As early as 1964, the company founders Hermann and Ernst Mahle transferred their ownership of the company to the MAHLE Foundation for public benefit, with the consent of their heirs. Since then, the MAHLE Foundation has held almost all the company’s shares. The Foundation’s property is held in trust. In establishing the MAHLE Foundation, the company founders put public welfare before personal gain.

The objectives and activities of the MAHLE foundation

As part of its activities, the MAHLE Foundation promotes health care

The dividend of MAHLE GmbH to be paid from the annual Group profit has been available exclusively to the MAHLE Foundation since that time. The Foundation’s task has always been to pursue charitable goals – by promoting health care, youth development and welfare, schooling, general adult education and vocational education, as well as science and research. One of the key projects sponsored by the MAHLE Foundation is the anthroposophically oriented Filderklinik in Filderstadt-Bonlanden near Stuttgart. The Filderklinik uses acute and holistic methods in its practice of anthroposophically extended medicine, all under one roof. The construction, modernization and annual costs of running the clinic have been supported substantially by the MAHLE Foundation since its opening in 1975. The Foundation has donated EUR 6.5 million to date to support the clinic extension that has become necessary since 2004, with the construction of an outpatient, diagnosis and reception center.