 8 | n/a |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Freedom Golf Association | $7,500 | 4 | 1% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
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About John B Templeton Trust Foundation
- How much does John B Templeton Trust Foundation give?
- John B Templeton Trust Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $341,090 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John B Templeton Trust Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Human Services (29%), Education (20%).
- Who are John B Templeton Trust Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Zoological Society ($89k), The Morton Arboretum ($86k), The Salvation Army ($79k).
- Does John B Templeton Trust Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John B Templeton Trust Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is John B Templeton Trust Foundation based?
- John B Templeton Trust Foundation is based in IL.
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