HISTORY Welcome To ICA
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1936
In 1936 Hon. Anthony P. Savarese was the visionary and founder of the Italian Charities and Welfare Center of Queens. The noteworthy Generoso Pope was also a founder and the first signatory of the official documents of this organization.
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1951
The board of Italian Charities secures the funds needed to purchase land and begins constructing its headquarters. Our 1951 modernist building was designed by architect Manoug Exerjian.
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2018
Italian Charities of America, Inc. and its new Board of Directors is leading the way to establish a new era for this organization. Building upon all the accomplishments of the past while expanding the horizons for growth in its mission.