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John Templeton Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$134M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
426
Grants FY2024
266
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$217,464
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,399,545
Organizations funded a year
258 to 309
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
29
Total assets, FY2024
$3.6B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations John Templeton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationReligionPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving277$122M18%
FY2023266$110M18%
FY2022295$160M27%
FY2021309$140M36%
FY2020277$100M42%
FY2019260$107M33%
FY2018258$107M35%
FY2017288$112Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$385MScience & Tech$194MSocial Science$103MReligion$90MHealth$80MArts & Culture$53MPhilanthropy$46MCivil Rights$33MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Garden Association Inc$15,498,999393%
Duke University$14,973,00280%
Atlas Economic Research Foundation$14,965,178822%
Baylor University$14,808,72680%
World Science Foundation$14,134,042846%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$10,453,5995n/a
Trustees of Boston College$10,435,06080%
The Pew Charitable Trusts$9,910,89871%
Chapman University$8,968,70770%
Biola University Inc$8,939,01882%
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All grantees of John Templeton Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Garden Association Inc$15,498,999393%
Duke University$14,973,00280%
Atlas Economic Research Foundation$14,965,178822%
Baylor University$14,808,72680%
World Science Foundation$14,134,042846%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$10,453,5995n/a
Trustees of Boston College$10,435,06080%
The Pew Charitable Trusts$9,910,89871%
Chapman University$8,968,70770%
Biola University Inc$8,939,01882%
American Association for the Advancement of Science$8,936,20472%
Northwestern University$8,829,30080%
Northeastern University$8,728,12480%
Civic Ventures Dba Cogenerate$8,054,632642%
The Character Lab Inc$7,767,258772%
Templeton Foundation Inc$7,322,290594%
Wake Forest University$7,254,33580%
Mercatus Center Inc$6,969,54287%
University of Pittsburgh$6,719,00480%
Indiana University School of Medicine$6,450,4638n/a
National Constitution Center$6,348,81288%
Emory University$6,249,51670%
Georgetown University$6,135,61880%
Lsst Inc$6,109,348430%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$5,859,72070%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$5,683,91730%
Yale University$5,485,5708n/a
University of South Alabama$5,388,7964n/a
Florida State University Research Foundation Inc$5,222,23479%
The Biologos Foundation Inc$5,064,714870%
The Veritas Forum Inc$4,916,958825%
Fuller Theological Seminary$4,914,45263%
Constructive Dialogue Institute Inc$4,862,496690%
Regents of the University of Michigan$4,825,9108n/a
National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc$4,695,228725%
Villanova University$4,448,73460%
Human Rights Foundation Inc$4,318,196614%
Global Viral dba Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems$4,280,059481%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$4,258,00150%
Trinity International University$4,163,27043%
Old Dominion University Research Foundation$4,112,70742%
The Nantucket Project Academy Inc$4,047,525367%
Children's Hospital Corporation$3,979,45760%
Washington State University$3,964,6767n/a
Trustees of Boston University$3,919,04180%
Lumen Christi Institute$3,882,779573%
Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution Inc$3,779,997262%
Yale University$3,762,2786n/a
Institute for Humane Studies$3,757,48857%
Liberty Fund Inc$3,717,324313%
Museum of the Bible$3,620,32552%
Brigham Young University$3,585,0115n/a
Yale University$3,584,3467n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$3,514,7975n/a
Syracuse University$3,403,34760%
The George Washington University$3,187,28250%
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty$3,142,750510%
Center for Open Science Inc$3,116,000813%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$3,080,53840%
Rush University Medical Center$3,026,11830%
Heterodox Academy$2,867,229445%
Claremont Graduate University$2,825,46271%
Prosocial World$2,817,685383%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$2,807,83749%
St Louis University$2,807,49830%
New York University$2,771,23060%
Johns Hopkins University$2,729,68280%
University of Rochester$2,719,93550%
New York Public Radio$2,703,55441%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$2,631,1755n/a
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA Inc$2,558,625712%
On Being Project$2,525,188626%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$2,516,2755n/a
Folklight Film Club$2,500,0001100%
Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach$2,473,924525%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$2,421,40944%
The Kuhn Foundation$2,408,139727%
Trustees of Tufts College$2,368,65770%
The Film Collaborative Inc$2,360,437412%
Ashland University$2,303,78660%
University of Chicago$2,293,03640%
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities$2,287,33549%
The Catholic University of America$2,248,53370%
Smithsonian Institution$2,212,84370%
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc$2,200,00011%
Rutgers University Foundation$2,089,26980%
Spitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute$1,993,000526%
Pennsylvania State University$1,965,8103n/a
Junior Achievement International China Inc$1,950,570351%
Center of Theological Inquiry$1,914,242631%
Chicago Media Project$1,913,116561%
Dominican House of Studies$1,910,3297n/a
Case Western Reserve University$1,871,59530%
Pen American Center Inc$1,867,76653%
Canisius University$1,866,11531%
Interfaith America$1,849,530211%
Foundation for Economic Education Inc$1,800,698315%
Religious Freedom Institute Inc$1,754,050332%
Cato Institute$1,707,55172%
Trustees of Purdue University$1,674,8735n/a
Baylor College of Medicine$1,584,31440%
Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc$1,541,678412%
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary$1,533,0894n/a
Free to Choose Network Inc$1,500,000319%
Just Horizons Alliance Inc$1,497,660871%
Science for Monks$1,481,427799%
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research$1,481,29521%
Living Goods$1,480,61942%
Amref Health Africa Inc Inc (Amref)$1,474,25738%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$1,472,94020%
Loyola University Maryland Inc$1,471,12630%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$1,430,39621%
Calvin University$1,402,12231%
State Policy Network$1,400,00024%
Regents of the University of California$1,393,3174n/a
Youthbuild Global Inc$1,375,63232%
Leadership Connection Inc$1,349,275564%
Search Institute$1,334,830330%
The Translational Genomics Research Institute$1,323,11631%
WGBH Educational Foundation$1,308,27860%
The Colossian Forum$1,299,476522%
Sundance Institute$1,297,53322%
California Institute of Technology$1,280,74030%
Carnegie Institution of Washington$1,277,47280%
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc$1,270,58243%
Braver AngelsInc$1,254,965213%
Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation Inc$1,204,369555%
Foundational Questions Institute$1,184,59043%
Berkeley Geochronology Center$1,182,866413%
Vanderbilt University$1,181,45570%
Blueprint1543$1,140,661460%
The Society for the Advancement of Ecclesial Theology$1,101,501454%
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church$1,080,5213n/a
Let It Ripple Inc$1,070,669448%
Teachers College Columbia University$1,050,00020%
The Family and Youth Institute$1,044,785370%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$1,025,00082%
Cornell University$1,007,11650%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$1,000,8634n/a
Friends of Craft Inc$1,000,000280%
NAMI National$1,000,00013%
Inquiry Schools$994,408370%
University of Miami$993,14750%
Muso Inc$988,58233%
University of St Thomas$955,92360%
Strata Policy$917,792166%
Loyola University of Chicago$916,09310%
Science Literacy Project$892,285387%
Grand Valley State University$885,8375n/a
National Public Radio Inc$874,20030%
University of Arizona$862,5074n/a
Boston Va Research Institute Inc$809,33817%
The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc$803,75139%
University of California Santa Barbara$771,6004n/a
Sword & Spoon Workshop Inc$766,317436%
Hope College$763,21870%
Society of Christian Philosophers$758,157584%
Cura Foundation$750,00029%
In Medias Res$742,952310%
Science Sites Inc$733,889580%
The Brookings Institution$733,06630%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$719,09930%
El Education Inc$715,15642%
Harper's Magazine Foundation$708,00025%
Bbb National Programs Charitable Foundation (Cont'D on Schedule O)$673,150141%
Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc$660,00373%
Christianity Today International$656,25832%
Institute for Justice$607,22651%
Jewish Philosophy Fund Inc$606,719190%
Westmont College$600,92070%
National Geographic Society$600,00010%
Regents of the University of California$597,5861n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$583,9622n/a
The Aspen Institute Inc$583,86850%
Fons Vitae of Kentucky Inc$575,000391%
Regents Univ of California$573,5403n/a
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies$565,06213%
Luther Seminary$542,4653n/a
Corus Solutions Inc$537,97922%
Skeptic Society$530,876362%
Union Theological Seminary$518,39131%
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$512,56430%
Iona Community New World Foundation$512,351283%
