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Defense of Freedom Institute
This page ran 114 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 4 May 2026 and 23 October 2026. Meta reports $0 – $11.3K of spend, which makes it the 6,086th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Group or campaign. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race. Paid for by Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, Inc..
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗
114
ads
$5.6K
reported spend, range $0 – $11.3K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 98 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- UCSF employees$99
- Randi Weingarten$99
- AAUP$99
- American Association of University Professors$99
- City Schools of Decatur$99
- the teacher union$99
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: No specific race 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 86%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Under Gov. @glennyoungkin’s leadership, Virginia was the first state to opt in to the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit. Now, @GinnyGentles writes, Gov. @abigailspanberger is threatening to walk back education choice opportunities from thousands of families. Read the Op-Ed at the link in the bio.
23 October 2026 · Defense of Freedom Institute · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Under Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s leadership, Virginia was the first state to opt in to the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit. Now, Ginny Gentles writes, Gov. Abigail Spanberger is threatening to walk back education choice opportunities from thousands of families.
23 October 2026 · Defense of Freedom Institute · $0 – $99 · 5K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Starting in 2027, donors can fund K-12 scholarships for free thanks to the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit. Alan Levine, CEO of the @AccessFundOrg, joins Freedom to Learn to urge everyone to take action so education can be centered on what kids need, not “the unions’ whims.” Watch or listen to this episode wherever you get your favorite podcasts.
22 October 2026 · Defense of Freedom Institute · $0 – $99 · 3K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
UCSF employees conducted transgender surgery on a minor child against his father's wishes, placing an implant that dispenses puberty blockers in the child's body. DFI's latest amicus brief urges the Supreme Court to review a lower court's dismissal that shields government employees from accountability. Learn more at the link in bio.
21 October 2026 · Defense of Freedom Institute · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Shocking truth: UCSF employees performed transgender surgery on a MINOR against his father's wishes! • Government accountability at stake Will the Supreme Court review this case and hold them responsible? Read our latest amicus brief in Hudacko v. Regents of Univ. of CA to learn more!
21 October 2026 · Defense of Freedom Institute · $0 – $99 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
We cannot rely on foreign-trained doctors to fix the doctor shortage, DFI Senior Fellow Jay P. Greene writes for @AcademicRenewal. American medical schools turn down thousands of qualified applicants each year, forcing hospitals to rely on doctors trained abroad. Read the op-ed at the link in the bio.
19 October 2026 · Defense of Freedom Institute · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.
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