The foundation aims to work for the public good with its assets and their returns in accordance with the following provisions: to enable parents with severely and profoundly disabled children to take self-care recreation holidays; to support research at ETH Zurich; to support research in the field of social sciences at the University of Bern; to support a number of funding foundations through annual or extraordinary contributions. The foundation has no commercial purpose and does not generate profits. The foundation's area of activity covers the whole of Switzerland, and it can also operate abroad.