Hope Ignites$501,80735%
Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation$489,50541%
Ted Foundation Inc$449,57510%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$434,47130%
The Synergos Institute Inc$433,80944%
LArche USA$426,60047%
Graduate Theological Union$420,40642%
The Character Education Partnership Inc$411,500423%
Santa Fe Institute$405,97322%
Giving USA Foundation Inc$400,000311%
Csu Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation$397,32640%
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc$395,83530%
The Becket Fund$379,99840%
Washington University$364,26060%
John Brown University$351,07730%
Word on Fire Catholic Ministries$349,69212%
University of Washington$345,4001n/a
Nautilusthink Inc$312,0751n/a
Cooperatives for a Better World$311,535121%
Michigan State University$305,5133n/a
Theological Book Network$302,50025%
Auburn University$300,4613n/a
Georgia Rotary Districts Character Education Program Inc$297,000274%
University of Arizona Foundation$296,37410%
Childhood Education International$291,654311%
Citizen University$288,785137%
The Right Question Institute Inc$280,000235%
National Academy of Sciences$273,01030%
American Society of Plant Biologists$270,00024%
American Scientific Affiliation$270,000232%
Council on Foundations Inc$270,00041%
Collegium Institute$269,336527%
Narrative 4 Inc$260,00023%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$256,37030%
The Gospel Coalition Inc$255,7002n/a
Institute for Global Engagement$252,305117%
Zaytuna College Inc$251,89932%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$250,60030%
Homeboy Industries$250,00011%
Heart to Heart International Inc$250,00010%
Storycorps Inc$250,00012%
Samaritan's Purse$250,00010%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$250,00010%
Oligo Nation$250,000415%
Covenant House$250,00010%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$250,00010%
The Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation$245,00035%
Regents of the University of Colorado$244,5933n/a
Theiss Research$241,53235%
Lyford Cay Foundation Inc$240,00042%
Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc$236,3951n/a
Southern Methodist University$235,74510%
Lipscomb University$234,80020%
Center for Christianity and Scholarship$234,800269%
Institute for Faith Work & Economics Inc$234,80027%
Center for the Study of Liberty Inc D/B/A Civil Squared$234,758284%
Panel Group Thought for Action$234,712281%
Darul Qasim$234,520211%
Nueva Esperanza Inc$234,50722%
Bayan$234,50028%
Drexel University$234,26320%
Society of Catholic Scientists$234,1262n/a
Parliament of the Worlds Religions$234,00028%
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey$234,00021%
Jewish Funders Network$234,00012%
Arisbe Education Foundation a Nj Non-Profit Corporation$233,998319%
More in Common Inc$233,98915%
Cardus Inc$233,945122%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$233,44920%
Wesleyan University$233,29720%
Zawiyah Inc$232,8152100%
Oasis Initiative Foundation$232,800227%
The Relevate Group Inc$230,00029%
Community Ministries International$230,000224%
Conscious Capitalism Inc$228,09429%
The Marc Sanders Foundation$227,700241%
Mechon Hadar$224,8832n/a
Catholic Theological Union at Chicago$220,0802n/a
Azusa Pacific University$219,72120%
John Carroll University$217,72420%
Providence College$212,50520%
Methodist Healthcare Foundation$210,72612%
The Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation Inc$210,6901n/a
Tms Global Inc$210,5101n/a
The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And$210,234110%
Issachar Fund$210,1801n/a
Fordham University$210,09030%
Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers$207,89916%
Scholar Leaders International$205,374210%
The Philanthropy Workshop Inc Dba Forward Global$203,66028%
The Tikvah Fund$203,65820%
Partners Worldwide$202,34523%
Eastern Illinois Universit$200,9272n/a
Public Religion Research Institute Inc$200,00014%
The Hastings Center Inc$200,00023%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$200,00010%
The Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc$200,00013%
Access Now$200,00023%
Access Services Inc$200,00011%
Thomas Jefferson University$200,00010%
International Dominican Foundation$200,00021%
Travis Manion Foundation$200,00012%
African Leadership Foundation$197,62110%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$195,25911%
University of Texas at El Paso$194,5451n/a
Mercy University$190,80020%
Common Sense Media$181,91411%
Richmont Graduate University$167,52712%
Vatican Observatory Foundation$163,554317%
Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia$160,000410%
Critical Review Foundation Inc$158,781351%
Tax Foundation$156,27520%
Chattanooga Fc Foundation Inc$150,00027%
Society for Science & the Public$150,00020%
Techsoup Global$150,00010%
The Thriving Cities Group$150,000315%
