Today the foundation has more than 20 employees and a legion of volunteer workers and lawyers. Calls to their hotline exceed 50,000 per year. Many of the leaders cultivated by the foundation have been recruited by the government and entrusted with major responsibilities. Examples are Control Yuan Commissioner Lee Shen-yi and Fair Trade Commission member Chu Yun-peng.
以社運團體的老大哥﹘﹘消費者文教基金會為例，今天的消基會，有二十多位專職員工，有龐大的義工團和律師團，一年接聽的民眾申訴電話超過五萬通；消基會培養出來的領導人才，也不乏被政府延攬重用，例如監察委員李伸一、公平會委員朱雲鵬等等。