2023 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 2023, 98 per cent of MSF’s income came from private sources.

More than 7.3 million individual donors, private foundations and corporations worldwide made this possible. Public
institutional agencies providing funding to MSF included, among others, the governments of Canada and Switzerland;
the World Health Organization, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; the International Drug Purchase Facility; and some national health institutes, regional councils and municipalities of France, Luxemburg and Switzerland.

HOW WAS THE MONEY SPENT? figures in millions of Canadian dollars	2023		2022
Social mission
Program expenses1	2,176	64%	1,923	65%
Program support	420	13%	348	12%
Awareness-raising	80	2%	68	2%
Other humanitarian activities	31	1%	40	1%
Total social mission	2,707	80%	2,380	80%
Other expenses
Fundraising	502	15%	446	15%
Management and general administration	168	5%	143	5%
Total other expenses	670	20%	589	20%
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES	3,377	100%	2,969	100%

WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?	2023		2022
Private income	3,393	98%	3,001	97%
Public institutional income	35	1%	32	1%
Other income	31	1%	53	2%
TOTAL INCOME	3,459	100%	3,085	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 2023 was 1.463. Rounding may result in apparent inconsistencies in totals.