The scientific advisory committee associated with the think tank is known under the name “Kronberger Kreis.” Since 1998, the foundation has awarded Wolfram Engels Prize ("Wolfram-Engels-Preis").
The directors of the foundation are Bernd Raffelhüschen and Michael Eilfort, who was the chief of staff of German Christian-Democrat politician Friedrich Merz.
Among the foundations past economic contributors was Gerhard Schick, the financial speaker of the German Green Party.
The primary areas of focus of the foundation include the labor market, the social security system, resources, and taxation.
The foundation’s “Tax Law Commission” (Kommission Steuergesetzbuch), which began its activities in 2004 under the leadership of Joachim Lang, proposes changes to the tax system and includes 76 economic, legal, business, and political experts, including Friedrich Merz, Ingolf Deubel, Hermann Otto Solms, and Kurt Faltlhauser.