The purpose of the Fund is to further the charitable, cultural, religious, and educational work of institutions in Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania through capital and operational grants. Said institutions will include, but are not limited to, organizations supported in the past by the Babylon Family and those they wish to support past their own lifetimes such as, The Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company Number 1; Grace Lutheran Church; Carroll Lutheran Village; McDaniel College; Gettysburg College; Gettysburg Seminary; Carroll Hospital Center; The Carroll County Agriculture Center; The Carroll County Historical Society; projects of The GFWC Women's Club of Westminster; and projects of the Westminster Lions Club.