The foundation aims to promote the development and advancement of needy children or families in Switzerland and abroad, in the sense of self-help or through the provision of support contributions to alleviate hardship; entrepreneurial initiative and responsibility in Switzerland, in particular through the awarding of or participation in innovation prizes; cultural assets, in particular through contributions to listed or culturally and historically valuable objects and buildings, as well as through contributions to artists or cultural institutions in Switzerland and abroad; political, economic and social insights through contributions to corresponding studies, events and publications in Switzerland and abroad.