Contribution Highlights

1959

Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) established as the philanthropic arm of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America, the nation’s oldest and biggest organization for people of Italian heritage.

1964

$25,000 for flood victims in Belluno, Italy

1966

$200,000 for flood victims in Florence and Venice

1967

Designates March of Dimes as one of its official charities and donates more than $14 million over the next two decades

1968

$127,000 for earthquake victims in Sicily

1974

Names Cooley’s Anemia Foundation as an official charity. To date, donated nearly $3 million.

1976

$217,000 for earthquake victims in Friuli, Italy

1981

$3 million in funds plus medicine and clothing to victims of the 1980 Irpinia earthquake in southern Italy

1985

Contributes to restoration of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty

1987

$30,000 to earthquake victims in Mexico

1989

Holds first National Education & Leadership Award (NELA) event in Washington, DC

1990

$50,000 to establish the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC

1993

Names the Alzheimer’s Association one of its official charities and donates $1 million over the next 10 years.

1998

$50,000 to Barbara Sinatra Hospital for Abused Children

2003

$66,000 to establish an Advanced Placement program in Italian; Gave additional $50,000 in 2010 to re-instate the program.

2004

$100,000 to establish a World War II memorial in Washington, DC

2005

$15,000 to the Tsunami Emergency Relieve effort in Asia

2006

$35,000 for Hurricane Katrina Relief

2007

$100,000 to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in NYC

2007

$100,000 to Coaches vs. Cancer

2008

$100,000 over past four years to the Rienzi Foundation to cure deafness through cochlear implants

2010

The Charles Evans Foundation, formed by Evan-Picone fashion house co-founder Charles Evans, selects the SIF to receive a quarter-million-dollar endowment to establish the perpetual Charles Evans Scholarship.

2010

$100,000 to build the World Trade Center Museum & Memorial in New York City

2010

$10,000 scholarship to Medal of Honor recipient Salvatore Giunta

2011

$235,000 to help rebuild the Fondazione Il Cireneo Onlus per L’Autismo, a center for autistic children, destroyed by the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake.

2011

Pledges a second $1 million contribution to the Alzheimer’s Association

2013

$25,000 to Super Storm Sandy Relief

2013      

$15,000 to the Gary Sinise Foundation

2013      

$50,000 since 2008 to the Columbus Citizens Foundation

2014

$20,000 to Help Our Military Heroes

2015

SIF/OSDIA gives more than $300,000 to Alzheimer’s Association; Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism, Inc.; and Cooley’s Anemia Foundation.

2016

$20,000 to Help Our Military Heroes

2016      

$10,000 to the Gary Sinise Foundation

2016      

$10,000 to K9 Partners for Patriots, Inc.

2017

Raised disaster relief funds for those affected by Hurricane Harvey and Irma

2017      

$20,000 to Help Our Military Heroes

2018

$25,000 to Help Our Military Heroes

2018

$100,000 to rebuild kindergarten and elementary school in Muccia (Marche region), destroyed by the 2016 Central Italy earthquake

2019

A second $100,000 to rebuild kindergarten and elementary school in Muccia (Marche region), destroyed by the 2016 Central Italy earthquake

2019

$20,000 to Help Our Military Heroes

2019

$5,000 to Constantino Brumidi Statue in Annapolis, Maryland

2020

$20,000 to Help Our Military Heroes

2020

$15,000 to The V Foundation for Cancer Research

2020

$10,000 to Ronald McDonald House of New York

2021

 

$20,000 to Help Our Military Heroes