Campact

Campact
Established2004 (20 years ago)
Legal statusregistered association
HeadquartersVerden
CountryGermany
Membership12 (2022)
ChairpersonsChristoph Bautz, Astrid Deilmann, Daphne Heinsen, Felix Kolb
Revenue12,997,981 Euro (2020)
Total Assets8,054,562 Euro (2020)
Employees80 (2019)
AwardsTheodor Heuss Medal
Websitewww.campact.de 

Campact is a German non-governmental organization that aims at creating political pressure in a wide variety of issues through mass digital mobilization. The origins of the organisation and of the first activists are in the anti-nuclear- and environmental movement but soon Campact started to address a variety of topics.

One of its founders, Christoph Bautz, cited MoveOn as inspiration for the founding of the movement in 2004.[1] One of its successful and better-known campaigns targeted the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).[2] In October 2019 Campact lost its non-profit status,[3] but was not lastingly hurt in its operations due to a substantial growth in donations.[4]

  1. ^ Zeeb, Norbert (21 May 2015). "Die schlagkräftigste NGO Deutschlands" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ Roon, Anastasija (6 May 2019). "Die Grenzen des Politischen" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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