Edi und Brigitt Gysi Stiftung

The foundation aims to: a) promote the education, training and retraining of disabled individuals residing in the canton of Bern, provide financial support and start-up assistance or temporary support for the start of self-employment, through the granting of loans, financing of venture capital or similar; b) promote and support disabled individuals residing in the canton of Bern, by financing holidays for the disabled, financing respite holidays for relatives of the disabled and financing meaningful leisure activities; c) provide general support and assistance to disabled individuals residing in the canton of Bern, e.g. by pre-financing social insurance costs, if the payment of these claims is unduly delayed or by partially assuming maintenance costs; d) support projects aimed at improving infrastructure for disabled individuals in the canton of Bern. The foundation may also support other organizations that correspond to the foundation's purpose. The main purpose according to lit. a - c shall be fulfilled continuously, the subsequent purpose designations according to the financial possibilities. The allocations from the foundation are made voluntarily at the discretion of the foundation board. There is no legal claim of the individual beneficiaries to the foundation's assets or its income. The foundation has a non-profit character and does not pursue any commercial purpose.