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Who does John Templeton Foundation fund?

John Templeton Foundation has awarded $701 million across 2,305 grants to 669 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $200,000, with most between $35,000 and $413,784. Repeat grantees receive a median $210,600 versus $50,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$700.7M
Typical grant
$200K
Grantees
669
Grants
2,305
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 669 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
President and Fellows of Harvard College $31.0M552020–20242024MA
G Garden Association INC $15.5M120222022TN
R Regents of the University of Minnesota $14.9M102020–20242024— —
Baylor University $12.6M192020–20242024TX
U University of Birmingham $11.9M142020–20242024— —
U University of Bristol $10.9M112020–20242024— —
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $10.5M352020–20242024CA
Y Yale University $9.4M292020–20242024— —
World Science Foundation $9.3M162020–20242024NY
Atlas Economic Research Foundation $9.3M202020–20242024VA
University of California Riverside Alumni Association $9.2M122020–20242024CA
T Trustees of Princeton University $9.0M222020–20242024— —
Duke University $9.0M332020–20242024NC
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $8.2M232020–20242024CA
The Pew Charitable Trusts $7.4M102020–20242024PA
Chapman University $7.1M132020–20242024CA
Boston College Trustees $6.8M202020–20242024MA
Biola University INC $6.7M192020–20242024CA
Northwestern University $6.6M132020–20242024IL
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford $6.4M192020–20242024NC
Wake Forest University $6.3M132020–20242024NC
Northeastern University $6.2M202020–20242024MA
Lsst INC $6.1M52021–20242024AZ
The Character Lab INC $6.1M92020–20242024PA
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania $5.8M222020–20242024PA
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago $5.7M42022–20242024IL
U University of South Alabama $5.4M52021–20242024AL
University of Pittsburgh $5.0M92020–20242024PA
I Indiana University $5.0M162020–20242024— —
M Medical University of Graz $4.7M52022–20242024— —
U University Court of the University of St Andrews $4.5M122020–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $4.5M72020–20222022— —
G Georgia State University Research Foundation INC $4.5M32022–20242024GA
C Centre Pour La Recherche Sur L'Espace $4.4M220242024— —
University of British Columbia $4.3M92021–20242024—
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University $4.3M162020–20242024AZ
Villanova University $4.2M92020–20242024PA
T The General Hospital Corporation DBA Massachusetts General Hospital $4.2M92021–20242024— —
S St Johns College Durham $4.2M52021–20242024— —
O Old Dominion University Research Foundation $4.1M72020–20242024— —
U University of Durham $4.1M82021–20242024— —
University of Notre Dame Du Lac $4.0M112023–20242024IN
Mercatus Center INC $3.9M92020–20242024VA
P Penn State University $3.9M122020–20242024— —
National Philanthropic Trust $3.9M152020–20242024PA
National Constitution Center $3.8M122020–20242024PA
Georgetown University $3.8M132020–20242024DC
C Children's Hospital Corporation $3.8M62020–20242024— —
The Veritas Forum INC $3.7M82020–20242024MA
Lumen Christi Institute $3.7M52020–20242024IL
U University of Notre Dame $3.7M122020–20222022— —
Q Queen's University of Belfast $3.6M42022–20242024— —
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $3.6M92020–20242024NY
T The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System $3.5M142020–20242024— —
U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $3.5M102020–20242024NC
C Centre Samy Maroun Pour La Recherche Sur L'Espace $3.2M32022–20232023— —
U University of Maryland $3.2M142021–20242024— —
T The George Washington University $3.2M72020–20242024VA
A Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty $3.1M122020–20242024— —
Research Foundation for the State University of New York $3.1M102020–20242024NY
U University of Massachusetts $3.0M92020–20242024— —
U University of Surrey $3.0M42021–20242024— —
The Biologos Foundation INC $3.0M192020–20242024MI
Tel Aviv University $3.0M62021–20242024—
Trinity International University $2.9M52020–20222022IL
Florida State University Research Foundation INC $2.9M52021–20242024FL
R Regents of the University of Michigan $2.9M122020–20242024MI
The Nantucket Project Academy INC $2.8M620202020MA
Prosocial World $2.8M42022–20242024TX
E Emory University $2.8M92020–20242024— —
K King's College London $2.7M52020–20232023— —
University of Rochester $2.7M82020–20242024NY
New York Public Radio $2.7M92021–20242024NY
U University of New Orleans $2.7M52020–20242024— —
R Regents of the University of California at San Diego $2.6M72020–20242024CA
A Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University $2.6M32022–20242024— —
C Constructive Dialogue Institute INC $2.5M42022–20242024— —
R Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia $2.5M132020–20242024VA
Folklight Film Club $2.5M220222022CA
Trustees of Boston University $2.5M92020–20242024MA
National Forensic League $2.4M52020–20242024IA
The Film Collaborative INC $2.4M52020–20242024CA
R Rutgers the State University of New Jersey $2.4M32022–20242024— —
Hillsdale College $2.4M52021–20242024MI
T The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $2.4M62020–20232023— —
C Council for Christian Colleges and Universities $2.3M42021–20242024— —
Institute for Humane Studies $2.3M62020–20222022VA
I Individual recipient $2.3M32021–20242024— —
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation INC $2.2M120212021NY
Center for Open Science INC $2.2M92020–20242024VA
U University of California Irvine $2.2M92020–20242024— —
T The Fraser Institute $2.2M62020–20242024—
Human Rights Foundation INC $2.1M92020–20242024NY
T Templeton Foundation INC $2.1M52020–20212021— —
T Tufts University $2.1M42021–20242024— —
U University of Haifa $2.1M82020–20242024— —
Museum of the Bible INC $2.1M52020–20232023OK
U University of Edinburgh $2.1M32020–20222022— —
Governing Council of the University of Toronto $2.1M62022–20242024—
Smithsonian Institution $2.1M52021–20242024DC

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