Who we are
Introducing the World of the Casa Costa Foundation ETS
Casa Costa Foundation ETS is a Third Sector Entity founded to pursue solidarity goals through a territory-rooted approach. It is based in Corvara in Badia, in the Dolomites, at Strada Col Alt 105.
Founded on February 14, 2007 by the Costa Family, it has been registered since 2025 in the National Register of the Third Sector (RUNTS).
The Foundation operates according to three interconnected pillars – Soil, Soul, Society – that guide all our actions:
- Soil: environmental protection and territorial regeneration
- Soul: preservation of cultural and linguistic identities
- Society: social inclusion and dignity for vulnerable people
Our field of action focuses on the territories of South Tyrol and Tuscany, where the Costa family has deep roots through its hospitality business. Here we develop concrete projects that weave together responsible hospitality and social impact.
We believe in regenerative tourism: hospitality that doesn't consume the territory but regenerates it. That doesn't observe local communities as folklore but involves them as protagonists. That transforms surplus into resource, passage into relationship, welcome into care.
"Abandon the great roads, take the paths." So said Pythagoras, and so we do: we choose small steps, the slow journey, one that observes without overpowering, that listens before acting.
We maintain solidarity relationships with historical partners in the Global South – Ethiopia, Uganda, Togo, Afghanistan, India – where we continue to support projects for children, women's rights, and the protection of cultural minorities.
We operate as a non-profit, with the desire to bring real and lasting added value. Every project is born from authentic relationships and is conducted together with trusted partners, with the sole objective of generating positive impact.
There are many voices that tell our story. Voices of culture to preserve, languages to value, territories to regenerate. Voices of inclusion to practice, waste to transform, beauty to share.
These are our stories. And every day, with those who support us, we write a new one.
In a society where everything has become a commodity, and where those with money can buy and be better off, there is a need for the rehabilitation of the 'free', of that which can be used but not bought.
Alexander Langer
Parents and children. A story that unfolds through the slopes of the Dolomites and travels lightly, from one valley to another. A family in motion, yet deeply rooted. A family that has never believed in indifference.
In 1956, Annie and Ernesto brought Hotel La Perla to life in Corvara in Badia. Then they brought Michil, Mathias, and Maximilian into the world. The years flowed by, but a subtle thread holds everything together: a profound sense of connection, care, and vision.
In 2007, in India, something happened. Michil met Madame Jetsun Pema, sister of the XIV Dalai Lama. From that encounter, a project was born: to create a Foundation alongside the most vulnerable communities. "The person who departs on a journey is not the same one who returns." From that journey arose the desire to build a bridge between distant yet intimately similar worlds: from minority to minority – the Tibetan and Ladin peoples – from mountain to mountain – Himalayas and Dolomites.
On February 14, 2007, that vision became reality.
Today, that vision has taken root at home. The Foundation has evolved, bringing back what we learned far away. We now focus our action in South Tyrol and Tuscany, where the Costa family's hospitality business – Hotel La Perla in Corvara and Hotel La Posta in Bagno Vignoni – has created deep bonds with local communities.
A family that becomes community. That expands, opens like a flower. A family as common good.
Collaborators, volunteers, friends. We call them by name: Sister Patrizia, Marcella, Daniele, Mariam, Francesca, Buze, Chef Simone, Provincial Hotel Management School - Bruneck... and all the supporters thanks to whom small gestures become great realities.
We continue to maintain solidarity relationships with historical partners in the Global South – India, Afghanistan, Uganda, Togo, Ethiopia.
But our primary commitment is now here, in our mountains and valleys. Transforming surplus into resource. Turning hospitality into care. Making tourism regenerative.
A seed, a tree, a cooking class, a cultural initiative. Simple, concrete things. But when told in the plural – from the Dolomites to Tuscany, from our valleys to the world – they can become change.