Alexander Schmidheiny Stiftung

Founded in 1993, Alexander Schmidheiny Stiftung is a grant-making foundation based in Heerbrugg, Switzerland working on arts & culture, children & youth, education +2 more.

The Alexander Schmidheiny Stiftung is a Swiss grant-making foundation established in 1993 by Dr. Stephan Schmidheiny in memory of his brother Alexander Schmidheiny. It supports projects in culture, youth, social affairs, education and the environment in the St. Gallen Rheintal region and its immediate surroundings. Each year it supports around 20 projects with total grants of roughly CHF 80,000. Applications are accepted at any time through the online form on its website, and the foundation's day-to-day operations are delegated pro bono to the Asuera Stiftung. The foundation is a member of SwissFoundations and states that it follows the Swiss Foundation Code and is supervised by the Swiss foundation supervisory authorities.