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Foundation at a Glance
Founder: Sir John Templeton
Established in: 1987
Size of endowment (2009): $1.5 billion
Location: West Conshohocken, a suburb of Philadelphia, PA
Number of employees: 60
First year Templeton Prize was given: 1973
Templeton Prize value: £1,000,000 sterling (approximately $1.42 million)
Number of living Templeton Prize Laureates: 17
Total grant payout and charitable activities: $543 million (1987-2009)
Total grant payments: $60 million (2009)
Number of grant requests: 505 (2009)
Number of grants: 112 (2009)
Average grant size: $579,000 (2009), with two-thirds under $250,000
Geographical range of grants: International
Year Templeton Press was established: 1997
Number of books published by the Templeton Press: 152 (to date)