The foundation's purpose is to support family members with extraordinary education costs, hospital and spa stays, medical expenses in case of illness and accidents, to the extent that their own resources and insurance benefits are insufficient, as well as to provide assistance for weddings and births in precarious financial situations, by granting direct donations or loans. Family members who may benefit from the foundation's services include direct descendants, also in distant degrees in a straight line from Friedrich and Else Oehler-Ringier (parents of the founder) who lived in Aarau.