The foundation aims to promote activities in the fields of culture, education and social affairs. To achieve this purpose, the foundation undertakes a range of activities throughout Switzerland. These include, among other things, the evaluation of suitable projects and the organization and implementation of fundraising activities. In individual cases, the foundation may support activities in developing countries, provided that their level of development is not comparable to that of Western Europe. In accordance with the foundation's purpose, the funds are to be used in particular as follows: grants to organizations and institutions that carry out cultural projects of all kinds; grants to organizations and institutions that are involved in education; grants to integration projects for socially disadvantaged people; grants to people with disabilities and those in need; grants to public and private aid projects to support victims of natural disasters. Within the framework of the foundation's purpose, the foundation may also make grants to other non-profit national or international institutions, provided that this enables the foundation's purpose to be achieved more effectively. The foundation pursues non-profit purposes in the general Swiss interest. It does not pursue any commercial or self-help purposes and does not provide any services to the founder or her legal successor, their employees or their relatives in ascending and descending lines.