ORGANIZATION

"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."

Established by mutual fund manager John Templeton. Funds the Templeton Prize. $1.5B endowment (2008).

Official Website:
http://www.templeton.org/

Location:
West Conshohocken, PA

Founding Date:
1987

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Francis Collins	Scientist	14-Apr-1950		Human Genome Project
Foster Friess	Business	2-Apr-1940		Friess Associates
John Templeton	Philanthropist	29-Nov-1912	8-Jul-2008	Billionaire fund manager
John M. Templeton, Jr.	Relative	19-Feb-1940	16-May-2015	Conservative philanthropist

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