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Foundation at a Glance
Founder: Sir John Templeton
Established in: 1987
Size of endowment: $2.5 billion (2012)
Location: West Conshohocken, a suburb of Philadelphia, PA
Number of employees: 70
First year Templeton Prize was given: 1973
Templeton Prize value: £1,100,000 sterling (approximately $1.7 million)
Number of living Templeton Prize Laureates: 18
Total grant payout and charitable activities: $715 million (1987-2011)
Total grant payments: $71 million (2011)
Number of grant requests: 345 (2012)
Number of grants approved: 178 (2012)
Average grant size: $970,446 (2012), with 38% under $250,000
Geographical range of grants: International
Year Templeton Press was established: 1997
Number of books published by the Templeton Press: 203 (to date)