In keeping with Chivalric values that call for protecting the poor and the defenseless, the Savoy Orders contribute to charities that serve children. A longstanding beneficiary of Savoy Foundation grants is Boys' Towns of Italy, Inc.

     Homeless boys and girls are referred to the Boys' Towns of Rome and to the Girls’ Town of Rome by various international organizations, the Red Cross, children's welfare agencies and the courts. Ranging in age from 10 to 21, these young people reflect diverse races and religions and come from many parts of the globe. Every year, in fact, about one-fourth of the children living in the facilities in Rome represent countries other than Italy.

     The boys and girls, whatever their age or national origin, share a background of misery and suffering. War, abandonment, or some other tragedy has left them in a precarious position. Some have neither family nor permanent shelter. The new "chance in life" offered to such young men and women in one of the "towns" takes the form of a challenge to assume responsibility for themselves and for their community.

     Recently, the Savoy Foundation made a grant to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association  which feeds, clothes, shelters and educates thousands of children in the Near East and builds schools, hospitals and churches in that region. Its humanitarian work closely parallels the historic mission of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.