2019 Facts and Figures

HOW WAS THE MONEY SPENT? 1	2019		2018
Social mission
Program expenses2	1,627.4	65%	1,602.7	65%
Program support	310	12%	321	13%
Awareness-raising and Access Campaign	67	3%	71.2	3%
Other humanitarian activities	37.5	1%	23.7	1%
Total social mission	2,042.5	81%	2,018.6	82%
Other expenses
Fundraising	340.9	14%	318.4	12%
Management and general administration	126.7	5%	123.8	5%
Total other expenses	467.6	19%	442.2	17%
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES	2,510.1	100%	2,461	100%

WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?	2019		2018
Private income	2,339.4	96.2%	2,233.9	95%
Public institutional income	29.8	1.2%	31.7	1.3%
Other income	62.58	2.6%	85.4	3.7%
TOTAL INCOME	2,431.8	100%	2,461	100%

¹The individual Statements of Financial Activities of the combined entities are translated at the average rate for the current year. The main currency exchange rate compared to the euro is as follows: average rate of 1.49 in 2019.

²Program expenses represent expenses incurred in the field or by headquarters on behalf of the field. All expenses are allocated in line with the main activities performed by MSF according to the full cost method. Therefore, all expense categories include salaries, direct costs and allocated overheads (e.g. building costs and depreciation).

As part of MSF’s effort to guarantee its independence and strengthen the organization’s link with society, we strive to maintain a high level of private income. In 2019, 96.2 per cent of MSF’s income came from private sources.

More than 6.5 million individual donors and private foundations worldwide made this possible. Public institutional agencies providing funding to MSF included, among others, the governments of Canada, Japan and Switzerland, the Global Fund and the International Drug Purchase Facility (UNITAID).