The 10 Best Charity Apps for Shopify
The top 10 apps merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for charity, in the exact order the store ranks them. Only Shopify's organic ranking is shown, never sponsored ads.
Updated October 10, 2026 · Organic rankingA donation on Shopify is an ordinary product with two switches flipped. There is no donation object, no tipping setting and no round-up feature anywhere in the platform: what exists is a variant marked as not taxable and not requiring shipping, exactly as you would configure a digital download. Shopify does at least acknowledge the use case in its checkout components, where the money input names donation fields among its purposes, but that is a way to collect a number rather than a way to handle a gift.
The part nothing documents is the part that matters most. Shopify's payouts move money to your own bank account and model nothing about forwarding it to somebody else, so how a donation actually reaches a charity is entirely outside the platform. Every app in this category answers that question differently, and several do not answer it plainly at all.
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Virtue Charity Donations
Make a difference: donate to UK, Canadian & Global charities.
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Givonate: Charity & Donations
Donation App & Donate Widget for Charity Fundraising
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GoGenerosity Charity Donations
Support AU & NZ charities. Turn donations into gift cards.
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Lift: Charity and Donations
All-in-one donation platform for charities & value-led brands
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Zestard ‑ Easy Donation
Turn Sales into Impact with Effortless Donation & Charity!
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Donate Now: Donation & Charity
Boost Sales with Donate Button for Charity & Easy Donations
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Donate Source ‑ Charity Widget
Integrate a seamless donation source right in your store
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GoodAPI: Donations and Trees
Plant trees, Remove plastic, Donate to 1.3 million non-profits
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What to look for in a Charity app
- Ask exactly how the money reaches the charity
- Does the app remit it, does a fund in the middle hold it, or does the total simply appear in a dashboard for you to pay by bank transfer each quarter? All three exist. The last is perfectly legitimate and means the obligation, and the timing, stay with you. Get a straight answer before launching anything public.
- Work out whose money it is on the way through
- Donations collected at your checkout land in your account with the rest of your takings, which has consequences for your bookkeeping, your reported revenue and your tax position. Talk to whoever does your accounts before you switch it on rather than at year end.
- Rounding up is a different mechanism from a fixed amount
- A preset donation is a line item. Rounding a total to the nearest unit means computing an amount that varies per order, which is a harder problem and lands in different places at checkout. If round-up is the feature you want, confirm it specifically rather than assuming it comes with the rest.
Frequently asked questions
Which is the best Charity app for Shopify?
Based on the Shopify App Store's own organic ranking for "charity", Virtue Charity Donations currently holds the #1 spot, with a 4.9 star rating across 47 reviews. The best choice for your store still depends on your requirements, so compare the top results above.
How is this ranking determined?
We record the organic results merchants actually see when searching the Shopify App Store for "charity", refreshed daily. Shopify's own sponsored ("Ad") results are excluded, so positions reflect its real search ranking rather than paid promotion. Source: the Shopify App Store search results for "charity", you can verify the current ranking there yourself.
Which Charity apps are Built for Shopify?
5 of the top 10 charity apps hold the Built for Shopify badge: Givonate: Charity & Donations, CharityChoice Donations, Zestard ‑ Easy Donation, GoodAPI: Donations and Trees, Auction Today.
What does the Built for Shopify badge mean?
Built for Shopify
Built for Shopify is the highest level of recognition Shopify awards an app. To earn
the badge, an app must meet Shopify's standards for safety, performance, ease of use,
and proven usefulness: it cannot slow down the admin, storefront, or checkout, must
integrate seamlessly into the Shopify admin, and must demonstrate quality through
installs, reviews, and ratings over time. When comparing similar apps, preferring
ones with the badge is a safe default.
Learn more about the Built for Shopify badge →
As of October 10, 2026, the top-ranked charity app on the Shopify App Store is Virtue Charity Donations, with a 4.9 star rating across 47 reviews. 5 of the top 10 carry the Built for Shopify badge, and the average rating is 4.9 stars across 811 reviews.
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Rankbase is made by Craftshift, a Shopify Partner building apps for product images, variants, and bulk catalog work. We built Rankbase to track the App Store rankings of our own apps first, then opened it to other developers, and this directory grew out of that work. The rankings on these pages are Shopify's own organic search results; we never edit them, including for our own apps.
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