SOS Children's Villages - USA is part of SOS Children's Villages, the world's largest nongovernmental organization dedicated to the care of orphaned and abandoned children. SOS Children's Villages – USA has been in operation since 1969 and has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Headquartered in Washington D.C., SOS Children's Villages - USA strives to create awareness and build support for SOS villages around the world. ** FOUR PILLARS ** SOS Children's Villages – USA works to ensure that every vulnerable and orphaned child has a supporting and loving family. Their four pillars are: 1) Prevention 2) Long-Term Care 3) Empowerment and 4) Advocacy. ** AWARDS ** ** BOARD OF DIRECTORS ** Stuart Grant is the chairman of the board. He has spent the last 25 years as a senior finance executive and CFO in the electronics and bio-pharmaceutical industries. He has been CFO of three public companies, with responsibility, together with leadership teams, for driving growth and profitability across the world. Most recently, he was the CFO of Patheon, a leading service provider to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. His work has allowed him to travel extensively in Europe. His recent positions have been based in the United States, where he and his family are now citizens. ** SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES - FLORIDA ** SOS Children's Villages Florida is located on an eight-acre cul-de-sac in Coconut Creek, on the border of Broward and Palm Beach counties. The village can provide a home for up to 75 children, many of whom have been given the opportunity to be reunited with their siblings and are able to grow up together in the same SOS family. SOS Children's Villages Florida consists of 12 family houses, the director's house, a community center, a counseling center, an administration building and a playground. ** SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES - ILLINOIS ** SOS Children's Villages Illinois consists for four villages: in Chicago, Lockport Village, Auburn Gresham, and Roosevelt Square. The SOS village in Chicago consists of twelve family homes and four duplexes, which house children and SOS parents. The village can house up to 90 children. In addition, another 24 homes are in the process of being built for moderate-income families through the Chicago Department of Housing's New Homes for Chicago and will round out the scattered site community. The village also has a director's house, administration building and playground. The centerpiece of the village is a community center that includes day care, and infant and toddler programs, an outpatient therapy center, meeting rooms and administrative offices. Soon, ground will be broken and construction will begin on the center, which will be open to the entire Auburn-Gresham community. Architect Jeanne Gang worked on SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center, completed in 2008: a 16,800-square-foot foster care community center on Chicago's South Side. ** SOCIAL RETURN OF INVESTMENT ** The Social Return of Investment (SROI) of SOS Children's Villages’ programs is compelling, for instance: US$1 investment yields benefits to society of US$4 in Ethiopia, and of US$6 in Swaziland, using conservative assumptions.