John Templeton Foundation
Historical FunderWest Conshohocken, Pennsylvania · EIN 62-1322826 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$134.4M
Organizations funded425
Typical grant$215,979
Total assets$3.6B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $57,411 and $413,784.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION |
|---|---|
| Address | 300 CONSHOHOCKEN STATE RD STE 500, WEST CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428 |
| Phone | 6109412828 |
| Form and materials | A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A GRANTEE'S PROPOSED CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IS INCLUDED IN THE JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION'S ONLINE APPLICATION FORM. THE FORM REQUIRES THAT ALL APPLICANTS PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES, WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND HOW THEY RELATE TO OUR FUNDING AREAS. THE FORM ALSO REQUESTS DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND PEOPLE INVOLVED, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS, A DETAILED BUDGET, A TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES WITH START AND END DATES AND THE EXPECTED RESULTS. |
| Deadlines | SUBMISSION DEADLINES AS EXPLAINED ON THE FOUNDATIONS WEBSITE AT WWW.TEMPLETON.ORG. |
| Restrictions | AWARDS SHOULD ADVANCE THE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION'S FUNDING AREAS. THE FUNDING AREAS INCLUDE CHARACTER VIRTUE DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND FREE MARKETS, LIFE SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND SOCIETY. |
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What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
91% of grants went outside Pennsylvania.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Pour LA Recherche Sur L'espace | Cassis, FR | Enrico fermi fellowships: cross-training in theoretical & experimental science | $3,399,545 |
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | Arlington, VA | Ease of employment, livelihood, and formality | $2,176,681 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | Global flourishing study: piloting and waves 1-5 | $2,001,684 |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | The cognitive neuroscience of religious cognition | $1,894,638 |
| University of California Riverside | Riverside, CA | Developing belief: the development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: phase 1 | $1,776,010 |
| St Johns College Durham | Durham, UK | Equipping christian leadership in an age of science: phase 4 | $1,648,297 |
| Interfaith America | Chicago, IL | Faith in health professions: integrating interfaith competencies across programs | $1,619,530 |
| University of Bristol | Bristol, UK | Religious belief, health, and disease: a family perspective. II. the follow-up and analyses | $1,530,026 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | Mouse & human cell culture models of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of epimutations | $1,500,000 |
| Universidad Francisco Marroquin | Guatemala City, GT | Ufm prosperity lab | $1,413,258 |
| World Science Foundation | New York, NY | World science festival big ideas series | $1,365,877 |
| Constructive Dialogue Institute Inc | New York, NY | Constructive dialogue institute: building and scaling evidence-based tools to cultivate character | $1,307,172 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Agency, directionality, and function: foundations for a science of purpose | $1,259,516 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | Diversity, dynamism and inclusion: a new multi-method approach for studying liberalism | $1,249,173 |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | Applied research on intellectual humility: a request for proposals | $1,213,125 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | The impact of social norms on virtue | $1,119,452 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | Washington, DC | Pew-Templeton global religious futures project phase vii | $1,073,500 |
| Lsst Inc | Tucson, AZ | Establishing a templeton lsst early-career research fellowship | $1,054,740 |
| Queen's University of Belfast | Belfast, UK | Explaining atheism: the causal origins of individual and societal non-belief | $1,025,064 |
| Arizona Board of Regents | Tempe, AZ | Humility in inquiry: foundations and new directions | $1,023,793 |
| Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty | Grand Rapids, MI | The povertycure center at the acton institute | $1,018,000 |
| Human Rights Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Defending individual freedoms and rights globally | $1,000,000 |
| Centre Pour LA Recherche Sur L'espace | Cassis, FR | The quantum information structure of spacetime (qiss), second phase | $996,729 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | Washington, DC | Pew-Templeton global religious futures (grf) phase viii | $991,750 |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Concepts in dynamic assemblages: cultural evolution and the human way of being | $973,494 |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA | Socal quantum foundations hub: knowledge and agency in quantum physics | $971,896 |
| Prosocial World | Austin, TX | Developing a field approach to cultural evolution | $939,228 |
| George Washington University | Washington, DC | Advancing spiritual care: spiritual health in everyday clinical practice | $918,748 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | The indian country private sector project | $916,093 |
| Lumen Christi Institute | Chicago, IL | In lumine: supporting the catholic intellectual tradition on campuses nationwide | $912,003 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Helping parents and educators nurture the moral, civic, and spiritual development of children | $911,995 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | Character development through adolescent brains, peers, & tech use | $859,166 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | Do neurons communicate with light? | $850,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | Black hole initiative phase 3 | $800,000 |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac | Notre Dame, IN | Establishing the next generation of signature courses on human flourishing | $800,000 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | LA Jolla, CA | Uncovering the cognitive and cultural foundations of gratitude | $785,641 |
| Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | Piscataway, NJ | Perceiving divine presences: conceptual foundations and empirical advances | $785,124 |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Palo Alto, CA | Culture of trust: unlocking the key to human cooperation across the globe | $762,781 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Spreading love through the media | $761,950 |
| Center Innovative Governance Research | Washington, DC | Africa urban lab: building an ecosystem to unleash entrepreneurship | $753,331 |
| Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | Solving the three city problem: creating interdisciplinary conversations around important ideas | $749,855 |
| The Governing Council of the University of Toronto | Toronto, CA | Laying the groundwork for a developmental science of intellectual humility | $738,474 |
| University of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | What is metrology if quantum measurements participate in making reality? | $736,404 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Growing the life worth living network in higher education | $728,262 |
| Claremont Graduate University | Claremont, CA | Embracing love across cultures: decoding cultural beliefs on love and their impact on wellbeing | $707,919 |
| Regents of the University of California | Davis, CA | A sociological analysis of the science of purpose project | $678,490 |
| The Character Lab | Philadelphia, PA | Advancing the science and practice of character development | $675,000 |
| Bbb National Programs Charitable Foundation | Mclean, VA | Post-Secondary and graduate curriculum development to extend the promise of free markets | $673,150 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | The construct and assessment of interpersonal love | $666,147 |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | One brain, many genomes: how the genomic individuality of cells defines human individuality | $662,754 |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Palo Alto, CA | Ai in schools: strengthening character and promoting virtuous ai use | $658,663 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | Developing a research community in diverse intelligences | $655,473 |
| Sundance Institute | Park City, UT | Sundance, templeton film fund | $648,766 |
| University of Birmingham | Edgbaston, UK | Global philosophy of religion: fundamental spiritual reality, human purpose, and living well | $632,240 |
| The Translational Genomics Research Institute | Phoenix, AZ | Valete pilot study: validation of cancer early detection via blood testing | $625,514 |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | Addressing risks in online spaces with character development through digital micro-interventions | $622,029 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | Imagine (inspiring moral ai guidance in education) | $620,697 |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Palo Alto, CA | Religious liberty and human flourishing: the clinical witness | $612,815 |
| University of Leeds | Leeds, UK | God, language, & diversity: spiritual flourishing in neurodiverse multilingual comm | $605,975 |
| National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | 2024 staff and member donation program | $600,600 |
Showing the 60 largest of 425 grants to organizations.
The return also lists 1 grant to individuals ($1,514,578). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Pour LA Recherche Sur L'espace | Cassis, | Enrico fermi fellowships: cross-training in theoretical & experimental science | $3,143,445 |
| Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC | Thomistic institute - expanding success of student engagement | $2,885,121 |
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | Arlington, VA | Ease of employment, livelihood, and formality | $2,176,681 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Spreading love through the media | $1,777,883 |
| Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | Solving the three city problem: creating interdisciplinary conversations around important ideas | $1,749,661 |
| Interfaith America | Chicago, IL | Faith in health professions: integrating interfaith competencies across programs | $1,619,530 |
| Universite de Fribourg | Liberty, equality, & utility: assessing the trade-offs | $1,611,515 | |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | Developing a research community in diverse intelligences | $1,529,434 |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA | Socal quantum foundations hub: knowledge and agency in quantum physics | $1,457,844 |
| Universidad Francisco Marroquin | Guatemala City, | Ufm prosperity lab | $1,413,257 |
| University of Leeds | Leeds, | God, language, & diversity: spiritual flourishing in neurodiverse multilingual comm | $1,322,287 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | Diversity, dynamism and inclusion: a new multi-method approach for studying liberalism | $1,249,172 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | Mouse & human cell culture models of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of epimutations | $1,219,511 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | Character development through adolescent brains, peers, & tech use | $1,201,775 |
| Windrider Institute Inc | Eagle, ID | The windrider institute initiative | $1,200,000 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | Using the association of religion data archives to strengthen the religion research community | $1,120,721 |
| Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford, | Quantum measurement, locality, and reality in high energy experiments | $1,107,371 |
| New York Public Radio | New York, NY | Radiolab on science and the search for universal wonders | $1,026,085 |
