As of 2016, over S$2 billion has been given to community initiatives covering a wide range of sectors and demographic groups, both locally and regionally, benefitting more than 300,000 people in Singapore and across Asia.
[8] Temasek Foundation International also held the inaugural Temasek Foundation Asia Leaders Connect, its first leadership forum for Asian senior officials, where 25 leaders from Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand gathered to discuss the public sector management and global challenges affecting Asia.
STEP's programmes focus on social and cultural activities, leadership, environment, and innovation, to help youth in Asia build goodwill and understanding.
[12] This programme was Temasek Cares’ signature SG50 event that honed the primary aim to engage special needs persons by building an inclusive Singapore community.
[15] Building on the success of the Temasek Cares KITS programme, Stay Prepared aims to enhance community-based resources to adequately provide psychosocial trauma support for children and families in schools and in the community.
It equips community-based organisations and schools who serve children with trauma-specific skills and links them together in a trauma learning network.
Since its inception, 38 study awards have been given to students in the fields of occupational therapy, physiotherapy, nursing, and health services management.
[20] The Hon Sui Sen Endowment (HSSE) develops future public service leaders in the financial industry in Singapore and Asia, fostering fellowship and exchange among them.
In 2010, the SMF discontinued its scholarship schemes and channeled its funds to support smaller, more niche research programmes in Singapore.
[28] With approximately 240 researchers of 21 different nationalities,[29] TLL's primary focus lies in understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie the development and physiology of plants, fungi and animals.
Utilizing a range of molecular and cell biology approaches, and computational data mining, TLL focuses primarily on understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie the development and physiology of plants, fungi and animals.
Research Groups: PhD/Graduate Programme: TLL offers an intensive PhD program to prepare the next generation of scientists for exciting careers in the life sciences.
Through the program, students regularly publish in the most prestigious research journals and travel widely to present their work at international conferences.
[30] Temasek Foundation Ecosperity is a Singapore-based non-profit philanthropic organisation that funds and supports strategic and impact-driven programmes focused on championing the sustainability of the global ecosystem and the development of innovative solutions to improve liveability.
In 2013, Temasek and ST Engineering piloted the AIR+ Smart Mask project to provide N95 protection to Singapore communities, in particular children, from the harmful effects of haze.
[33] It has the world's first attachable and rechargeable micro ventilator that extracts moisture, carbon dioxide, and heat trapped within the mask for better comfort.
[36] The Airbitat Smart Cooler was developed by Innosparks, an ST Engineering subsidiary, to provide outdoor cooling in Singapore (down to around 24°C[37]) in an environmentally sustainable way.
It is the world's first energy-efficient evaporative cooling system with only 20% the energy consumption of an average air conditioner – making it ideal for commercial, industrial, and recreational spaces.