The Fondazione promotes studies and cultural events involving scholars, artists and national and international institutions in order to enhance the historical, cultural and artistic heritage of the Brivio Sforza, Barbiano di Belgiojoso d'Este and Trivulzio families. The Palazzi Brivio Sforza and Belgiojoso in Milan and the Villa Belgiojoso Brivio Sforza in Merate are central to the planning of the activities.
The Brivio Sforza Foundation promotes and organises presentations of new books and documents in the Foundation's archives. The Foundation provides documents and images to other Foundations and public institutions for exhibitions and publications. The diffusion and dissemination of these works is one of the main objectives to enhance and hand down the history and cultural heritage of the families, making it accessible to the general public as well as to historians and researchers.