"[10] On May 26, USPTO assigned an examiner to review the application, and an 'Irregularity notice' was reportedly sent "addressing a catalogue of errors, including the vague nature of the proposed charitable work, according to documents".

[11] Although it was reported in April 2020 that Archewell would focus on issues including "conservation, female empowerment, and gender equality",[14] this had not been confirmed by the organization.

[17] Among them was requested clarification that the group's audio branch would provide "entertainment-based services"; lawyers were also asked to "specify the nature" of "live stage performances" included in its list of prospective activities.

[21] $3 million were donated to different causes such as refugee resettlement, procuring COVID-19 vaccines, funding academic fellows, and supporting humanitarian relief centers.

[25][23] Grants were distributed to Ashley Biden's Women's Wellness (Spa)ce ($250,000), Humanity Crew ($130,000), The Markup ($90,000), NAACP ($125,000), aid workers in Israel and Gaza ($50,000) and in Turkey and Syria ($80,000).

[40] In December 2022, Mandana Dayani, who had been the president of Archewell, resigned following a planned departure where the Duke and Duchess would come off parental leave and jointly take over the role.

[45] In October 2024 it was announced that Ashley Hansen who served as Harry and Meghan's chief spokesperson had signed the couple as clients for her PR consultancy firm and would oversee Archewell's philanthropic work and creative projects.

[49] It was announced that Archewell had 'partnered' with neurosurgeon James Doty from Stanford University to support his center's research on "promoting altruism" in society.

[54] Later in the same month, the foundation announced a multi-year global partnership with Procter & Gamble to address issues related to "gender equality, more inclusive online spaces, and resilience and impact through sport".

[58] In December 2021 and ahead of Christmas, the foundation made donations to charities supporting Afghan families dislocated after the 2021 Taliban offensive and organizations advocating for paid parental leave, including Team Rubicon, the Human First Coalition and the Marshall Plan for Moms.

[64] Amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the foundation also made donations to charities that support Ukrainian people, including HIAS (Helping Ukrainian Families Settle), World Central Kitchen, the World Health Organization, the HALO Trust and Project Healthy Minds, as well as media platforms that fight against misinformation such as The Kyiv Independent and Are We Europe.

[68] In October 2022, the foundation announced a partnership with the VING Project, asking individuals between 14 and 18 to nominate inspiring women in need of financial assistance, who will be granted $1,000 each.

and the City of Uvalde for the DeLeon Park playground project, which saw the building of a community play space for children and families recovering from the Robb Elementary School shooting.

[74] In September 2023, it was announced that Archewell had joined an initiative by the MacArthur Foundation called Press Forward to help fund and develop models for sustaining local news coverage.

[77] The foundation partnered with Moms First (formerly Marshall Plan for Moms) and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to publish the results of a study on television mothers in February 2024, which highlighted issues such as lack of diversity in roles, underrepresenting mothers as earners, and downplaying the realities of keeping a house running and taking care of children.

[80] In the same month and following Harry and Meghan's visit to Colombia, the foundation announced initiatives to donate new drumming sets to Escuela Tambores de Cabildo in Cartagena, invest in programs concerning culture and children in San Basilio de Palenque, and support the expansion of the socio-emotional Gym program at Colegio La Giralda in Bogotá.

[50] In December 2020, it was reported that the founders had signed a multi-year business deal with Spotify to launch a podcast through audio-producing company, Archewell Audio, a subsidiary of Archewell Inc.[83] Its first episode was released on December 29, 2020, with guests including Stacey Abrams, Christina Adane, José Andrés, Brené Brown, Rachel Cargle, Deepak Chopra, James Corden, Matt Haig, Sir Elton John, Hussain Manawer, Naomi Osaka, Tyler Perry, and George the Poet.

[85] In January 2022, it was reported that Spotify had started efforts for expanding the couple's podcast team through "advertising for in-house staff" and hiring producers that would work with Archewell Audio via Gimlet Media.

[86] In the same month and following criticism aimed at Spotify for their handling of COVID-19 misinformation, Harry and Meghan made an announcement stating that since April 2021 they had begun "expressing concerns" about the issue on the platform.

[87] In March 2022 and amid "encouraging" conversations with Spotify on tackling misinformation, it was announced that Meghan's first podcast series would be launched in the summer of 2022.

[90] Harry was also reported to have been keen on producing podcasts centered around childhood trauma, fatherhood, and major societal conversations where he could interview figures such as Vladimir Putin, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, and Pope Francis.

[93][94] In February 2024, Meghan announced a new deal with Lemonada Media, who would redistribute Archetypes on all audio platforms and work with her on developing a new podcast series.

[44] In September 2020, Harry and Meghan signed a commercial deal with Netflix "to develop scripted and unscripted series, film, documentaries, and children's programming for the streaming service".

[101][44][92] He was followed by Chanel Pysnik, a former Disney+ executive hired to oversee nonfiction series and documentary film productions, as well as Bennett Levine, who joined the team as coordinator and left his position in January 2024.

Meghan was set to executive producer the series alongside David Furnish, Carolyn Soper, Liz Garbus, Dan Cogan, and Amanda Rynda.

[110] In an interview published in October 2022, Meghan announced that she and Harry were working on a docuseries focused on their life, which is directed by Liz Garbus.

[113] In February 2023, The Telegraph reported that for their future projects the couple would focus on "fictional, scripted content" and serve as executive producers for rom coms and "light-hearted" programs.