The Hanns Seidel Foundation e.V. shall pursue exclusively and directly nonprofit-making aims as per the section on 'aims granted tax benefits' in the Tax Code.

"The object of the association is ... 

• to foster the democratic and civic education of the German people on the basis of Christianity,
• to promote education, popular and vocational training, including scholarships for students, in particular by opening up access to an academic training for gifted people with the appropriate character,
• to foster the academic sector, especially by means of conducting academic studies,
• to foster international attitudes and understanding between nationalities and to promote European unification, especially by inviting foreign groups and supporting journeys abroad,
• to sponsor cultural aims, especially to promote the preservation and maintenance of cultural works, and to promote the preservation of monuments,
• to promote development aid.

The association realizes the aims laid out in the statutes primarily by operating and maintaining an

• Academy for Politics and Current Affairs
• Institute for Political Education
• Institute for Scholarship Programmes
• Institute for International Cooperation

The association is a non-profit organisation; it does not have primarily commercial interests."