John Templeton Foundation

• The foundation funds six areas: character virtue development, freedom and free markets, life sciences, mathematical and physical sciences, public engagement, and religion, science and society.
• It generally funds discrete projects run by charitable organisations inside and outside the United States, and it expects projects to fit those areas and align with the donor's intentions.
• Grant consideration starts with an Online Funding Inquiry sent during the application window, and a full proposal follows only if invited; the grantmaking calendar sets the specific dates.
• About 8 in 10 of its 1,334 grants to organisations fall between $20,000 and $755,000, the median is about $210,000 and the largest was about $15,500,000, so that band describes typical grants rather than a limit, and a request near the median sits within the usual pattern.
• The filing shows 83% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier filing, so repeat funding carries weight, and the foundation prioritises projects with substantial funding from other sources.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Centre pour la Recherche sur l'Espace · Enrico fermi fellowships: cross-training in theoretical & experimental science
  $3,399,5452024 tax year
• Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Ease of employment, livelihood, and formality
  $2,176,6812024 tax year
• Baylor University · Global flourishing study: piloting and waves 1-5
  $2,001,6842024 tax year
• Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago · The cognitive neuroscience of religious cognition
  $1,894,6382024 tax year
• University of California Riverside · Developing belief: the development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: phase 1
  $1,776,0102024 tax year
• ST Johns College Durham · Equipping christian leadership in an age of science: phase 4
  $1,648,2972024 tax year
• Interfaith America · Faith in health professions: integrating interfaith competencies across programs
  $1,619,5302024 tax year
• University of Bristol · Religious belief, health, and disease: a family perspective. ii. the follow-up and analyses
  $1,530,0262024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.