Our Work
We concentrate our support in a small number of areas where we believe our involvement can make a lasting difference.
We believe education is the clearest way to open doors for a child who would otherwise not have them. Forest of Life Foundation supports scholarship programs that give children from families without the means the chance to have access to education. We also support academic institutions with personal significance to our founding families, including Brandeis University and the University of San Francisco.
Health is the foundation without which nothing else is possible. We are proud supporters of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, including its efforts to expand oncology care — a cause close to our family’s own history. We also support Projeto Acredite, which provides care and support to underprivileged children living with juvenile rheumatism, a condition that remains widely unknown and under-resourced.
We have seen firsthand how sport can change the course of a life — building focus, discipline, resilience, and a sense of possibility that reaches far beyond the field or the bike. That is why we support Racing for Change, a cycling-based youth development program in Brazil, and the Israel Cycling Academy, which uses the same approach to give young people a path out of vulnerability and toward opportunity. We are also proud sponsors of Swiss athletes, including biathlete James Pacal.
Standing against antisemitism, racism, and exclusion is inseparable from who we are. We support organizations dedicated to this fight, including CICAD, Switzerland’s leading organization combating antisemitism and racism.
