In 2003 AVS was formally transformed into DIE ERSTE österreichische Spar-Casse Privatstiftung, in short: ERSTE Stiftung (ERSTE Foundation), which began its operations two years later.
AVS në vitin 2003. formalisht është transformuar në DIE ERSTE österreichische Spar-Casse Privatstiftung, shkurtimisht: ERSTE Stiftung (ERSTE Fondacioni), e cila pas dy viteve filloi punën.