| Claremont Graduate University | Claremont, CA | Embracing love across cultures: decoding cultural beliefs on love and their impact on wellbeing | $990,216 |
| Human Rights Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Defending individual freedoms and rights globally | $982,601 |
| Christianity Today International | Wheaton, IL | The road to awe: a ct/biologos podcast | $953,778 |
| Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation Inc | Madison, WI | Higher pursuits 2.0 - enlarging the impact of the christian study center movement | $945,000 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | The indian country private sector project | $916,093 |
| University of Birmingham | Edgbaston, | Global philosophy of religion: fundamental spiritual reality, human purpose, and living well | $912,516 |
| The Translational Genomics Research Institute | Phoenix, AZ | Valete pilot study: validation of cancer early detection via blood testing | $764,516 |
| Center Innovative Governance Research | Washington, DC | Africa urban lab: building an ecosystem to unleash entrepreneurship | $753,331 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | The barottoli project: an incubator for human flourishing | $731,647 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | Do neurons communicate with light? | $697,985 |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Palo Alto, CA | Religious liberty and human flourishing: the clinical witness | $678,843 |
| Citizen University | Seattle, WA | Power + character curriculum and educator training | $673,831 |
| Bbb National Programs Charitable Foundation | Mclean, VA | Post-Secondary and graduate curriculum development to extend the promise of free markets | $673,150 |
| The Governors of the University of Calgary | Calgary, | Using material models to investigate agency, innovation, and directionality in evolution | $599,999 |
| University North Carolina at Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | The emergence and evolution of goal-directed behavior in collective entities | $597,948 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Revelation project: finding meaning in nonreligious transformative contexts | $574,619 |
| University of Bristol | Bristol, | Direction, agency and function in the evolution of symbiotic integration | $566,195 |
| Ted Foundation Inc | New York, NY | How to be a better human with chris duffy - video series | $549,479 |
| Biola University | LA Mirada, CA | Flourishing in ministry: an intervention program for clergy | $537,144 |
| National Constitution Center | Philadelphia, PA | The pursuit of happiness: inspiring national conversations on civic virtue | $511,700 |
| Penn State University | State College, PA | The emergence of collective intelligence among simple communicating units | $507,777 |
| Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Palo Alto, CA | Ai in schools: strengthening character and promoting virtuous ai use | $439,108 |
| University of Maryland | College Park, MD | Advancing the understanding of free markets: leveraging human enterprise | $431,025 |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | Addressing risks in online spaces with character development through digital micro-interventions | $414,685 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | Imagine (inspiring moral ai guidance in education) | $413,797 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | The energetic costs of complexity and new genes in cell evolution | $375,525 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Quantum-Limited detection of one-quantum transitions of one isolated electron | $374,277 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | How to build ai platforms that promote childrens character development | $372,264 |
| University of Sheffield | Sheffield, | Beliefless spirit- uality:philosophical foundations &sci- entific explorations | $349,684 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Improving mental health through partnerships with faith communities | $346,633 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | Coming of age in a digital world | $333,990 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | Internal conflict and the origins of collective agency in biology and economics | $328,584 |
| University of Haifa | Mt Carmel, | Revisiting luria & delbrucks elegant experiment: long-term directionality in mutation origination | $324,995 |
| Macquarie University | Macquarie Park, | Cognition all the way up? | $315,094 |
| The Manchester Metropolitan University | Manchester, | Mistakes in action: normativity of goal-directedness, investigations of avian nests | $311,956 |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington | Washington, DC | Exploration of temporally asymmetric, universal natural law of info & evolving systems | $299,694 |
| Clal - the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership | New York, NY | Jewish thought and jewish education for the digital future | $296,879 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | The beauty of being wrong: instilling intellectually courageous humility | $281,110 |
| Children and Screens | Jericho, NY | Character matters: values and resilience in the digital age | $259,500 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | Spirituality and the ethics of religious borrowing: a sacred writes working group | $246,415 |
| E Tu Tangata Charitable Trust | Christ Church, | E tu tangata aotearoa new zealand: promoting youth character by shifting culture of criticism | $234,517 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Does living a religiously inspired life reduce affective polarization through instilling virtues? | $230,265 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $134,360,998 | 513 |
| 2023 | $126,807,051 | 474 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 27, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202533009349100608
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 62-1322826
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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