Unity School of Christianity$148,6342n/a
International Freedom Educational Foundation Inc$147,000215%
Trustees of Clark University$144,93610%
Gordon College$144,25560%
National Public Education Support Fund$140,00061%
American Camping Association Inc$129,43110%
Positive Coaching Alliance$127,71511%
Society for Research on Adolescence Inc$125,000130%
Fractured Atlas Inc$124,95620%
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia$121,00045%
Friends of the Austrian Economics Center$119,303132%
Messiah University$117,39920%
Adam Smith Institute$117,245176%
Seattle Pacific University$114,77420%
Princeton Theological Seminary$112,4911n/a
Philabundance$110,00010%
America Abroad Media Inc$110,00024%
Friends of Ufm Inc$106,00048%
New Bethany Inc$100,25023%
Red Hook Initiative$100,00013%
Belmont University$100,00010%
His High Places Inc$100,000125%
It Takes Philly$100,00013%
The Center for the Study of Technology and Society$100,000113%
Williamson College of the Trades$100,00010%
Riverdale Country School Inc$100,00010%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$100,00010%
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation$100,00010%
Helena Group Foundation$100,00017%
Pathways to Promise$100,000145%
CS Lewis Institute$100,00016%
Quilliam Foundation$100,00017%
Civic Nation$100,00010%
Esperanza Health Center Inc$100,00010%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$96,83810%
Saginaw Valley State University$89,7872n/a
Board of Trustees of Illinois State University$83,9611n/a
University of York in America Inc$83,050420%
Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center$75,00012%
Morehouse School of Medicine$75,00010%
Science Clubs International Inc$75,000270%
Full-Circle Learning Inc$75,000222%
Archbridge Institute$70,000320%
Independence Mission Schools$70,00020%
Imagination Institute$67,72716%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$67,50080%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$63,75220%
Carnegie Mellon University$60,00020%
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion$60,00064%
Institute for Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical Center$60,00043%
Mind & Life Institute$60,00021%
Hartley Film Foundation Inc$58,8292n/a
Institute for Ecological Civilization$57,00027%
Church of the Servant$57,0001n/a
Gordon Research Conferences Inc$55,00050%
University of California San Francisco$54,2861n/a
Latino and Latina Rountable of the San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys$50,000122%
The Policy Circle Co$50,00021%
Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement Inc$50,00015%
University of the Andes Foundation Inc$50,00019%
Prep Public Schools$50,00011%
Natrona County Meals on Wheels Inc$50,00011%
Lost Women of Science Initiative Inc$50,000118%
The Momentum Network$50,000113%
The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Foundation Financial Officers Group Inc$50,00015%
Mighty Writers$50,00011%
Wyoming Rescue Mission$50,00011%
BridgeUSA Group$50,00015%
New America Foundation$50,00010%
The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia$50,00010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$50,0001n/a
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$50,00020%
Pathfinder International$45,00010%
The Mont Pelerin Society$45,000210%
Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout$40,00012%
Grantmakers in Health$35,15030%
America's Future Foundation$35,00021%
Military Child Education Coalition$32,00030%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$30,00010%
Independent Media Initiative Inc$30,00012%
Trinity Forum Inc$30,00021%
Whyy Inc$27,90010%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$27,00010%
University of California- Davis$25,7641n/a
Pan American Development Foundation$25,00010%
The Public Choice Society$25,000117%
The Caterpillar Lab$25,00019%
Mona Foundation$25,00011%
Cultural Evolution Society Inc$25,0001n/a
Dade Animal Rescue Team of Dadecounty$25,000157%
P E R C Inc$25,00011%
Oak Grove Theater Inc$25,000150%
Mediators Foundation Inc$25,00012%
The Abigail Adams Institute Inc$25,00010%
A Haven$25,00015%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Artwell Collaborative Inc$25,00012%
Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education$23,48010%
The Franklin Institute$22,50020%
Ursinus College$21,74010%
Evolution Institute Inc$21,73614%
Eastern University$21,73510%
The Mussar Institute$21,7351n/a
The American Assembly$21,68911%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$21,53410%
The Milken Institute$21,50010%
Beacon Center of Tennessee$21,47512%
Regent University$21,28110%
Heifer International Foundation$20,00010%
Alumni of University of Otago in America$20,000218%
Samford University$20,00010%
