{"id":2244101,"date":"2024-05-14T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harry-and-meghans-charity-falls-apart-banned-from-raising-funds-after-money-problems-delinquency\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T10:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:01:38","slug":"harry-and-meghans-charity-falls-apart-banned-from-raising-funds-after-money-problems-delinquency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harry-and-meghans-charity-falls-apart-banned-from-raising-funds-after-money-problems-delinquency\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry and Meghan&#8217;s charity faces collapse, barred from fundraising due to financial issues and delinquency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharry-and-meghans-charity-falls-apart-banned-from-raising-funds-after-money-problems-delinquency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2244101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses the downfall of \u2064Harry and Meghan&#8217;s charity and their ban on fundraising due to \u2064financial irregularities. The \u200dArchewell Foundation faced issues\u200d with\u200c delinquency, resulting in restrictions on raising \u200ccharitable funds. The foundation&#8217;s governance and transparency were criticized, with significant decreases in \u200bdonations noted. Additionally, the foundation&#8217;s executive director received a substantial salary despite financial losses.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Harry and Meghan&#8217;s Charity Falls Apart, Banned from Raising Funds After Money Problems, Delinquency<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 14, 2024 at 4:26am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>As an alternative to their formal royal titles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, I have an insulting \u2014 but supremely apt \u2014 alternative for Prince Harry and spouse Meghan inspired by Spotify executive and podcaster Bill Simmons: \u201cThe Grifters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, who worked with Harry and Meghan during their time at Spotify, said, following their departure from the streaming platform last year after completing just a handful of episodes of one show called \u201cArchetypes,\u201d that he \u201cwish[ed] I had been involved in the Meghan and Harry-leaves-Spotify negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Grifters\u201d is a modestly modified version of a much more vulgar phrase Simmons actually used.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018The F***ing Grifters.\u2019 That\u2019s the podcast we should have launched with them,\u201d Simmons said on an episode of his show, alluding his to working relationship<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prince-harry-meghan-mocked-grifters-executive-spotify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> with the Sussexes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A bit of advice for Harry and Meghan: There\u2019s still time to take him up on that offer, you know. Probably not at Spotify, but you can podcast pretty much anywhere in the world if you have enough money for the equipment and the talent and determination to follow through.<\/p>\n<p>The last part, alas, is why the Sussexes are again looking like grifters on a grand scale \u2014 this time after the duo\u2019s Archewell Foundation charity was banned from raising money by the state of California, the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13413453\/Harry-Meghan-Archewell-Foundation-delinquent-failing-fees-records.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> reported on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The royals-watching news outlet reported that, according to records it had obtained, \u201cthe charitable foundation which was launched by the couple with much fanfare in 2020 was declared delinquent in January for not filing its annual registration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-unorthodox-pro-life-bills-advancing-in-state-legislatures\/\" title=\"Five Unorthodox Pro-Life Bills Advancing In State Legislatures\">renewal fee<\/a> reports or renewal fee since February 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe foundation received a delinquency notice and warning of assessment penalties and late fees along with the threat of a suspension or revocation of its registered status from California\u2019s Attorney General Rob Bonta earlier this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail reported that the news comes just as the Sussexes wrapped up a tour of Nigeria in which the expansion of a partnership between the Archewell Foundation and an Abuja-based Nigerian charity was announced.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would Harry\u2019s life be better had he not married Meghan?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One hopes the Nigerian charity isn\u2019t expecting any actual <em>money<\/em> to make that expansion happen, unless it comes out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prince-harry-rushes-uk-kings-diagnosis-meghan-not-seen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sussexes\u2019<\/a> own pockets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn organization that is listed as delinquent is not in good standing and is prohibited from engaging in conduct for which registration is required, including soliciting or disbursing charitable funds,\u201d wrote California Attorney General Bonta in the May 3 letter published by the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe organization may also be subject to penalties and its registration may be suspended or revoked by the Registry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, the Daily Mail said it \u201cunderstands that the foundation claims its check was unintentionally not included when the filings were made and has mailed a new one in hopes of swiftly resolving the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a paperwork snag isn\u2019t the only problem the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-meghan-markle-black-voters-matter-co-founder-receive-prestigious-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archewell Foundation<\/a> has at the moment, and more fundamental problems won\u2019t be so swiftly resolved.