New York · Private foundation
Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation
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.
- $30M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $386,497
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,040,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 34
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $102M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k 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 | $30M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $20M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $21M | 47% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $12M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $12M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $25,330,000 | 5 | 1% |
| John Paul II High School | $16,040,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $4,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | $2,523,488 | 5 | 1% |
| Ursuline Academy of Dallas Foundation Inc | $1,810,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The United Way Inc | $1,566,100 | 4 | 23% |
| Diocese of Dallas | $1,030,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Mark the Evangelist Catholic School | $1,010,000 | 2 | n/a |
| My Possibilities | $500,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Bishop Dunne Catholic School Inc | $500,000 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $25,330,000 | 5 | 1% |
| John Paul II High School | $16,040,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $4,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | $2,523,488 | 5 | 1% |
| Ursuline Academy of Dallas Foundation Inc | $1,810,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The United Way Inc | $1,566,100 | 4 | 23% |
| Diocese of Dallas | $1,030,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Mark the Evangelist Catholic School | $1,010,000 | 2 | n/a |
| My Possibilities | $500,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Bishop Dunne Catholic School Inc | $500,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Texas Trees Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Mane Gait | $112,000 | 1 | 3% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High-Tech High Heels | $30,000 | 2 | 39% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Catholic Foundation | $23,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Place | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ushindi International Fellowship Ch | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Taca Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Parker Womens Club | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Global Football Foundation | $3,750 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($41M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
Compare Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation with peer funders
About Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation
- How much does Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation give?
- Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $30,388,997 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 34 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (66%), Human Services (5%), Health (4%).
- Who are Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Southern Methodist University ($25M), John Paul II High School ($16M), Southwestern Medical Foundation ($4.0M).
- Does Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation 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 Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Texas Instruments Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Fidelity Foundation.
- Where is Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation based?
- Richard and Mary Templeton Foundation is based in NY.
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