Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation has been listed as delinquent by California’s Registry of Charities and Fundraisers for failing to submit required annual fiscal records, DailyMail.com can reveal.
According to records seen by DailyMail.com the charitable foundation which was launched by the couple with much fanfare in 2020 was declared delinquent in January for not filing its annual registration renewal fee reports or renewal fee since February 2023.
The 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’s Attorney General Rob Bonta earlier this month.
The news casts into doubt an announcement made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex just last week when, on their tour of Nigeria,
they announced the expansion of a partnership between The GEANCO Foundation in Abuja and the Archewell Foundation.
he warning continues, ‘The organization may also be subject to penalties and its registration may be suspended or revoked by the Registry.’
DailyMail.com understands 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
According to CharityWatch tax filings disclosed by Archewell in December 2023 revealed that the non-profit had suffered an $11million decline in donations in 2022 compared to the previous year.
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