Stiftung Diakonie Bethanien

The foundation aims, committed to the diaconal tradition and Christian values, to support people in various life situations, to offer help and comfort, and to cultivate diverse hospitality. For this purpose, the foundation supports, promotes, or operates projects, activities, works, and businesses in the areas of care, therapy, catering, accommodation, supervision, protection, encounter, and counseling, particularly for seniors, children, adolescents, and families, which are open to all people, regardless of gender, origin, political, ideological, and religious affiliation. Among the further tasks are the lifelong securing of the livelihood of the deaconesses of the Diakonie Bethanien as of the foundation's founding date, as well as the organization of events and information sessions for persons who are particularly close to the Diakonie Bethanien or accompany it ("Friends' Circle Diakonie Bethanien"). The foundation may engage in all transactions and take measures that are suitable to promote or facilitate the achievement of its purpose. The foundation may, in particular, employ personnel, provide, operate, or promote infrastructures, legally autonomize individual tasks, fulfill them in cooperation with other institutions and organizations, or entrust them with such tasks and finance them for this purpose or grant donations. The foundation may establish, acquire, dispose of, dissolve, or merge corporations. These activities are permissible as long as they do not pose excessive risks to the foundation. The foundation may create, acquire, hold, manage, mediate, lease, sell, and encumber real estate for financing purposes. The foundation may merge with other foundations if a merger is substantively justified and serves the preservation and fulfillment of the foundation's purpose. The foundation is primarily active in Switzerland within the framework of its purpose. The foundation has a non-profit character. It does not pursue commercial purposes and does not seek profit. It may participate in other companies within the framework of its purpose, provided that its tax exemption is not endangered. The profits and capital of the foundation are exclusively dedicated to the aforementioned purpose. Profit-making purposes are excluded.