John Templeton Foundation

Founded in 1987, the John Templeton Foundation supports efforts to advance human well-being through rigorous scientific research and field-leading scholarship across the sciences, theology, and philosophy. Its founding benefactor, the late Sir John Templeton, held the conviction that scientific research could reveal ever-deeper truths about the universe and humanity's place within it. With $3.4 billion in assets and annual grants of $129 million in 2017, it ranks among the 25 largest grantmaking foundations in the United States. Headquartered outside Philadelphia, PA, the Foundation's philanthropic activities have engaged all major faith traditions and extend to 35 countries around the world. From probing gravitational waves and updating the modern evolutionary synthesis to taking the first picture of a black hole, the Foundation's grantees have contributed to major discoveries, and have opened critical new topics to scientific investigation, including awe, gratitude, and imagination.