Welcome to RAW Giving
RAW Giving has helped thousands of people through charitable work that is guided by one universal statement: all human life is created equal.
What Is RAW Giving?
A Reflection of Who We Truly Are
Years ago we used to call ourselves the RAW Foundation. But because we gave away millions and did such incredible life-saving work– including Josh personally traveling to Ethiopia many times to both fund and help bring clean water to 7 of what are essentially hospitals run by the Sisters of Mother Teresa–the name RAW Foundation might have made people think we were a 501c3 IRS charity ourselves. The multi-billion dollar company Republic Tobacco actually claimed in court that just the word “foundation” made people think we were a 501C3 registered charity (obviously we weren’t). So we changed our name to RAW Giving back in 2021 to make it super clear that we just GIVE, we don’t take donations and never have! In fact, we took all of the net proceeds that we finally won from Republic Tobacco for their willful infringement of our trade dress and donated that to charities like the Last Prisoner Project and the Weldon Project as well. The important thing is that even with anyone’s mean-spirited attacks, you should never stop giving back! Darkness only wins if you turn off your light 😊
