The foundation aims to preserve the paternal property at Dorfplatz 5 in Beckenried, as well as the furniture, other objects, and collector's items as a document of rural residential culture of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, and in memory of the Kaeslin family. Furthermore, the foundation aims to acquire and preserve objects of communal and regional interest of a religious and cultural nature. In addition, the foundation aims to promote and support local and regional institutions, events, and similar initiatives, primarily of a religious nature in the traditional sense and in the historical field. The foundation has a non-profit character and does not pursue any commercial purpose.