University of St Andrews American Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Zygon Journal of Religion and Science NFP$20,000124%
United States Association for UNHCR$20,00010%
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Inc$20,00025%
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia$20,00010%
Good Samaritan Ministries of Franklin County Inc$20,0001n/a
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Indiana University Foundation$20,00020%
Media Impact Funders Inc$20,00021%
Greatschools Inc$19,49510%
New York Academy of Sciences$18,18110%
Health Research Alliance Inc$18,12561%
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania$18,00012%
The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America$16,7481n/a
HealthCare Chaplaincy Inc DBA HealthCare Chaplaincy Network$16,50010%
Jain Center of Greater Boston$16,000113%
Science Friday Initiative Inc$15,19711%
Learn Through the Universe$15,000157%
Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc$15,00010%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$15,00010%
Competitive Enterprise Institute$15,00010%
Pioneer Works Art Foundation$15,00010%
Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global$15,0001n/a
International Network for the Science of Team Science$12,000111%
World Renew$12,00010%
Candid$10,50030%
Society for Research in Child Development Inc$10,00010%
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra$10,00011%
Science for the Church$10,00017%
The Evangelical Philosophical Socie$10,00017%
Jesuit Missions Inc$10,0001n/a
Share Food Program$10,00010%
University of Cologne New York Office Corp$10,00016%
The Institute on Religion and Public Life Inc$10,00010%
Antioch Christian Fellowship$10,0001n/a
My Father's House International Inc$10,00011%
Georgia Institute of Technology$10,0001n/a
The Conversation US Inc$10,00010%
Southern California School Of Theology$10,00010%
Franklin County Humane Society$10,00012%
The One America Movement$10,00010%
Mountain Goat Trail Alliance Inc$9,00012%
Williams College$7,95910%
Society for the Study of Human Development$7,6001n/a
The Napa Institute$5,10020%
Catholic Answers Inc$5,00010%
Acton Academy DC Foundation$5,0001n/a
Society for Affective Science Inc$5,00013%
Iccf Community Homes$5,00010%
The American Philosophical Association$5,00010%
The Henrietta Lacks Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Student National Medical Association Inc$5,00011%
Langham Partnership USA Inc Nfp$5,00010%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$4,00010%
South Fulton Community Lifeline Inc$3,0001n/a
Matthew 2540 Heartside Inc$3,00011%
Holy Cross Regional Catholic School$1,2502n/a
Project Home$1,00010%
Centurion Ministries Inc$1,00010%
Zoological Society of Philadelphia$1,00010%
Our Lady of Grace Monastery$1,0001n/a
1616 Latimer Fund$1,00010%
Daily Bread Community Food Pantry$1,00010%
Jack Strong Foundation Inc$7501n/a
The Convent of the Sisters of St Joseph Chestnut Hill$7501n/a
The Joy of Sox$75011%
Glencoe Union Church$7501n/a
Silver Muzzle Cottage$75011%
Episcopal Preaching Foundation Inc$54210%
West-Mont Christian Academy$50010%
Love Works Resource Center Inc$50012%
At His Feet Outreach Ministries$5001n/a
Thorn$50010%
Allentown Rescue Mission Inc$50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee$50010%
Noah's Ark Rescue Project and Sanctuary$50010%
Pillars of Light and Love$50010%
West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship$2501n/a
New City Kids Inc$25010%
Sustainable Economies Law Center$25010%
Whosoever Gospel Mission and Res Cue Home Asso of Germantown$25010%
The Freedom Fund$25010%
Main Line Animal Rescue Inc$25010%
Home at Last Dog Rescue Inc$25010%
Bibleproject$2501n/a
Gary Sinise Foundation$25010%
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$25010%
Montgomery County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$25010%
The Friends of Valley Forge Valley Forge Park Alliance$25010%
St Marys Memorial Church$2501n/a
Narberth Community Food Bank$2501n/a
Memorial Library of Radnor Twp$25010%
Saint Lawrence Parish$2501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 364 recipients with no EIN on record ($370M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

