Bata Schuh Stiftung

Administration and use of the foundation's assets and income to promote the manufacture and distribution of good, affordable footwear and related products on all continents, primarily through the industrial group founded by the late Thomas Bata, hereinafter referred to as the Bata Shoe Organization (BSO), through financial support of individual ventures, research work, personnel training, etc., that pursue this purpose, as well as to promote scientific, cultural, educational, artistic and philanthropic ventures and activities, particularly in Switzerland, in the broadest sense in all their possible forms.