OSIA

OSIA's national headquarters is in Washington, D.C., near Capitol Hill and the various congressional office buildings... The Sons of Italy Foundation is a private, philanthropic institution, established by OSIA in 1959. To date, the SIF has given more than $83 million to scholarships, medical research, cultural preservation, disaster relief, and other projects... Established in 1905 as a mutual aid society for the early Italian immigrants, today OSIA has more than 600,000 members and supporters and a network of more than 700 chapters coast to coast, making it the leading service and advocacy organization for the nation's estimated 26 million people of Italian descent.