Naomi Campbell’s charity commitments have been put on hold, after a U.K. commission alleged funds to her Fashion for Relief weren’t all going to humanitarian aid.
The Charity Commission, which registers and regulates charities in England and Wales, found Campbell’s charity to be “poorly governed” with “inadequate financial management” after a three-year investigation into the organization’s financial activities. The commission said it found several incidents of alleged “misconduct and/or mismanagement” and barred Campbell from serving as a charity trustee in England and Wales for five years. The veteran supermodel founded Fashion for Relief in 2005.
The charity said it has since raised more than $15 million in funds to support people impacted by humanitarian crises, including Hurricane Katrina, the war in Syria and natural disasters in Haiti and Japan. However, the charity was removed from the register of charities and the commission said in a Thursday announcement that it recovered more than 344,000 pounds ($460,000 U.S.
) “and protected a further $[131,130] of charitable funds,” some of which were donated to two other charities. The investigation alleged that from April 2016 to July 2022, only 8.5% of Fashion for Relief’s total expenditure went to charitable grants.
There was no evidence that trustees “had reviewed the charity’s operating model to ensure fundraising methods were in the charity’s best interest.” “It also found some of the c.