The foundation aims to support and promote foundations and charitable institutions that promote the education of young people and young adults in Switzerland and abroad; to support and promote non-profit projects and organizations in Switzerland and abroad, in particular to combat poverty, lack of education, malnutrition, environmental protection, and to support and promote agroforestry and watershed development projects; to support and promote foundations and charitable institutions that help people affected by poverty in the Northwestern Switzerland region. The foundation is politically and denominationally neutral. The foundation can fulfill its purpose throughout Switzerland; allocations of up to around 30% per year can also flow abroad. It can acquire, hold and sell properties in Switzerland. The foundation has a non-profit character, is not profit-oriented and does not pursue any commercial purposes. The provision of benefits, in whatever form, to the founders (jointly or individually), their families or related persons is excluded.