2024 Financial independence and accountability

As part of MSF’s effort to guarantee our independence and strengthen the organization’s link with society, we strive to maintain a high level of private income. In 2024, 97.9 per cent of MSF’s income came from private sources.

More than 7.1 million individual donors, private foundations and corporations worldwide made this possible.

HOW WAS THE MONEY SPENT? figures in millions of Canadian dollars	2024		2023
Social mission
Program expenses1	$2,239	64%	$2,176	64%
Program support	$435	12%	$420	13%
Awareness-raising	$83	2%	$80	2%
Other humanitarian activities	$32	1%	$31	1%
Total social mission	$2,789	79%	$2,707	80%
Other expenses
Fundraising	$553	16%	$502	15%
Management and general administration	$191	5%	$168	5%
Total other expenses	$744	21%	$670	20%
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES	$3,533	100%	$3,377	100%

WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?	2024		2023
Private income	$3,428	98%	$3,393	98%
Public institutional income	$37	1%	$35	1%
Other income	$36	1%	$31	1%
TOTAL INCOME	$3,501	100%	$3,459	100%

¹ Program expenses represent expenses incurred in the projects or by headquarters on behalf of the projects. 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, medical costs, logistics and transport costs and other direct costs.

Taken from the latest MSF International Activity Report, financial activities originally published in euros are converted to Canadian dollars at the average rate for that year. The average rate in 2024 was 1.482. Rounding may result in apparent inconsistencies in totals.