The Bernard Osher Foundation makes grants and endowment gifts to colleges, universities, and other non-profit organizations in four program areas: post-secondary scholarships, lifelong learning institutes for seasoned adults, select integrative medicine programs, and arts and educational organizations.

The University of Missouri- Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes Program is a succesfull program leaded in Cuernavaca for more than 10 years by Dr. Judy Elliott.