A mysterious non-profit that gave thousands to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry 's Archewell Foundation, also quietly doled out a hefty ...
A mysterious non-profit that gave thousands to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Archewell Foundation, also quietly doled out a hefty check to Sean 'Diddy' Combs's organization, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Seattle-based charity Tisbest Philanthropy was reported to have made a $10,050 donation to the Sussexes' charity during the 2022-2023 financial year, public filings show.
And unearthed records from 2022 reveal that Tisbest also dished out a generous, one-time $50,000 contribution to the Sean Combs Foundation that year.
Tisbest allows individuals or companies to contribute funds by purchasing charity gift cards for a recipient.
That recipient then picks a non-profit to support and Tisbest sends the donation anonymously on their behalf. The contribution is tax-deductible for the original donor, whose identity remains private.
It was previously revealed that, in 2021, Archewell received $10 million from an unidentified billionaire via the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a non-profit for extremely wealthy philanthropists to hand out tax-deductible donations anonymously.
Meanwhile, Combs is currently on trial on racketeering and trafficking charges but his nonprofit has remained active, filing its last tax exemption 990 form in September, the same month that the music mogul was arrested in Manhattan.
The form details the yearly finances of Combs's charity and shows it spent $792,833 on grants in 2023.
This included giving cash to his former partner, stylist Misa Hylton's fashion academy.
The pair were together in the nineties and have a son Justin, now 21.
Hylton, 52, has publicly criticized Combs' alleged crimes but did attend the first two days of the trial last week with Justin, although her lawyer stated that this was 'strictly in support of her son'.
The Miss Hylton Fashion Academy - which is 'dedicated to grooming the next wave of fashion creatives', according to its website - was given $10,000 in 2023 by Combs's charity and $20,000 in 2022.
She only spoken out against her ex once - when CCTV footage leaked in May showing another former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, 38, being kicked in the head by Combs while lying on the floor.
She said on Instagram at the time: 'I am heartbroken that Cassie must relive the horror of her abuse, and my heart goes out to her. I know exactly how she feels, and through my empathy, it has triggered my own trauma.'
According to the 990s filed with the IRS by Combs's charity since 2018, the foundation has doled out $2.4 million in grants while receiving $2.6 million in donations, mostly from Diddy personally or one of his companies.
Another benefactor of the charity is his former close friend Jay-Z, who founded The Shawn Carter Foundation in 2003 providing underprivileged kids with educational support.
The rapper has been keeping his distance from Combs since the multiple sex abuse lawsuits began to arrive in November 2023 and then Combs's LA mansion was raided by the FBI in March last year.
In 2020, The Shawn Carter Foundation was handed $250,000 by Combs's nonprofit. In an odd tit-for-tat, the Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund then donated the same amount to the Sean Combs Foundation in the same year.
Other benefactors of Combs's generosity also scratched his back in return.
For example, the Apollo Theatre in Harlem - renowned for its historical significance in black culture - was given a quarter of a million two years ago.
At a star-studded event including Spike Lee and Cuba Gooding Jr, Combs couldn't make it so his right-hand man Tariq Brooks accepted the 'Icon Award' - and announced the huge donation on stage 'to further the mission of the Apollo'.
Another recipient was D.C's prestigious Howard University. In 2019, it was handed a mammoth $300,000 by Combs's charity.
Diddy had also given $1 million to the university in 2016, according to reports, which meant he received an honorary degree and a scholarship program in his name.
Both of these were revoked last year after the footage showing the attack on Ventura emerged.
At one time, Combs had also bankrolled the Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School.
It received $30,000 from his foundation in 2018, $150,000 in 2020 and $120,000 in 2022, although press reports reveal that the school was 'extremely dysfunctional' and 'marked by high teacher turnover and frequent violence'.
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Mount Saint Michael Academy, in New York, has also received a total of $65,000 over the years. Diddy was a student at the all boys private Catholic school from 1983 to 1987.
The 990s state that Combs is the chairman of his foundation, his sister Kiesha Combs Dent is president/director and his right-hand man Tariq Brooks is treasurer/secretary.
All the accounts are signed off by his business manager Lou Taylor, founder of Tri Star - which manages the finances of professional athletes and entertainment stars.
In February, Tri Star's accountant Robin Greenhill was named in a lawsuit filed by music producer Rodney 'Lil Rod' Jones and accusing him of paying off Combs's sex workers.
Jones's complaint reads: '[Rapper] Yung Miami, [models] Jade and Daphne Joy were paid a monthly fee to work as Mr. Combs' sex workers and received payment via wire transfer from Robin Greenhill' for Diddy's 'ongoing criminal operation'.'
With Combs now facing the potential of time in jail, his career and foundation appear to be finished.
The charity currently has $120,538 in reserves - but surely no person or organization would ever dream of donating to the cause or taking money from it again.
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