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Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
National Geographic Society (NGS)
EU Transparency Register
607060941756-57 First registered on 24 Mar 2021
Goals / Remit
To use the power of science, exploration, education, and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world.
Main EU files targeted
The staff member provided scientific information (on marine science) to officials to inform the EC Biodiversity Strategy
Address
Head Office
1145 17th, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
UNITED STATESEU Office
1145 17th, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
There is only one staff person who dealt with EU officials on scheduled calls or meetings in 2022. He never traveled to Brussels for meetings. He had one meeting in DC and then just a few calls. Total time spent on these calls in 2022 was less than a day of work. The FTE is significantly lower than 10%.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
To reiterate, The Society is not a member of any association, confederations, networks or other bodies. We are our own 501(c)(3) organization. We receive donations to support our work, but those donors which also may be referred to as partnerships, do not dictate our work. National Geographic Partners, LLC is the joint partnership between the National Geographic Society and The Walt Disney Company, successor in interest to 21st Century Fox. The joint venture is responsible for amplifying our work, not dictating it.
Corporate and Foundation Partnership: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/corporate-and-foundation-partnerships/?nav_click
National Geographic Partners: https://nationalgeographicpartners.com/press/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
0€
Major funding types in closed year
Other, Donations
Funding types "other" information
The Society's budget is based on three sources of funding: interest from our endowment subject to a spend rule; Royalty Payment & Distributions from National Geographic Partners, LLC; and donations from individual/corporations/foundations to support the Society's work. The list of donors is included in the Society's 990
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
The Society uses the registry for very limited purposes.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
Communication activities
Campaign for Nature (https://www.campaignfornature.org/) provides scientific and economic arguments for the protection of our natural world. Pristine Seas (pristineseas.org) advocates for the creation of marine protected areas. The specific EU policy is EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1590574123338&uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0380)
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 26 Mar 2021 Location video-call Subject COP15, EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy and the marine environment Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)