OnlyFans is often caricatured as a get-rich-quick shortcut for young women willing to trade racy photos for easy cash. That narrative overlooks a growing cohort of creators who arrived on the platform with very different motives.
For them, subscriber revenue is a means to a higher end—funding charities, rescuing animals, building affordable housing, or stabilising their families in moments of crisis. The stories below show how an adult-content site can double as an unlikely engine for philanthropy, community development, and social good.
Belle Grace – Funding a mental-health charity football club
Former NHS healthcare assistant Belle Grace poured her six-figure earnings from OnlyFans into Supporting Charities FC, an amateur side in Bradford that stages exhibition matches to support mental health and food-bank causes. Her cash pays for full kits, pitch fees, and travel expenses that normally strangle small charity squads. Grace told reporters she wants to “normalise” sex-work platforms while giving grassroots sport a lifeline, and the club has already channelled more than £ 200k to local good causes (Yorkshire Post).
Rebecca Goodwin – Building affordable homes
Derbyshire mum Rebecca Goodwin nets about £ 100k a month on OnlyFans—money she calls “more than anyone needs.” Rather than bank it, she’s buying eight properties outright and renting them to low-income families for as little as £450–£650 a month, fully furnished and maintenance-included. “It’s an affordable-housing scheme, not a money-spinner,” she said after critics questioned her social impact (Smiley Movement).
Kyle Krieger – Top fundraiser for AIDS/LifeCycle
Influencer-barber Kyle Krieger pledged every penny of his OnlyFans income from 20 December to 1 January toward his AIDS/LifeCycle 2024 ride. Subscribers catapulted him to the event’s #1 individual-fundraiser spot, smashing his $50 k goal in under two weeks (Out Magazine).
Courtney Tillia – Nudes for marine-life rescue
Former Catholic-school teacher Courtney Tillia routinely exchanges free nude bundles or VIP subscriptions for proof of donation to her chosen causes. A recent drive raised money for California’s Marine Mammal Care Center; anyone who showed a $50 receipt received a month’s access for free (OutKick).
Dan Benson – Live-streaming for wildfire relief
Ex-Disney actor Dan Benson (Zeke in Wizards of Waverly Place) sold signed Polaroids during an OnlyFans live session, clearing more than $ 1,000 in a night for Los Angeles wildfire victims and the Pasadena Humane Society (The Tab).
Mariah Casillas (“Lavaxgrll”) – Maui wildfire fundraiser
Honolulu creator Mariah Casillas offered one nude for every $10 donated to Maui wildfire relief and raised $ 7,400 in 48 hours before GoFundMe pulled her campaign. She moved the drive to OnlyFans, giving donors a free 30-day trial to keep the money flowing (New York Post).
Alaw Haf – Calendar cash (despite rejection)
Welsh law graduate Alaw Haf pledged £5 from every 2022 bikini calendar to a domestic violence charity. After the organisation abruptly refused the money over “nudity concerns,” she redirected the funds to smaller shelters that welcomed the help, spotlighting stigma around sex work (Indy100).
Jodie Marsh – Running a 400-animal sanctuary
Former glamour model Jodie Marsh says OnlyFans “paid my staff wages for the first year” of Fripps Farm, her Essex sanctuary that costs about £ 16k a month to operate. Subscribers—whom she jokes buy “boobs for hay”—have also bankrolled a £60 k perimeter fence and a successful legal fight to keep rescued lemurs (BBC News).
Markiplier (Mark Fischbach) – Crashing OnlyFans for charity
The 34-million-subscriber YouTuber launched a “tasteful nudes” OnlyFans at £3/month after fans rocketed his two podcasts to #1. Traffic from millions of gamers briefly crashed the site, and 100 % of the proceeds go to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the UN World Food Programme (Business Insider).
Drea de Matteo – Saving her family home
*Sopranos* Emmy-winner Drea de Matteo was three days from foreclosure, with just $10 in her bank, when she joined OnlyFans in August 2023. The subscription surge covered her mortgage “in five minutes,” stabilised her finances, and helped launch a streetwear brand with her teenage son (Page Six).