Research funder · Bahamas
Templeton World Charity Foundation
Nonprofit organization in Nassau, Bahamas
- Grants since 2016
- 638
- Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
- $168.9M + €2.3M
- Funded works, last 5 years
- 1 348
- Funded works, all time
- 2 242
Grants
2025–2027 · research · The Science of Religious and Spiritual Exercises
Mystical Experiences Without Psychedelics: The Nature of Peak Spiritual Experiences and How Integration Leads to Human Flourishing
Gary Elkins · Baylor University
2025–2026 · research · Big Question
WCSFP 2025
Adam Kirkham · World Congress Of Science And Factual Producers Ltd
2025–2027 · research · Big Question
Cultivating and Communicating Deeper Exchanges Between Religion and Technology
David Zvi Kalman · Clal - The National Jewish Center For Learning And Leadership, Inc.
2025–2028 · research · Big Question
Tracking mistakes in the fly brain: understanding consciousness from the bottom up
Bruno Van Swinderen · The University of Queensland
2025 · research · Other Charitable Purposes
Stories of Impact Podcast
Tavia Gilbert · Talkbox, Llc
2025 · research · Global Innovations for Character Development Initiative
Learning Ecosystems in the Global South: Co-designing the Transition from Local to Regional
Olivier Bréchard · Learning Planet Institute
2025–2027 · research · Big Question
Computational Metaphysics: an operational approach to investigate the fundamental nature of reality
Carlos Zapata-Carratala · Wolfram Research (United States)
2025–2026 · research · Individual Freedom and Free Markets
Khaya Lam ("My Home")
David Ansara · Free Market Foundation
2025–2027 · research · Individual Freedom and Free Markets
Growing an Authentic Liberal Academic Tradition in Developing Countries
Patricia Hohlbein · Atlas Network
2025–2027 · research · Big Question
Activating inter-generational collaborations to spread the insights and assets from ECOH
Moitreyee Sinha · Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
2025 · research · Discover Forgiveness
International Conference: Common Memory and Collective Forgiveness
Cristian Mendoza Ovando · Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
2025–2028 · research · Other Charitable Purposes
Social Good Accelerator - Phase II
Keyron Smith · Cape Eleuthera Institute
2025 · research · Building the Field of Human Flourishing
IDG Immersion LATAM
Gloria Figuera · Corporacion Educativa San José De Las Vegas
2025–2027 · research · Big Question
Equipment for Living: An Anthology of Poems
Christian Wiman · Yale University
2025–2026 · research · Listening & Learning in a Polarized World
Breaking the polarization cycle: Equipping children from diverse cultural contexts to flexibly integrate contrasting ideas by harnessing the cultural and contextual mechanisms which lead to polarized beliefs during development
Sarah Pope-Caldwell · Georgia State University
2025–2027 · research · Diverse Intelligences
Natural and Artificial Minds: A Diverse Intelligences Hub
Thomas Griffiths · Princeton University
2025–2027 · research · Big Question
Intergenerational Transfer of Values in Mexican-Indigenous Cultures: The Development of Super-Kindness in Young Children
Rodolfo Cortes Barragan · University of San Diego
2025–2027 · research · Big Question
Use your words: A deep-time perspective on the use of gestures and rhythmic structures to set boundaries, de-escalate aggression, and realign relationships.
Catherine Hobaiter · The University Court Of The University Of St Andrews
2025–2027 · research · Big Question
Connecting, advancing, and nurturing moral psychology
John Doris · Cornell University
2025–2026 · research · Global Innovations for Character Development Initiative
PRIMED for Character Education Capacity Building: Developing the Expert Facilitator Certification System
Marvin Berkowitz · University of Missouri–St. Louis
2025–2028 · research · Individual Freedom and Free Markets
MPS Young Scholars Program
Benjamin Powell · The Mont Pelerin Society
2025–2027 · research · Diverse Intelligences
Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences
Josep Call · University of St Andrews
2025–2028 · research · The Science of Religious and Spiritual Exercises
Dream Incubation: A Spiritual Exercise
Michael Scullin · Baylor University
2025 · research · Listening & Learning in a Polarized World
The Global Initiative on Polarization
Mark Freeman · Institute for Integrated Transitions
2025–2027 · research · Individual Freedom and Free Markets
Liberal Political Economy in Asia Pacific
Bryan Cheang · London School of Economics and Political Science
2025–2027 · research · Diverse Intelligences
The Nature of Non-Terrestrial Intelligences: Decoding the singular world of the octopus
Marcelo Magnasco · Hunter College
2025–2028 · research · Big Question
Group-mindedness and group representation in chimpanzees and bonobos
Christopher Krupenye · Johns Hopkins University
2025–2026 · research · Global Innovations for Character Development Initiative
Character Training for Education Policymakers in Latin America
Agustín Porres · Fundación Varkey Argentina
2025–2029 · research · Big Question
A multi-method approach to discovering the origins of reasoning about multiple possibilities: Behavioral, neurological, computational, and environmental measures
Stephanie Denison · University of Waterloo
2025–2026 · award · Non-Initiative
Phase II – Establishing Parish Models for Ministry Applications
Michael School · Catholic Leadership Institute
2025–2027 · research · Economics and Human Flourishing
Ukraine after the War
Simeon Djankov · London School of Economics and Political Science
2025–2026 · research · Big Question
Scaling Well-being and Mental Health Initiatives Through Essential Sectors in Mexico
Richard Davidson · Board Of Regents Of The University Of Wisconsin System
2025–2028 · research · Individual Freedom and Free Markets
The Intellectual Contexts of Markets: The impact of aging and other changing factors on pro market mentalities
Carlos Newland · Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
2025–2028 · research · Big Questions in Classrooms
Victorian Religion and Worldviews Education (RWE) Pilot - Developing Religion and Worldviews Education resources for schools in Victoria, Australia
Herbert Um · Faith Values Ltd.
2025–2028 · research · Global Innovations for Character Development Initiative
Implementation of the OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills in two Brazilian states
Gisele Alves Mizuta · Instituto Ayrton Senna
2025–2027 · research · Other Charitable Purposes
Catalyzing Ecosystem Change for Greater Equity in Research Partnerships: Building on Lessons Learned from the Templeton World Charity Foundation’s (TWCF) Grantees through Group Concept Mapping (GCM)
Subhash Chandir · Maasai Mara University
2025–2027 · research · Diverse Intelligences
Building Diverse Intelligences through Compositionality and Mechanism Design
Jacob Foster · Indiana University
2025–2027 · research · Big Question
Bringing Science to the Church
Andrew Rick-Miller · Science For The Church
2025–2028 · research · Listening & Learning in a Polarized World
Tech for Open Minds: Training and Research Institutes to Incubate Digital Solutions to Polarization
Christopher Bail · Duke University
2025–2027 · research · Accelerating Research on Consciousness
Multiscale mechanisms of consciousness
Theofanis Panagiotaropoulos · Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens