⭐ Education & Training Grants
Live Your
Dream Award
The Live Your Dream Award assists women who provide the primary source of financial support for their families by giving them the resources they need to improve their education, employment prospects, and standard of living.
Application Window
August 1 — November 15
If you qualify and live in Soroptimist International of Poway's service area, we encourage you to apply for one of our $1,000 Live Your Dream awards.
Each year Soroptimist International awards education grants to over 2,200 women — many who have overcome enormous obstacles including poverty, domestic violence, and drug or alcohol abuse. Award recipients may use the cash award to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education: tuition, books, childcare, and transportation.
In addition to providing the primary financial support for their families, eligible applicants must be enrolled in — or accepted to — a vocational/skills training program or undergraduate degree program, and must demonstrate financial need.
Award Levels
When you save a girl, you save a woman. When you save a woman, you save a family. When you save a family, you save a community.
— Written by a Live Your Dream Award Recipient🎉 2025 Recipients
SIP awarded $22,500 in scholarships plus $1,500 of additional gifts to 14 inspirational women supporting 27 children — aspiring to become business owners, social workers, nurses, CPAs, hospital administrators, and more.