Earnings
The total volume of earnings was TEUR 13,104 in 2023 compared with TEUR 11,567 in 2022.
At TEUR 5,774, the volume of cash and non-cash contributions made to us by our donors was lower than in the previous year. Donations from other organizations were higher than the previous year. Bequests again far exceeded the long-term figures. Fines have also reached a slightly higher value compared to the previous year.
Expenses
Expenses (for personnel, amortizations, and other expenses) totaled TEUR 14,465 in 2023. According to the procedure recommended by the German Central Institute for Social Questions (DZI), we classified our expenses in the business year 2023 as follows:
Through public relations (PR) and fundraising we aim to make our organization known to the public and maintain the volume of donations needed to finance our projects. We spent 17.34% of total expenses for administration, PR and fundraising in 2023.
Responsible handling of the money entrusted to us is a matter of course for us. For example, we take our non-profit status into account in the remuneration of our employees and the two members of the Executive Board. The remuneration is also in line with industry standards. In 2020, the German Doctors e.V. employed employees in four remuneration groups, which are listed here with their average annual gross salary (based on full-time positions). Administration: 38,837 Euro, referent/staff positions: 48,381 Euro, team management: 67,931 Euro, Executive Board: 83,785 Euro. The actual individual annual gross salaries are not published here for data protection reasons. The amount of the remuneration depends on the responsibility of the respective position, experience, time spent in the position, length of service and age.
Expenses for programme work can be broken down as follows:
Expenses for medical projects
These constitute the focal point of our activities. We supported twenty projects in seven countries in 2023. The extent and priorities of these medical projects vary greatly, which is expressed in the magnitude of financial means invested in these medical projects.
Expenses for supplementary projects
Aside from medical projects, we engage in 23 supplementary projects which are closely related thematically and spatially with the medical work performed by our voluntary doctors. These include, for example, the Project against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone, both tuberculosis hospitals in Calcutta, and our HIV program in Nairobi. The expenses for supplementary programs during the previous three years according to the recipient country are as follows:
Moreover, we perform wide-ranging help through partners in the areas of health, education and training, agriculture and the environment, women's rights, emergency and disaster relief, refugee aid and social work in 39 partner projects in 15 countries (2023). The support ranges from a single contribution of € 500 to a four-year development project with a financial volume of € 500,000. The large partner projects are co-financed by the national government organisations, above all by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which contributes 75% and our organization, 25% of the financing. The other partner projects are financed by industry or private support groups.
The organisation’s annual financial statements including bookkeeping are regularly examined by a certified accountant selected by the annual members’ meeting. You can find the most important figures, dates, and facts about our work during the past business year on pages 47-59 in our progress report (German).
