The tradition and guiding principles of our foundations handed down from generation to generation have rested on an absolute commitment to solidarity, social responsibility and the advance-ment of knowledge. It is our duty to preserve this legacy while at the same time promoting innova-tion and fostering creativity.

Education is first and foremost our mandate. It benefits the individual and the community, the material and the spiritual, the present and the future. It begins and continues with the sharing of information, values and experience. In the sciences, in the arts and in business.

Through our historical partnerships with universities and medical institutions of the highest standing in Europe, the United States and Israel, we support scientific research, infrastructure and technology, particularly in ophthalmology, neuroscience and rehabilitation treatment.

As human fulfilment is not achieved solely in the classroom, we sponsor specialised training programs and encourage public outreach, especially towards the youth, in diverse areas ranging from communication and entrepreneurial skills to the promotion of cultural diversity and the protection of the environment. Towards a better cohesion and progress in the community.

We remain deeply committed to our longstanding patronage of the arts, especially by helping to preserve and to pass on the exceptional savoir faire of outstand-ing artisans.

Finally, our tribute to musical heritages remains constant. For music has the remarkable value of inviting dialogue between cultures by bringing people together.

Ariane and Benjamin de Rothschild.