As the portal reminds, in 2023, the PFN management board consisted of president Marcin Zarzecki and members Michał Góras and Cezary Jurkiewicz, who resigned in February 2024. The financial statements were prepared by the new management board, appointed in May 2024, composed of: president Maciej Szudek and member Jarosław Ważny.
They attached a statement to the report, which reads that: the document was prepared based on the documents they managed to collect.
Statement attached to the PFN report for 2023.
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Ultimately, despite the lack of approval by the Foundation Council due to an insufficient number of votes, the management board decided to disclose the report publicly.
Expenditures and employment in PFN
In 2023, the Polish National Foundation recorded Mrrevenues amounting to over PLN 53 million, which came mainly from founders, such as state-owned companies, including: Orlen, PZU and PKP SA. Additional funds in the amount of PLN 4.5 million came from the return of unused donations from previous years.
The foundation's costs amounted to PLN 53.8 million, which was an increase of over PLN 10 million compared to 2022. Of this amount, PLN 47.9 million was allocated to statutory activities, and PLN 5.8 million to administrative costs, which also increased compared to the previous year.
In 2023, the Foundation employed 39 people, including three management board members, six directors, seven proxies, ten chief specialists, six project managers and seven specialists. PFN explained the large number of people employed by the need to service over 2.4 thousand people. applications in the system.
Fragment of the PFN report
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Management costs and remuneration
Over PLN 1.6 million was allocated for the remuneration of the PFN management board in 2023.which was basic salary, without bonuses or additional awards. On the other hand over PLN 9 million was spent on total remunerationwhich means an increase of 21%. compared to the previous year. However, the costs of civil law contracts decreased and amounted to PLN 142,000. PLN, which is much less than in 2022, when over PLN 848,000 was spent for this purpose. zloty.
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Projects and their costs
The Polish National Foundation allocated the largest funds in 2023 to the PFN #PolishCulture project, which cost PLN 10.59 million. This program included, among others: a Chopin concert in Philadelphia, the promotion of Polish culture in Japan and the celebration of the May 3rd Constitution Day in Los Angeles. Subsequent projects include “I love Poland” for PLN 5.9 million, the “Reputation” program for PLN 5.65 million and support for the film “The Road Home”, which cost PLN 5.41 million.
The Foundation also carried out activities related to sports, spending PLN 4.49 million for this purpose, and the protection of Polish heritage in the Borderlands, for which PLN 3.16 million was allocated. The global media campaign “We're telling Poland”, carried out with the Institute of New Media and the Institute of National Remembrance, cost PLN 2.85 million.
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