Kelmendi Foundation mobilizes resources, knowledge, partnerships and innovation to improve lives and strengthen communities — beginning in Kosovo and the Western Balkans, and extending, over time, across the world.
Built to last for centuries
Strategic pillars
In well-governed phases
Audited & transparent
Established by the Kelmendi Family and Kelmendi Holdings Ltd., the Foundation is an independent, non-profit, public-benefit institution conceived to create lasting, measurable and inter-generational impact. It integrates humanitarian assistance, strategic grant-making, impact investing, prudent endowment management, research funding and institution-building within a single disciplined organisation.
Inspired by faith, compassion, responsibility and service — and remaining inclusive, non-partisan and lawful — it is designed to exist in perpetuity.
Food and essential-needs assistance, shelter and winterisation, disaster and emergency response, and refugee, displaced-person and recovery support.
ExploreThe Kelmendi Scholars Programme, vocational and technical training, STEM and digital literacy, teacher development and research mobility.
ExplorePrimary and specialist care access, prevention and screening, maternal and mental health, rural telemedicine, and elderly and palliative care.
ExploreMentoring and leadership, careers and internships, entrepreneurship and innovation labs, and the Kelmendi Fellows Programme.
ExploreScholarships and leadership, employment and entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, women’s and maternal health, and survivor support.
ExploreEarly childhood development, child nutrition and protection, parenting and family support, disability inclusion and child and adolescent mental health.
ExploreSmallholder and family-farm productivity, water and soil management, cooperatives and market access, cold chain, and climate-resilient agritech.
ExploreRenewable energy and efficiency, climate adaptation, water and watershed protection, reforestation and biodiversity, and the circular economy.
ExplorePeacebuilding and social cohesion, anti-trafficking and victim services, community safety, rule-of-law and rights education, and civil protection.
ExploreApplied and scientific research grants across AI, engineering, clean technologies and bioscience — laboratories, institutes and public-interest innovation.
ExploreCommunity centres and public spaces, institutional capacity grants, arts, culture and heritage, and inclusive local economic development.
Explore“Founded in Kosovo.
Serving Humanity Globally.”
A permanent philanthropic and endowment institution dedicated to human dignity, knowledge, health, sustainability, opportunity, and service to humanity.
We combine the strengths of a family, corporate, grant-making, operating and endowment foundation — built on professional governance and measurable results.
Structured, results-based grant-making that funds the most effective routes to lasting change.
We don’t only fund others — we establish and endow schools, clinics, research centres and more.
A diversified, prudently invested endowment designed to sustain the mission in perpetuity.
Education · Coming soon
How the Foundation’s education pillar will widen access to learning across the region.
Endowment · Coming soon
The principles behind a diversified, perpetual funding base.
Partnerships · Coming soon
Working with governments, universities, the diaspora and global institutions.
We welcome partners, co-funders, the diaspora and institutions who share our mission. Together we can build institutions that serve society for generations.
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