Overview: The John Templeton Foundation is a non-profit grantmaking organization that funds research projects worldwide from its headquarters in West Conshohocken, PA.

Founded: 1987, by renowned international investor, the late Sir John Templeton.

Mission: The John Templeton Foundation serves as a philanthropic catalyst for discoveries relating to the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality. We support research on subjects ranging from complexity, evolution, and infinity to creativity, forgiveness, love, and free will. We encourage civil, informed dialogue among scientists, philosophers, and theologians and between such experts and the public at large, for the purposes of definitional clarity and new insights.

Our vision is derived from the late Sir John Templeton's optimism about the possibility of acquiring "new spiritual information" and from his commitment to rigorous scientific research and related scholarship. The Foundation's motto, "How little we know, how eager to learn," exemplifies our support for open-minded inquiry and our hope for advancing human progress through breakthrough discoveries.

The Foundation funds hundreds of projects, studies, award programs and publications worldwide, including the Templeton Prize valued at $1.5 million. The John Templeton Foundation is currently making grant commitments of $60 million per year.

Leadership:

• John M. Templeton, Jr., M.D.
  President & Chairman
• Barnaby Marsh, D.Phil.
  Senior Vice President, Management and Strategic Initiatives
  Managing Director, Philanthropic Leadership Network
• Stephen Fitzmier
  Chief Knowledge Officer
• Valerie K. Martin, CPA
  Chief Financial Officer
• Gary Rosen
  Chief External Affairs Officer
• Dawn Bryant
  General Counsel
• Hyung S. Choi, Ph.D.
  Director, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• Mauro De Lorenzo
  Vice President, Freedom and Free Enterprise
• Kent Hill, Ph.D.
  Vice President, Character Development
• Mary Ann Meyers, Ph.D.
  Senior Fellow
• Michael J. Murray
  Vice President, Philosophy and Theology
• Kimon H. Sargeant, Ph.D.
  Vice President, Human Sciences
• Paul K. Wason, Ph.D.
  Director, Life Sciences
• Jinde Guo
  Senior Managing Director, Investments
• Judith B. Marchand
  Vice President, Special Projects
  Director, Templeton Prize
• Pamela P. Thompson
  Vice President, Communications
• Andrea Blane
  Controller
• Doreen J. Bobrow
  Director, Portfolio Accounting
• Rod Dreher
  Director, Publications
• Bernadette M. Horvat
  Director, Human Resources
• John C. Witcoski
  Director, Information Technology

Website:    www.templeton.org

300 Conshohocken State Road, Suite 500
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Tel: 610.941.2828 Fax: 610.825.1730