AURORA

Year of foundation: 1983

Purpose: Support for institutions or charitable projects in Italy, particularly educational projects for young people.

Project investment per year (CHF): 40'000

BERNINA

Year of foundation: 1972

Purpose: Support for projects mainly in the fields of education, training of trainers and social assistance, but also in other areas recognized as non-profit sectors in Europe and other continents.

Project investment per year (CHF): 2 Mio.

BOREAL

Year of foundation: 2010

Purpose: Improving the living conditions of people in need by supporting projects in the areas of formal and non-formal education as well as public and private health, particularly in Latin America and Africa.

CONSTANCE

Year of foundation: 2009

Purpose: To support initiatives of public interest, especially for education at all levels and for helping people in need (with emphasis on educational and social activities of the Sisters of St. Mary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus).

Project investment per year (CHF): 330'000

Project example:

• Scholarships for children from low-income families

CPAM

Year of foundation: 2021

Purpose: Promote better living conditions for the most vulnerable people in the world’s poorest countries. Support will be given especially to the training of severely disadvantaged single women.

Characteristics: Sub-foundation was transferred from another umbrella foundation

Hexagon Group

Year of foundation: 2023

Purpose: To support charitable social and educational projects worldwide, with a focus on education, children, and access to clean water.

Founder: Hexagon Group AG, Zug

JEPA-LIMMAT

Year of foundation: 1995

Purpose: To contribute to the progress of developing countries through advanced education and community development projects.

Founder: Alberto Ciferri

Project investment per year (CHF): 10'000

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Patronat Karl Lukas Honegger (PKLH)

Year of foundation: 1993

Purpose: To protect the works of the founder from speculation as well as to preserve the important works as a collection and make them accessible to the public.

Founder: Karl Lukas Honegger

Project investment per year (CHF): 15'000

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NAZARET GLOBAL EDUCATION (NGE)

Year of foundation: 2022

Purpose: Support for initiatives of public interest, in particular in the field of education, at all levels, as well as support for human education and social advancement. To achieve these goals, it either carries out direct educational projects or works with renowned non-profit organizations.

Pia Ida

Year of foundation: 2019

Purpose: Support for education and health of poor children and young people in developing countries as well as in Switzerland.

Characteristics: Established by absorption fusion as sub-foundation.

Project investment per year (CHF): 15'000

Prof. Hans Wagner

Year of foundation: 2022

Purpose: Promotion of the works of Prof. Hans Wagner, born in 1906. Promotion of violinists by lending violins and supporting initiatives of public interest.

Founder: Dr. Wolfgang Wagner

Characteristics: The assets consist in particular of works by Prof. Hans Wagner. He was an academic painter. Born and raised in Austria, he lived in Switzerland for many years. Although he was mainly a portrait painter, he repeatedly expressed his love for his adopted home through his many Lake Zurich landscapes. 

Rhein

Year of foundation: 1983

Purpose: Support for institutions or charitable projects, especially abroad, but also in Switzerland. The focus is on education, training and social assistance.

Project investment per year (CHF): 1'500'000

Project example:

• Home for people with disabilities

Rosenbühl

Year of foundation: 2004

Purpose: The purpose of the sub-foundation Rosenbühl is consitent with the purpose of the Limmat Foundation. Therefore, Rosenbühl only raises earmarked funds and has no equity.

Characteristics: Hosts earmarked funds.

Project investment per year (CHF): 1'300'000

Project examples:

• Job application workshop for youth with handicap
  
• Medical care at Monkole Hospital
• Basic medical care for islanders
  
• Promotion of dual training

Saat

Year of foundation: 2001 (2022 as sub-foundation)

Purpose: The purpose of the sub-foundation Saat is to support and encourage people in their quest for independence.

Founder: Marianne und Claude Ruedin

Sub-foundation Saat
Kirchweg 26
8708 Männedorf

Characteristics: Created as sub-foundation by fusion.

Project investment per year (CHF): 230'000

Project example:

• Saberes

Scoluniv

Year of foundation: 2020

Purpose: Christian-inspired and recognized as non-profit private initiatives that support school as well as higher education in the countries of the Francophonie, especially in Madagascar.

Characteristics: Designed as an endowment.

Project investment per year (CHF): 200'000

Project examples:

• School education for socially disadvantaged children (Ceres)
• Higher education for socially disadvantaged youth (Sesame)
• Micro Enterprise Development for Women
• Implementation of the dual education system

Stiftung für Entwick­lungszusam­menar­beit (SfEZ)

Year of foundation: 1979

Purpose: Support for charitable initiatives in developing countries.

Project investment per year (CHF): 740'000

Project examples:

• Training as an entrepreneur in the banana sector
• Medical care at Monkole Hospital
• Education for socially disadvantaged women
• School education for socially disadvantaged children (Ceres)
• Higher education for socially disadvantaged youth (Sesame)
• Micro enterprise development for women
• Promotion of dual training

Street Children

Year of foundation: 1995

Purpose: Improving living conditions and facilitating a better future primarily for the actual street children (i.e. homeless and familyless children) but also for other children in need.

Project investment per year (CHF): 400'000

Project examples:

• Saberes
• Integration of former child soldiers into society
  

FONDAZIONE TAMARO

Year of foundation: 2000

Purpose: Support mainly to children, youth, older people and women, without geographical limitation.

Founder: Susanna Tamaro

Characteristics: Assets consist of authors' rights

Project investment per year (CHF): 40'000

Umberto Farri

Year of foundation: 2023

Purpose: The goal of the Sub-Foundation Umberto Farri is to contribute to non-profit entities devoted to international development cooperation and to progress projects in developing countries.

Characteristics: The sub-foundation is named in honour of Mr. Farri, who served as a member of the Foundation Board of the Limmat Foundation since its establishment in 1972. He played a significant role in shaping the Limmat Foundation until his passing.