About us
Focus on high-impact, sustainable projects
The foundation engages in initiatives in developing countries that help people to get out of poverty and lead a productive life. Our focus is on high-impact projects that profoundly improve the lives of the people supported and thus have a high social return on investment. Our engagements are limited in time and should always lead to sustainable solutions.
Each project of the foundation is well defined with clear objectives, a time frame and regular reporting. The foundation does not participate in projects that simply distribute funds or goods.
Guiding Principles
Fontana Foundation operates on the basis of the following 7 guiding principles:
- We engage in projects that are efficient and have a high social impact
- We fund only well-defined projects with locally established partners
- We understand each project in detail and review all of them regularly
- We expect a substantial contribution of the beneficiaries
- We remain focused on our defined fields of activity
- We want to contribute to sustainable developments only
- We treat all people with respect and dignity and adhere to high ethical standards
The Board of Trustees of the Foundation
- Lena Steiner, Chairman
- Mario Fontana, Member and Founder
- Elsa Fontana, Member
- Walter Zahnd, Member
- Thomas Meier, Member
- Nadja Keller, Secretary