Stiftung zur Pflege von Mensch, Mitwelt und Erde

Promotion and support of the development and unfolding of free cultural, educational, therapeutic and socially effective initiatives based on anthroposophical spiritual and social science, in particular the promotion of activities based on spiritual scientific insights of anthroposophy in businesses such as farms, gardens, landscape maintenance facilities and gardens, as well as for seed breeding in plant breeding, animal breeding and nutrition on a recognized biodynamic basis (Demeter). Support for Rudolf Steiner schools, curative educational homes including institutions for the mentally ill, therapeutic facilities, medicinal product businesses, training and further education institutions, universities, therapeutic living and working communities, insofar as they develop activities in the sense of paragraph 2 above. Provides mainly financial support through loans on favorable terms or through donations for investments in businesses and institutions of the aforementioned type. Can acquire and sell properties and transfer them to natural or legal persons under building rights, lease or other agreements regulating use, ensuring that the businesses and institutions actually align their activities with the goals corresponding to the foundation's purpose. In this sense, particular attention should be paid to ensuring that in the event of succession for such businesses and institutions transferred under usage rights, the alignment with the foundation's goals is maintained, with the children of the operators or persons close to them being granted a right of first refusal for taking over the usage if they want to become active in the sense of the foundation's goals. Can provide advice and participate in clarifying the economic viability, but leaves the beneficiaries the necessary free space for initiative and independent design of their activities within the framework of the foundation's goals. Can also hold seminars and symposia, provide research contributions, facilitate the exchange of ideas among the beneficiaries, and develop further activities that serve the realization of the foundation's purpose. Can also collaborate with other institutions. The activities of the foundation primarily extend to the territory of Switzerland; can also develop activities in other countries. The foundation's activity is non-profit.