LobbyControl is a civil society initiative that provides information on lobbying, PR campaigns and think tanks and promotes transparency and democracy in Germany and on the European level. We are a part of the European Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU). LobbyControl is a registered non-profit organisation based in Germany. It has been founded in late 2005 by a small group of people coming from academia and civil society . Contact person and one of the main initiators of the project is the political scientist Ulrich Mueller. From 2001 to early 2005 he worked for the human rights organisation FIAN, before that at the Max Planck-Institut for the Study of Societies.
> More information on all four board members (in German, sorry)

Financial information
LobbyControl is financed by member fees, donations form individuals and foundations (especially by the German foundation Bewegungsstiftung and by BonVenture).

Sources of income for 2009:

• Contributions by foundations and non-profit organisations: 10.000 Euro
• Donations by individual supporters: 48.735,82 Euro
• Member fees: 38.458,00 Euro
• Sale of publications: 22.611,10 Euro
• Interest: 180,33 Euro

LobbyControl didn’t receive any money from public institutions or corporations. More financial information is available in our annual reports (in German).

Please feel free to contact us for further questions and information.