[5] The foundation's first projects included a series of events that identified the handing over the reins to a new generation as a structural problem for family-managed companies.
[16][17][18] In 2012, the foundation opened the "House of Family Businesses," (Haus des Familienunternehmens)[19][20] at Pariser Platz in Berlin-Mitte to encourage the dialogue between political representatives and the public.
In future, the “Foundation for Family Businesses and Politics” plans to take part in such activities as testifying at hearings of experts held in the German Parliament.
[25] In the wake of the global economic and financial crisis, the foundation positioned family-managed companies as an alternative to capital market-oriented organizational forms.
[26][27][28] The foundation is a sponsor of scientific work in family entrepreneurship, commissioning individual scientists or research institutes with studies.