Associations & Interest Groups

Stiftung Academia Engelberg 

Engelberg · Since 2001

Stiftung Academia Engelberg is an interdisciplinary, intergenerational platform that promotes dialogue between science, society and industry and organises the Engelberger Dialoge. It runs events, projects and workshops and publishes reports and media about its activities.

Stiftung "Adolph Kolping" 

Schaffhausen · Since 1979

Stiftung "Adolph Kolping" promotes and supports public, cultural, religious and social activities and funds initiatives in youth and adult education, family assistance and elder care. It administers resources to fulfil its charitable purpose, owns Kolping Wohnbau GmbH and directs the company’s proceeds toward providing and maintaining affordable housing.

Stiftung Agitatus Inden 

Inden · Since 2006

The company's core activity is the management and provision of municipal services, including water supply, waste management, energy supply, education, social services, public transportation and leisure/holiday offers, as well as the management of housing and support for local businesses and organizations. It is a municipal administration.

Stiftung Alpenblick Gstaad 

Gstaad · Since 2022

The core activity of the company 'Stiftung Alpenblick' is to promote and support people, particularly children, young people and families from socially and financially difficult circumstances, by providing holiday opportunities, educational and leisure activities in a specially built centre in Gstaad.

Stiftung Alropa 

Rotkreuz · Since 2021

The core activity of the Alropa Foundation is to provide rapid and tangible support to people in Central Switzerland who have fallen into a difficult life situation through no fault of their own, particularly where no other adequate help is available.

Stiftung Alter in Hottingen 

Zurich · Since 1971

The core activity of the Alter in Hottingen Foundation is to promote and support projects that enrich and improve the lives of older people in the Hottingen district and its surroundings, particularly in the areas of leisure activities, housing, health, culture, education and social meeting points.

Stiftung "altes Bellwald" 

Bellwald · Since 1984

Stiftung "altes Bellwald" is a foundation focused on preserving traditional building fabric and cultural structures. The foundation supports conservation and restoration of historic agricultural buildings, village alleys and irrigation channels, and advocates for considerate handling of renovations.

Stiftung Amazing Grace 

Bowil · Since 2019

The core activity of the Amazing Grace Foundation is to provide a home for sick and/or unwanted animals, as well as to help financially disadvantaged people pay for accident or illness costs of their animals.

Stiftung Andrea Silvana Witzinger 

Bottmingen · Since 1992

Stiftung Andrea Silvana Witzinger is a small family foundation established in memory of the founders' deceased daughter. The foundation states that it has disbursed nearly all of its assets to various organisations and requests that no further donation inquiries be submitted.

Stiftung Anne-Marie Schindler 

Engi · Since 1990

Stiftung Anne-Marie Schindler provides financial support for cultural and social projects. The foundation funds areas such as visual arts, music (excluding pop, folk and commercial recordings), dance, theatre, literature, film and interdisciplinary projects, awards scholarships mainly in partnership, and focuses social funding on projects addressing violence against women; applications from the cantons of Vaud and Geneva are excluded.