John Templeton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 63 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGarden Association Inc: $15,498,999 over 3y, 93% of budgetDuke University: $14,973,002 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAtlas Economic Research Foundation: $14,965,178 over 8y, 22% of budgetBaylor University: $14,808,726 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWorld Science Foundation: $14,134,042 over 8y, 46% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $10,435,060 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $9,910,898 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetChapman University: $8,968,707 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBiola University Inc: $8,939,018 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science: $8,936,204 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetNorthwestern University: $8,829,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNortheastern University: $8,728,124 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCivic Ventures Dba Cogenerate: $8,054,632 over 6y, 42% of budgetThe Character Lab Inc: $7,767,258 over 7y, 72% of budgetTempleton Foundation Inc: $7,322,290 over 5y, 94% of budgetWake Forest University: $7,254,335 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $6,969,542 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $6,719,004 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNational Constitution Center: $6,348,812 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetEmory University: $6,249,516 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $6,135,618 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLsst Inc: $6,109,348 over 4y, 30% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $5,859,720 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $5,683,917 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFlorida State University Research Foundation Inc: $5,222,234 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetThe Biologos Foundation Inc: $5,064,714 over 8y, 70% of budgetThe Veritas Forum Inc: $4,916,958 over 8y, 25% of budgetFuller Theological Seminary: $4,914,452 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetConstructive Dialogue Institute Inc: $4,862,496 over 6y, 90% of budgetNational Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc: $4,695,228 over 7y, 25% of budgetVillanova University: $4,448,734 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHuman Rights Foundation Inc: $4,318,196 over 6y, 14% of budgetGlobal Viral dba Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems: $4,280,059 over 4y, 81% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $4,258,001 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTrinity International University: $4,163,270 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetOld Dominion University Research Foundation: $4,112,707 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetThe Nantucket Project Academy Inc: $4,047,525 over 3y, 67% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $3,979,457 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $3,919,041 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLumen Christi Institute: $3,882,779 over 5y, 73% of budgetFoundation for Applied Molecular Evolution Inc: $3,779,997 over 2y, 62% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $3,757,488 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetLiberty Fund Inc: $3,717,324 over 3y, 13% of budgetMuseum of the Bible: $3,620,325 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetSyracuse University: $3,403,347 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe George Washington University: $3,187,282 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $3,142,750 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetCenter for Open Science Inc: $3,116,000 over 8y, 13% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Donors Trust IncVA36× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Charles Koch Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Gates Foundation · Alfred P Sloan Foundation · The Seminar Network Inc · Carnegie Corporation of New York · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · Lilly Endowment Inc · Charles Koch Institute · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac

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.

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About John Templeton Foundation

How much does John Templeton Foundation give?
John Templeton Foundation reported 426 grants totaling $134,360,998 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 258 and 309 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John Templeton Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Science & Tech (18%), Social Science (10%).
Who are John Templeton Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Garden Association Inc ($15M), Duke University ($15M), Atlas Economic Research Foundation ($15M).
Does John Templeton Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John Templeton Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John Templeton Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Charles Koch Foundation, John E Fetzer Institute Inc.
Where is John Templeton Foundation based?
John Templeton Foundation is based in PA.

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 895 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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