The Kahlert Foundation

• The Kahlert Foundation funds health care, education, veteran organisations, youth programmes and human services, with its support concentrated in Maryland and Utah; in Maryland it prioritises organisations serving Carroll, Howard and Frederick Counties, Baltimore County and Baltimore City, while in Utah it focuses on organisations located in Salt Lake, Summit and Utah Counties, so charities outside these areas are unlikely to fit its stated focus.
• Most grants to organisations fall between $15,000 and $200,000, with a median of $50,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though the largest grant recorded was about $2,900,000.
• The foundation works to fixed deadlines – in Maryland these fall on January 15, May 1 and September 1, and in Utah a Letter of Intent is due February 1 with full applications due April 1 for review at the June board meeting – so plan well ahead.
• A high share of grant dollars continues to go to organisations it has already funded, suggesting a relationship-led approach where a track record with the foundation matters, and the foundation itself encourages Utah organisations to build trust-based relationships before seeking multi-year funding; first-time Utah applicants should submit a Letter of Intent before a full application.
• Maryland applicants must hold valid 501(c)(3) status, current Maryland Charitable Registration, at least three years of operation and at least a Bronze Seal of Transparency (a Platinum Seal is preferred), while Utah applicants must have been a registered 501(c)(3) in Utah for at least five years, have a minimum annual operating budget of one million dollars, and meet the stated Charity Navigator or Charity Watch rating and Guidestar transparency threshold; organisations that do not meet these stated eligibility requirements should not apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• University of Utah · Kahlert village / kahlert initiative for technology (kit), utah house in washington dc proposed "kahlert hall" event venue in the carriage house, the kahlert school of computing, red butte garden museums for all and sharetix presenting sponsorship (year 2), and crimson club scholarship fund
  $2,325,0002024 tax year
• University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation · The kahlert institute for addiction medicine
  $1,500,0002024 tax year
• Carroll Hospital Center Foundation · Radiation therapy technology, simulation center, and kahlert surgical innovation institute
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Intermountain Healthcare Foundation · Primary children's hospital, pediatric cancer and infusion center
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation · Cal ripken sr foundation stem center initiative in howard county and 2025 ripken golf classic
  $756,1792024 tax year
• Sinai Hospital of Baltimore · Kahlert surgical innovation institute
  $750,0002024 tax year
• GBMC · Second surgical robot for gbmc and the william e kahlert chair in urology
  $700,0002024 tax year
• McDaniel College · Strengthening the nursing workforce together
  $625,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.