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John Templeton Foundation

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Description

The John Templeton Foundation funds research and public engagement projects that explore fundamental questions about human flourishing, the universe, and the role of science, philosophy, and spirituality. The Foundation supports work that crosses disciplinary, religious, and geographic boundaries.

Funding is provided in the following areas:

Character Virtue Development
Research and initiatives advancing the science and practice of character and...

Opportunity Information

Application Deadlines

Funding inquiries: July 15, 2026
Full proposals: Early December 2026

Geographic Scope
Global
Areas of Interest
Small Business/Entrepreneurship
Media/Communications: General
Religion & Ethics: General
Sciences/Social Sciences: General
Economics/Business
Life/Environmental/Earth Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social/Behavioral Sciences
Social Issues: General
Social Change
Types of Support
Project/Program Support
Research
Funder Information
Total Annual Giving
$134,360,998
Grant Range
$250 - $3,399,545
Average Grant
$315,401
Median Grant
$215,979
Grant Details

Occasionally, larger grants are made.

Total Assets
$3,599,488,250
Type
Foundation, Fund, or Trust
EIN
62-1322826
Application Procedures

Application guidelines are available on the Foundation's website. Inquiries must be submitted online.

The financial information is based on the most recent 990-PF tax form for 2024

Requirements

Eligibility Details

Primarily charitable entities

Restriction Details

Grants are not provided to/for:

  • buildings, renovations, or capital campaigns;
  • direct-service programs;
  • scholarships for college or graduate school;
  • general operating support; or,
  • disaster relief.

Contact Information

General Contact

300 Conshohocken State Road
Suite 500

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 19428

info@templeton.org
(610) 941-2828
(610) 825-1730 (fax)

Grants History

This funder has a page on their website listing previous grantees.
Grants Awarded

You can review tax forms on ProPublica. Learn more about them and the 990.

990s

This is a list of grant recipients noted on the funder’s 990 forms.

This includes forms filed in 2018 and later, so it can include information for tax years earlier than that.

The information below is pulled directly from the form itself without any alterations.

If the details are not included, e.g. “Various”, they may be indicated on the PDF on the IRS site.

The awards may also be listed on the funder’s website.

Tax Year Recipient City State / Province Country Amount Purpose
UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS Fife UK $910,529 New visions in theological anthropology: engaging with the behavioral sciences
UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS Fife UK $539,693 Developing and launching the st. Andrews encyclopaedia of theology
UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS Fife UK $576,024 Developing and launching the st. Andrews encyclopaedia of theology
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE Koln GM $447,169 Neuronal control of genetic inheritance and evolution
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM Amsterdam NL $250,381 Towards understanding a unified mind
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Birmingham UK $772,734 The global philosophy of religion project
CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Oxford UK $767,851 Sustainable, scalable, sector-specific programes for postgraduate character formation
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Bristol UK $3,461,315 Religious belief, health, and disease: a family perspective. Ii. The follow-up and analyses
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM Durham UK $1,640,115 Transforming the field of cultural evolution and its application to human futures
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM Durham UK $190,844 The successes and failures of science through the lens of intellectual humility: perspectives from
UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA Pamplona SP $19,634 Science and religion in spanish schools
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Dunedin NZ $402,008 The evolutionary dynamics of religion, family size, and child success
UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN Paderborn GM $15,115 Building bridges between traditional thought and analytical philosophy - rethinking attributes
PROMETHEUS - DAS FREIHEITSINSTITUT GMBH Berlin GM $235,473 The freedom accelerator: reviving the german freedom movement
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Surrey UK $895,060 Life on the edge: quantum thermodynamics, quantum biology and the arrow of time
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL Brussel BE $428,796 The origins of goal-directedness: a formal scenario based on chemical organization theory
PREMIER CHRISTIAN MEDIA TRUST London UK $167,356 Unbelievable? Bridging the gap
WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE Rehovot IS $60,158 Beyond darwin establishing a theory of individual-specific adaptation and natural selection
WESTFALISCHE WILLHELMS-UNIVERSITAT MNSTER Mnster GM $415,011 Transmission of religion across generations
PERSPECTIVES ON SYSTEMS SOULS AND SOCIETY London UK $23,204 The antidebate: developing a social praxis of intellectual humility
Tax Year

The most recent tax form filed for 2024 lists the following key individuals.

Name Title City State / Province Country
WALTER SCOTT & PARTNERS LIMITED Investment Management Edinburgh UK
BLS CAPITAL FONDSMAEGLERSELSKAB AS Investment Management Naerum COPENHAGEN DA
FREETHINK MEDIA INC Video Content/Production Washington DC US
SANDERS CAPITAL LLC Investment Management West Palm Beach FL US
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY Investment Management Boston MA US