Promotion of medical and psychological research and application, support of projects in the field of ecology and environmental protection, cultural promotion, charitable activities of all kinds; can make grants in the fields of palliative medicine, cancer research, psychosomatics and psycho-oncology, brain research and hospice movement, in the fields of alternative energies, nature and animal conservation (e.g. Swiss Bird Observatory Sempach, Pro Natura, Zurich Zoological Society), disaster relief, to the Rietberg Museum (Rietberg Society, Rietberg Fund), the Kunsthaus Zurich (Association of Zurich Art Lovers), the Zurich Opera House (Friends of the Zurich Opera, International Opera Studio), the spoken theater of the city of Zurich, etc., to charitable organizations such as Caritas Switzerland and Caritas Zurich, SOS Children's Villages, Pestalozzi Children's Village, Médecins sans Frontières, Swiss Refugee Aid, Pro Senectute, Pro Infirmis, etc., which are active in the respective fields. Grants can be made to institutions, but also to individuals who are active in the respective fields.