The foundation aims to finance and provide contributions to tax-exempt employee benefit institutions that the company has joined or established itself. The foundation can also provide voluntary additional benefits to statutory pension benefits in the event of old age, disability, and death, as well as voluntary purchase benefits for the company's employees and their survivors. Furthermore, the foundation aims to support employees and their survivors in cases of need, such as illness, accident, disability, or unemployment. By decision of the foundation board and through a written accession agreement, which must be notified to the supervisory authority, companies economically or financially closely linked to the company can also be affiliated with the foundation, provided that the necessary funds are made available to the foundation and the acquired rights and entitlements of the previous beneficiaries are not impaired.