About Us

"The Swiss Benevolent Society of San Francisco is organized for the purpose of aiding deserving Swiss nationals and their direct descendants. ... Funds may be used for such charitable and eleemosynary purposes as aid to Swiss nationals or their direct descendants in case of need or emergency, or as scholarships for Swiss nationals or their direct descendants, in an area contiguous to San Francisco ..." (By-Laws Article II: Purpose of the Society)

2010 Board of Directors

The Board is made up of seven to eleven volunteers serving staggered 3-year terms. They share the responsibility for managing the Society and its activities.

Ruedi Sandmeier	President
Melanie Facen	Vice-President
Marianne Aubert	Secretary
John Zeiter	Treasurer
Hans Bachmann	Consular Relations
Andreas Eggler	Investments Committee
Melanie Facen	Assistance Committee
John Andrew	Scholarship Committee
Melissa Lindt	Membership
Bernhard Daniel	Public Relations
Esther Scott	Fundraising
Marianne Strotz	Scholarship Committee
Robert Rieder	Auditor
Hans Surber	Auditor

Legal

The “Swiss Relief Society of San Francisco” was founded in 1886 and incorporated on January 19, 1901. The organization's name was changed to “Swiss Benevolent Society of San Francisco” on February 18, 1987. We are organized as a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, Tax ID#: 94-6052328.

Annual Reports

125th Annual Meeting - February 5, 2010.
124th Annual Meeting - February 6, 2009.
123rd Annual Meeting - February 7, 2008.
122nd Annual Meeting - February 8, 2007.
121st Annual Meeting - February 09, 2006.
120th Annual Meeting - February 10, 2005.