Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
Challenge to non-profit classification
A legal report commissioned by Campact concluded that the organization itself was not a non-profit organization. The report was part of a broader campaign for debate about the application of German non-profit law to politically active associations.
Member recruitment and insurance-sales cooperation
The federation's long-running cooperation with Hamburg-Mannheimer, an insurer associated with the Ergo group, was criticized because representatives involved in recruiting BdSt members also sought insurance customers. Critics argued that the arrangement could create a conflict between association recruitment and commercial sales.