Meghan and Prince Harry’s Archewell Foundation charity had a tough financial year after expenses soared and revenue plummeted

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15 comments

  1. 5.1 million in expenses and only 1.25 million in grants!! I know non profits have huge administrative costs but to exceed donations or grants given out might show that it is struggling. Might be the reason for rebranding which came out before this annual report. Also 3 employees let go right before Christmas.

  2. Yikes it’s not it pretty well known that when charities operating expenses are the majority of their expenses that they are generally just scams and you should stay away from donating?

    But good on them for finding a tax free way to pay for a lot of their travel, clothing, glam expenses

  3. Giving out $1.25 million in grants is a good thing for a small charity, but the expenses are insane. I’m sure that comes from the overseas trips to places like Colombia and Nigeria. Travel, security, hotels, and food costs add up when you’re paying for yourselves and staff.

    I think the problem is that they have really amazing/big ideas, but don’t execute them well. They seem to jump into things very quickly without hammering out the fine details.

  4. There is a lot of tax free money to be made with a charity. Salaries as well. It’s a grift.

  5. I have major qualms with celebrities that start their own charities in America to pay their salary out of, which is a tax shield for the rich (this is not just harry and Megan, though they are doing the same so I include them).

    If you are spending more than 3x’s what you are giving on overhead what is the point? Why not give those contributions directly to an already existing non profit (which is really all archwell does from my research) from yourself. You can work to solicit from rich people to donate directly to causes you care about, and throw fundraisers for other non profits directly. So why have a 3rd party charity in the first place? It reduces the amount given to the causes.

    Sorry for the rant but I volunteered for decades in the non profit space for many different women’s shelter when I was in the military and it is so hard to get funding, volunteers are difficult to find, vet and bring on as opposed to staff, and their wages are laughably low. We need real change and help in this country, and it’s bogged down by 501c’s that are just using it for legal tax evasion.

  6. Is the issue that they are taking on projects that are too big for what they can handle at scale or are they just not working with other charities and donors to get things covered?

  8. I think they’re just not that good at operating and being the ceos of their projects

  9. Why did expenses soar?

    I’m VERY curious about the kinds of things Archewell is paying for. It seems like Archewell is paying for travel, security and accommodation for Harry and Meghan whenever they travel for anything they can consider related to Archewell. That HAS to be adding up pretty quickly and like… is it worth it? Is paying for the Sussexes security in NYC to attend a gala really beneficial to the foundation or to any of the causes the foundation is supposed to be supporting?

    Makes the entire thing seem like a vanity project where Meghan and Harry can use Archewell as a piggy bank to pay for the philanthropy cosplaying.

  11. They really, really need to stop being the ones who manage the charity and their pr. They are not good at it and it only hurts them. They have to step back a bit. They can do more good that way and will get far less negative headlines. I get they want to be in control but clearly its not working

  13. It’s crazy to me how people honestly think their charity is a scam and they’re “grifting” when they actually get way more scrutiny than most charities. The Daily Fail has a weird, unnatural obsession with them and is clearly combing through all their numbers and reports just waiting for some scandal to report. Of course they can’t find anything so they try to frame rising expenses or less revenue as “failure.” The true measure of a charity should be how many people in need are positively impacted.

  14. That little charitable output is pretty shameful for people who want to be known as global philanthropists. If you’re going to grovel to right-wing billionaires, at least have something to show for it, damn…

  15. I don’t understand giving money to an organization who then pays it out to someone else when you can just donate directly to a charity.

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