KahleAustin Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected, so a small nonprofit should not send a cold application.
- The filing gives no grant range, so it cannot tell you what size of request is realistic, and its latest filing shows $0 paid against a typical year of about $3,600,000.
- The recorded grants are general support to a library, a charitable gift fund and a book-focused organisation, and they show no defined priority, so judging fit from them is difficult.
- No geographic focus is stated, so location alone should not rule you out, and the filing gives no recurring deadline.
Overview
KahleAustin Foundation is a US private foundation based in Biddeford, ME.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
All disclosed organisational grants are recorded as general support. The recorded recipients span a library, a charitable gift fund and a book-focused organisation. The filing does not state a wider field of funding, and those recipient descriptions do not establish a defined priority. Contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted. No applicant criteria or grantmaking area is provided, and the filings provide no recurring deadline. The available information therefore describes the grant purposes and recipient types in the records, rather than a public funding programme with published priorities.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Ohio and Canada.
How to apply
Contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 60%
- The largest single recipient received 60% of grant dollars to organisations.
- 60% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Canada).
- 39% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Open Library of Canada · General Support$5,500,0002023 tax year
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · General Support$100,0002023 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Jeff Ubois — Director
- Mary K Austin — Co-Chair / Secretary
- Brewster L Kahle — Chairman
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $4,354,109 | $3,590,000 | $135,928,138 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $6,472,483 | $5,600,000 | $147,121,537 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,099,053 | $0 | $161,785,070 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
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- Biddeford, ME