Stable earnings – despite difficult conditions
- Terre des Hommes achieved a good total donation result of 27,653,319 euros in 2025.
- Co-financing (government project grants) continues to decline to €17,633,047 (previous year: €19,453,218).
- The result is set against the backdrop of increasingly difficult conditions: in particular cuts in government development aid and declining overall donations in Germany.
More conflicts and crises in the world – more children and young people who urgently need support – and less and less money available for project work: This is how the framework for development policy and humanitarian work in 2025 can be summarized.
Among other measures, the federal budget for development cooperation and humanitarian aid has been cut by a third since 2022. Private donations in Germany also fell in 2025 to their lowest level since 2013 – the decline is particularly pronounced in donations for projects abroad (-10 percent).
Against this backdrop, Terre des Hommes presents another strong result in its 2025 annual report, based in particular on high donation income: While total donations (including bequests and third-party funding) have decreased to €27,653,319 compared to the exceptionally strong previous year (2024: €30,891,222), this still represents the third-best result in the organization's history. Government project funding from co-financing remained stable at €17,633,047 (2024: €19,453,218).
Distribution of funds by region
Allocation of funds by topic
"We need to do significantly more right now, and this requires reliable and sufficient public funding. Children's rights must not become a commodity for short-term budgetary policy."
Thanks in part to a strong financial foundation from previous years Terre des Hommes supported another impressive 396 projects with children and young people in 47 countries. Most of these projects were located in South Asia (95), Latin America (93), and Africa (80), with further projects in Southeast Asia (57), Europe (49), and the Middle East and North Africa (22). Thematic priorities focused particularly on education and training, assistance for refugee children, and children's right to a healthy environment.
“As an organization, we have so far successfully countered the negative trends in development financing,” emphasizes Joshua Hofert, Head of Communications and Spokesperson for the Board of Directors of Terre des Hommes . “But the reality is: Need is growing faster than our resources. Today, one in five children grows up in war zones or crisis areas; that’s 520 million children worldwide. At the same time, the drastic cuts in development aid from the US and other donors last year have forced many humanitarian organizations to reduce their assistance.”
Terre des Hommes therefore calls for a political course correction: Development cooperation and humanitarian aid must be secured through multi-year financing. Especially in a time of growing global crises, international responsibility must not be further reduced.
"We need to do significantly more right now, and this requires not only private donations but also reliable and sufficient public funding. The well-being of children must not become a commodity for short-term budgetary policy."
Expense
This structure is based on the guidelines of the DZI (German Central Institute for Social Issues) and the criteria of the DZI Donation Seal. This seal of approval certifies that an organization handles the funds entrusted to it carefully and responsibly and ensures that the donations it receives fulfill its charitable purpose. Terre des Hommes has been awarded the DZI Donation Seal annually since 1992.