The association founded schools for girls and women, as well as kindergartens that were later taken over by the state government. It also provided gymnastics, swimming, and public instruction in music and arithmetic in Basel schools. In 1831 the GGG built the city's first swimming pool facility for men. It took part in establishing hospitals and institutions for the physically and mentally handicapped. The GGG was also heavily engaged in providing subsidized housing. It founded a savings bank and a non-profit life insurance association.