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, between 2021 and 2022, donations plummeted precipitously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe records showed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-slaps-down-animal-rescue-charity-while-human-trafficking-drugs-run-rampant-on-platform\/\" title=\"Facebook Slaps Down Animal Rescue Charity While Human Trafficking, Drugs Run Rampant on Platform\">charity received<\/a> just over $2 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-covers-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"NBC News Covers the Biden Administration\u00a0\">charitable donations<\/a> in 2022 compared to $13 million in 2021,\u201d the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p>That means the charity actually suffered a loss, given that its costs in 2022 tallied $2.67 million, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of this, the executive director of the Archewell Foundation \u2014 who just so happens to be the couple\u2019s U.K <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/propublica-finds-an-awkward-partner-for-billionaire-playbook-on-taxing-the-rich\/\" title=\"ProPublica Finds an Awkward Partner for \u2018Billionaire Playbook\u2019 on Taxing the Rich\">public relations director<\/a>, James Holt \u2014 got salary of $277,405 for his work in leading the foundation to a $674,000 loss in 2022, according to the Daily Mail. That salary reportedly included a $20,000 bonus, because why lose just $654,000 in a financial year?<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, independent nonprofit watchdog CharityWatch said the foundation \u2014 which has a vague mandate to \u201cmeet the moment by showing up, taking action, and using our unparalleled spotlight to uplift and unite communities, both local and global, online and offline\u201d \u2014 has \u201cinadequate governance and transparency.\u201d The group noted that there are only two board members for the foundation: Harry and Meghan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not in keeping with widely accepted best practices in the United States for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-corruption-case-to-get-underway-days-after-wayne-lapierre-resignation\/\" title=\"NRA corruption case begins shortly after LaPierre steps down\">nonprofit boards<\/a> of directors, which generally advise a minimum board size of five to seven members,\u201d CharityWatch reported. \u201cSmall boards run the risk of not representing a sufficiently broad public interest and of lacking the required skills and other resources required to effectively govern the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/archewell.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foundation\u2019s website<\/a>, Archewell\u2019s \u201cmission is simple: show up, do good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The real purpose, if one is to judge by the Daily Mail\u2019s report, turns out to be what the purpose of virtually everything Harry and Meghan embark on is: To earn them publicity until that publicity blows up in their face, at which point it\u2019ll all be quickly scuttled and forgotten about. Hopefully, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Think about all the bilge the Sussexes have spewed at the world since ceasing to become \u201cworking royals,\u201d none of which has prospered anyone except Harry, Meghan and their confederates. The Spotify deal, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-harry-meghan-send-shock-waves-royal-family-major-accusations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Oprah<\/a>, that wretched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-prince-harrys-memoir-title-takes-not-subtle-swipe-royal-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tell-all memoir<\/a> of Harry\u2019s \u2014 all of it dominated a few news cycles before the idiocy or the hypocrisy became apparent.<\/p>\n<p>At no point did the couple expend any great effort for either mankind, their supporters or their business associates.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all been about the maximum level of publicity with the minimum amount of effort. Never mind the fact that the Sussexes have become the most loathed royals aside from Prince Andrew, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prince-andrew-not-taking-new-epstein-docs-locked-away-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a man linked<\/a> to the two most notorious sex traffickers in modern history. And not only have they managed to do this without the involvement of Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell, they seem quite content with the attention they\u2019re getting.<\/p>\n<p>After all, fame and infamy have the same root word, right?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still that podcast idea, Harry and Meghan. You don\u2019t even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/days-grifter-attack-meghan-blasted-new-report-fake-podcast-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have to use the vulgarism<\/a>. \u201cThe Grifters\u201d will do just fine. Episode one: An Archewell Foundation fundraiser.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. 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Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a byline by C. Douglas Golden on May 14, 2024, at 4:26 am, Harry and Meghan&#8217;s charity crumbles. They face a ban on fundraising due to financial turmoil and delinquency. 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