Philanthropy and activism
Rodrigo and her Bizaardvark co-star Madison Hu teamed up with Instagram #KindComments to encourage their fans to spread kindness and foster positivity on social media from 2017 to 2018. Rodrigo and Hu further teamed up with non-profit organization My Friend's Place for their 30th anniversary, to help homeless youth find shelter, food, work, education, and healthcare. The event was hosted by Jack Black and raised over $740,000 for local homeless youth. Also in 2018, Rodrigo was named an institute speaker and panelist for the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. In December that year, she became the face of "She Can STEM" campaign.
In February 2021, Rodrigo released her merchandise line, "Spicy Pisces T-shirts", on her website, with all proceeds benefitting the non-governmental organization She's the First which sponsors young girls' scholarship and education. In June 2021, she sold her clothes, wardrobe and all items from her music videos on Depop and 100% of all proceeds from 'Sour Shop' was donated to charitable organizations. Rodrigo donated a portion of her Sour Tour platinum ticket sales to Women for Women International which supports female survivors of war by helping them rebuild their lives after war devastation. On November 18, 2021, she donated a signed Gibson guitar to #VenturesIntoCures program for auction and all proceeds went to life-saving research to treat and cure epidermolysis bullosa. In December, she joined Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, and Billy Porter with Musicians on Call in the 2nd Annual Virtual Concert "Hope for the Holidays" to bring uplifting performances and messages of hope to hospital patients via virtual concert.
On July 13, 2021, Rodrigo was involved in a White House effort to promote COVID-19 vaccinations among young people in the US. She met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Chief Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci, to discuss her efforts. CNN reported that Rodrigo would record videos about the importance of young people getting vaccinated, including answering questions the youth have regarding the vaccination.
Rodrigo identifies as a feminist and has been described as a feminist icon. Following the US Supreme Court's 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, Rodrigo performed "Fuck You" with British singer Lily Allen at Glastonbury Festival. She prefaced the performance by dedicating it to the associate justices who voted to overturn Roe, saying: "I'm devastated and terrified. So many women and so many girls are going to die because of this. I wanted to dedicate this next song to the five members of the Supreme Court who have showed us that at the end of the day, they truly don't give a shit about freedom. The song is for the justices." In October 2026, Rodrigo condemned Cornell University for their handling of the 2024 Cornell University rape allegations, saying: "Shame on Cornell and on every institution who protects rapists and abusers over women. I stand with Jane Doe. Her bravery reverberates across the country and the crimes against her will not go unpunished."
On November 20, 2022, Rodrigo and other celebrities joined co-founders Eddie Vedder and Jill Vedder for the Third Annual Venture Fundraising event, which helped raise more than $1.3 million that month and $6 million for the next three years to find a cure for epidermolysis bullosa and other rare diseases. In December 2022, Rodrigo joined Chris Stapleton, Selena Gomez, and others to donate exclusive items to the second annual ASCAP Foundation, which supports music education and talent development programs across the US. Also that month, Rodrigo took part in that year's annual virtual concert, "Musicians on Call", with 30 different artists, which brought holiday classic performances and videos of messages of hope to patients, families, and health-care workers in more than 5,000 US hospitals. In January 2023, Rodrigo joined various musicians in donating items to the MusiCares Foundation Charity Relief Auction to help struggling musicians with their financial needs.
Rodrigo launched a charity fund called Fund 4 Good, aimed at supporting reproductive healthcare of women, in October 2023. She told People that the motive of the non-profit is to raise awareness "for certain groups that are championing women's issues in America and all of the other territories [...] it's going to be a very fulfilling and hopefully productive experience." In January 2024, she donated items for charity auction and proceed went to MusiCares and Grammy Museum Foundation. A portion of the profits from the US leg of the Guts World Tour went to the fund and supported the National Network of Abortion Funds. Condoms and Plan B pills were distributed at Rodrigo's St. Louis concert on March 12, 2024, where abortion was illegal under state law. A portion of the profits from the Canadian leg of the tour would go to the fund and support 600 women's shelters in Canada. For the European leg of the tour, Rodrigo donated to Women Against Violence Europe, in order to prevent all women and their children from any type of violence. In October 2024, Rodrigo donated all net proceeds from her sold-out Philippines concert to Jhpiego, a women's health global organization with decades of lifesaving work in the Philippines. Rodrigo endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election.
In July 2025, she spoke out against the "horrific and completely unacceptable" conditions in Palestine during the Gaza war, saying "there is no child in Israel, Palestine or anywhere in the world who deserves to suffer through what we're seeing these children have to endure". She donated to UNICEF and encouraged her followers to do so as well.
In September 2025, Rodrigo criticized the ABC network over the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, calling the decision "blatant censorship and abuse of power", and expressed solidarity with Kimmel and SAG-AFTRA. She also signed an ACLU open letter supporting free speech and condemning Kimmel's suspension. In October 2025, Rodrigo donated all ticket proceeds from her American Express intimate concert to her Fund 4 Good initiative, which supports women's and girls' rights, reproductive freedom, and education. Later that month, she shared a pair of Instagram Stories highlighting civilian casualties in Gaza and encouraging donations to humanitarian organizations, tagging initiatives such as Human IT Project and The Slow Factory. In November 2025, Rodrigo criticized the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after her song "All-American Bitch" was used in a government video without authorization, writing, "Don't ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda." DHS later responded, stating that Rodrigo should "thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice." Following Rodrigo's response, the soundtrack was removed from the clip.
In January 2026, it was announced that Rodrigo would contribute a track to the charity compilation album Help(2) in support of War Child and participate in a charity auction to raise funds for humanitarian and medical aid efforts in Sudan. At the Resonator Awards during Grammy Awards week in late January 2026, Rodrigo wore an "ICE Out" pin as part of the #BeGood campaign protesting the killing of Renée Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. On August 29, 2026, Rodrigo performed at her own festival, Daisy Chain Fields, from which all ticket proceeds went to organizations Planned Parenthood, Jhpiego, and Baby2Baby among others.
