The foundation's purpose is to provide the following services to its beneficiaries: care and support in cases of illness, disability, and other emergencies; enabling and facilitating studies and training courses in Switzerland and abroad; covering education costs not borne by the public; providing assistance for marriage; covering medical, pharmaceutical, hospital, and care costs that beneficiaries are unable to pay; granting convalescent and recreational stays; creating and maintaining suitable housing for beneficiaries, which can be made available to them free of charge or at a reduced rent, depending on their economic situation; creating and maintaining suitable commercial, business, and/or workspaces for beneficiaries, which can be made available to them at a reduced rent, depending on their economic situation; financing family reunions and genealogical research; providing contributions to scientific, cultural, or political works; creating and financing family registers; providing contributions and/or covering the costs of funeral and grave maintenance for deceased beneficiaries.