Orangewood Children's Foundation

In 1981, a concerned group of private citizens, coupled with community leaders, established the Orangewood Children's Foundation. This Foundation was directly responsible for raising more than $8 million which would later be allocated to the construction of the Orangewood Children's Home. The volunteer-driven effort continued when the Foundation produced an additional $3.2 million for the subsequent expansion of the Home in 1992. Eighty percent of these funds were raised through donations from the private sector.

On average, nearly 2,700 children are taken from their caregivers due to unsafe conditions. With the support of Orangewood Children’s Foundation these children are able to find the help that they need and the love that they long for, which will ultimately help shape their future.

Orangewood Children’s Foundation is trying to end the cycle of child abuse by providing innovative programs that are focused on care, prevention, emancipation, and public awareness. Many children who have been put into foster care are expected to be able to survive on their own once they turn eighteen; however, most of them are not able to. Orangewood Children’s Foundation has been around to furnish those youths and families with additional aid as well as a support system.

Through charitable endowments like that of Lennar Charitable Housing Foundation, Orangewood Children’s Foundation has been given the opportunity to provide the necessary staples to enhance the lives of many.