Charity ads and adverts

177,306 ads from 41 charities in the Meta Ad Library, 10,304 running now.

Advertisers
41
Ads listed by Meta
177,306
Running now
10,304
Creatives read
1,225

41 charities have 177,306 ads in the Meta Ad Library between them, and 10,304 of those were running when we read it on October 24, 2026. Below is a page of creative from each, what formats carry the category, and how long the ads that work stay up.

One face, one sum and one month to give it in: charity ads that raise money name a monthly amount and show a single person or animal, because a statistic asks for nothing in particular.

Which charities run the most ads?

The library count is everything a brand has published on Meta. The active count is what was delivering at the read. The ratio between them is the account’s posture: a large library with a small active share is a brand cycling hard, and one where nearly everything is live is running a small curated set.

AdvertiserAds in libraryRunning nowRead here
NSPCC1,0874730
RSPCA2,97036532
Dogs Trust3,30355236

Brand pages: NSPCC · RSPCA · Dogs Trust · Cancer Research UK · Macmillan Cancer Support · British Heart Foundation · Oxfam GB · Save the Children UK · UNICEF UK · Shelter · Barnardo's · WWF-UK · Marie Curie · Guide Dogs · Battersea · British Red Cross · Comic Relief · Alzheimer's Society · Age UK · Blue Cross · PDSA · Cats Protection · Cancer Council · World Vision Australia · The Salvation Army Australia · The Smith Family · Australian Red Cross · The Fred Hollows Foundation · Beyond Blue · UNICEF Australia · RSPCA Australia · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · ASPCA · Wounded Warrior Project · Feeding America · Shriners Children's · American Red Cross · Make-A-Wish · Habitat for Humanity · Doctors Without Borders · Operation Smile

Meta Ad Library, read October 24, 2026. Library and active counts are Meta’s own. 41 of these charities have enough creative on file for a page of their own.

What formats do charity ads use?

carousel leads at 40 percent of the 1,225 creatives read here, with video at 32 percent and static at 28. Learn more carries 39 percent of the calls to action.

The median creative here ran 42 days and the longest was still up at 881. Run length is the closest thing to a public performance signal these libraries publish, because nobody keeps paying to deliver an ad that is not working. How that compares with every other industry is in the Meta ad creative benchmarks.

What the charity ads that last say

The longest-running ad from each advertiser, in its own words. These are the ads someone kept paying for.

  1. Learn More About Our Rescue in LouisianaASPCA · running 881 days
  2. Donate Items By Post For FreeOxfam GB · running 562 days
  3. Give £10 a monthSave the Children UK · running 541 days
  4. Win our weekly £2,000 top prizeAge UK · running 497 days
  5. Cat behaviour emailsCats Protection · ran 426 days
  6. Find out more on our websiteCancer Research UK · running 381 days

The offers charities lead with

2 percent of these ads open with a question, 8 percent put a number in the first line, and 1 percent lead with an emoji.

Charity ad examples

One page of creative from each advertiser, newest reads first. Every card carries the brand that ran it.

  • +177,294 more charity ads

    Hooks, landing pages and run length for each

Every creative, with its copy, format and run length

Charity offer ads

Discounts, bundles and free shipping, where the offer is the creative.

Every creative, with its copy, format and run length

Charity educational ads

The ad teaches something before it asks for anything.

Every creative, with its copy, format and run length

Charity launch and new product ads

Announcements, drops and restocks.

Every creative, with its copy, format and run length

How to run charity ads on Facebook and Instagram

  1. 1

    Lead with the format the category rewards

    Carousel ads lead among charities. Start there, and test the second format against it rather than spreading spend across every placement at once.

  2. 2

    Give the reader a reason to act now

    An offer, a launch or a limited drop gives the ad a job beyond awareness. 4 percent of the charity ads here lead with a price in the ad.

  3. 3

    Copy the structure, not the ad

    Take the hook, the first frame and the offer structure from the ads that run longest, then make them yours. A copied ad looks like the original; a copied structure looks like a winner.

  4. 4

    Keep the winners running and replace the rest

    The median charity ad here stayed up 42 days. Give a new ad a week of spend before you judge it, then retire what is not getting results and write the next version of what is. The advertisers with the most live ads are the ones testing the most.

Charity ads: questions people ask

What do charity ads on Facebook and Instagram look like?
We read 1,225 charity ads from 41 charities in the Meta Ad Library on October 24, 2026. Carousel ads lead at 40 percent. The most common button is "Learn more".
Which charities run the most Facebook ads?
Of the advertisers on this page, Dogs Trust (552 running), RSPCA (365 running), NSPCC (47 running) had the most ads live when we read the library.
What offers do charity ads use?
A price in the ad appears in 4 percent, financing or monthly pricing appears in 1 percent, something free to start appears in 1 percent of the ads we read. For example, The Salvation Army Australia: "Give comfort for $12"
How long do charity ads run?
The median ad we read had run 42 days, and the longest 881 days. Advertisers keep paying for ads that work, so the long runners are the ones to study.
How do I make charity ads for my business?
Start from what is already working in your category: copy the structure of the long-running ads, lead with one clear offer, and test several versions at once. Sprites' proprietary marketing agent does this for you: it reads the charity ads running now, writes ads in the styles that work, and launches them once you approve.

Run charity ads like the leaders

This page shows 1,225 creatives. Meta lists 177,306 for these advertisers, and 10,304 are running right now. Sprites' proprietary marketing agent reads the whole library for the brands you follow across Meta, Google and LinkedIn, and runs your own campaigns off what it finds once you approve the change.