Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: CEO salary, finances and where donations go
“To provide independent medical humanitarian emergency aid worldwide.”
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Methodology by Amir Arani, CPA, CA · Updated
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No reported asset diversions, no insider transactions, no fundraisers keeping most of the money, and the governance policies we check for are in place.
For each dollar donated, Doctors Without Borders USA spent 15¢ on fundraising.
Fundraising ÷ $751.7M contributions · Form 990 Parts VIII, IXThe charity's own description of its largest programs, with what each cost.
Msf-USA engages in the recruitment and placement of medical and other professionals from the United States to work on various medical humanitarian emergency programs. Msf-USA employed 187 medical staff and other professionals on a total of 262 international assignments in 31 countries in 2024.
Communications - bearing witness to humanitarian needs and speaking out for the health and wellbeing of our patients are central to msf's founding principles. These activities aim to improve conditions for people caught in crisis or facing barriers to health care. Through its communications, msf USA helps raise awareness about medical and humanitarian emergencies around the world. The organization's reporting draws public attention to situations of extreme violence, abuse, or neglect. Msf demands equitable access to medical care and to essential medicines, vaccines, and other health products.…
Net assets at each fiscal year end, 2013 to 2024.
Reportable pay in 2024, from the charity and related organizations.
| Contractor | Service | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Fundraising Services | Fundraising & canvassing svcs | $2,439,050 |
| Jackson River LLC | Fundraising tech & strategy | $1,039,519 |
| Moore a Series (thd) | Fundraising & strategy | $725,308 |
| Pricewaterhousecoopers | Risk management & tech support | $509,194 |
| Dvcanvass LLC | Fundraising & canvassing svcs | $364,327 |
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Avril Benoit, Chief Executive Officer, received $351,008 in reportable compensation in 2024, 0% of Doctors Without Borders USA's $774.3M in spending.
Form 990 (2024), Part VIIDoctors Without Borders USA reported 83.5% of 2024 spending as programs, 14.9% as fundraising and 1.6% as management.
Form 990 (2024), Part IXNet assets were $263.7M at the end of 2024, about 4.1 months of spending.
Form 990 (2024), Part XIts latest Form 990 triggered none of our twelve screening rules, which cover reported asset diversions, insider transactions, fundraiser costs, governance policies and spending patterns.
Form 990 (2024)Amir Arani, “Doctors Without Borders USA: CEO salary, finances and where your dollar goes,” Charity Math, updated 2026-11-07. https://charitymath.com/charities/doctors-without-borders-usa/