The Freudenberg Foundation has been focusing on the following program areas since 1984: Firstly, the foundation promotes the integration of migrants as well as cultural minorities in a society that has become an immigrant society, particularly in the face of the hostility and discrimination, with which immigrants may be confronted.

Secondly, the foundation is involved in helping young people from socially disadvantaged families when they run into difficulties at school and fail to obtain job qualifications.

Thirdly, the Freudenberg Foundation supports the promotion of democratic culture since this is a fundamental prerequisite for peaceful coexistence in society.

In this respect, the Freudenberg Foundation primarily concentrates on supporting projects that promote democratic learning and the assumption of responsibility in schools and communities as well as projects that fight extremist, in particular right-wing extremist, influences on the everyday culture in which young people grow up.

Fourthly, it supports occupational reintegration programs for persons with mental illnesses and projects aiming to increase public awareness of their specific problems.