The Kunstforum Zürich was founded by a group of active art collectors in February 2017 and promotes the development and enrichment of Zurich as an art location through debates and conferences. The focus is on topics that move the Swiss and international art scene. The independent foundation conveys knowledge and inspiration, facilitates encounters and is intended to stimulate discussion. The Kunstforum Zürich is aimed at the general public interested in art, at art professionals, art collectors, art dealers and gallery owners, as well as at art-related companies, political decision-makers, authorities and the media.

Since 2019, Maerki Baumann & Co. AG has supported the Kunstforum Zürich with a grant.

Thanks to the contributions of its members as well as donations, the Zurich Donors’ Parliament (“Zürcher Spendenparlament”) supports social and cultural projects aimed at assisting with the integration of young people, families of immigrant background, refugees, the elderly, the disabled and those suffering from dementia. Modelled on the example of the Donor Parliament in Hamburg, it was founded as a charitable association in 2006 by Father Christoph Sigrist.

Ever since 2011, Maerki Baumann has supported the Advisory Council – founded in 2010 – in a membership capacity.

The Zurich Banking Association (ZBV) and its predecessor organizations have represented the interests of the Zurich financial centre vis-à-vis the authorities, the political establishment and the Swiss public for more than a century. The ZBV currently represents some 40 member institutions encompassing around 50,000 employees in the Zurich region. In addition, it is committed to high training standards at all levels of the banking and insurance business.

The financial commitment of Maerki Baumann aims to ensure that Zurich will remain a financial centre of global standing in the future too. As a Board Member, Dr Stephan A. Zwahlen is personally committed to the Zurich Banking Association

The Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) is a centre of expertise that has gained an outstanding reputation in Switzerland in the area of banking, finance and capital market research. In addition to its principal activity in research, teaching and training, the Institute also advises numerous commercial banks, central banks, financial institutions and international organizations.

Maerki Baumann supports the research activities of the Institute’s talented young academics in the form of sponsorship funding, thus making its own contribution to the financial sector’s continued development. In addition, Dr Stephan A. Zwahlen is committed to the Institute in his capacity as Member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Sponsors’ Association.

“Dihei isch es eifach schöner” (“It’s just nicer being at home”) has been the key motto of Kinder-Spitex (kispex), the Canton of Zurich’s domiciliary care service for children, for more than 20 years. This association provides round-the-clock nursing services – in the comfort of their own homes – for children with acute or chronic ailments or cognitive/motor disabilities or who have had an accident, as well as care for terminally ill children. As a public district nursing association with official (Zewo-approved) charity status, kispex is reliant on financial support.

Maerki Baumann helps to fund Kinder-Spitex, for example by financing additional services not covered by insurance but which parents urgently require to provide their children with sufficient care.

Maerki Baumann & Co. AG is Conference Partner of the annual Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz. The CfC St. Moritz brings private and institutional investors and family offices together with the leading experts in the crypto and blockchain industry.