The foundation provides grants to organizations and individuals that focus on: research into causes of, treatment for, and prevention of occupational and environmental diseases; the improvement of public awareness about workplace health and safety, and public health; enhancing access to, participation in, and education about the legal system and governmental processes; the advancement of government programs that provide services which lessen the burdens of government and/or provide relief to the poor, distressed, or under-privileged; and the combat of community deterioration and the lessening of neighborhood tensions.