John Templeton Foundation donations made to Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Templeton_Foundation
Facebook username TempletonFoundation
Websitehttps://www.templeton.org/
Donations URLhttps://www.templeton.org/grants
Twitter usernametempleton_fdn
Page on philosophy informing donationshttps://www.templeton.org/about/vision-mission-impact
Grant application process pagehttps://www.templeton.org/grants/apply-for-grant
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/templeton-foundation

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Donor–donee relationship

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Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 7 365,036 534,217 50,000 50,000 50,000 190,457 190,457 365,036 382,280 382,280 691,090 2,010,654 2,010,654
Natural Sciences 7 365,036 534,217 50,000 50,000 50,000 190,457 190,457 365,036 382,280 382,280 691,090 2,010,654 2,010,654

Donation amounts by cause area and year

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Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Natural Sciences (filter this donor) 7 3,739,517.00 691,090.00 190,457.00 747,316.00 2,010,654.00 100,000.00
Total 7 3,739,517.00 691,090.00 190,457.00 747,316.00 2,010,654.00 100,000.00

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (7 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 7)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
691,090.0022015Natural Scienceshttps://templeton.org/grants/grant-database-- For project The irreversibility of time; Project leaders: Lee Smolin. Affected regions: North America; affected countries: FIXME.
190,457.0052014Natural Scienceshttps://templeton.org/grants/grant-database-- For project Charting out the space of quantum field theories; Project leaders: Davide Gaiotto,Jaume Gomis. Affected regions: North America; affected countries: FIXME.
365,036.0042013Natural Scienceshttps://templeton.org/grants/grant-database-- For project Simulating Emergence in Quantum Matter; Project leaders: Roger Melko,Guifre Vidal Bonafont. Affected regions: North America; affected countries: FIXME.
382,280.0032013Natural Scienceshttps://templeton.org/grants/grant-database-- For project Emergence of elementary particles and fundamental laws from quantum entanglements; Project leaders: Xiao-Gang Wen. Affected regions: North America; affected countries: FIXME.
2,010,654.0012012Natural Scienceshttps://templeton.org/grants/grant-database-- For project The Templeton Frontiers Program at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; Project leaders: Neil Turok,Lee Smolin. Affected regions: North America; affected countries: FIXME.
50,000.0062011Natural Scienceshttps://templeton.org/grants/grant-database-- For project The quantum measurement problem from the perspective of quantum gravity; Project leaders: Lee Smolin. Affected regions: North America; affected countries: FIXME.
50,000.0062011Natural Scienceshttps://templeton.org/grants/grant-database-- For project That the World Can Be Shaped: Quantum Bayesianism, Counterfactuals, Free Will; Project leaders: Christopher Fuchs,David Appleby. Affected regions: North America; affected countries: FIXME.