College Scholarships & Support for Underserved Students.
Helping Students
Soar to Success
We help students overcome barriers to college completion through scholarships, basic needs assistance, and career development, serving foster care youth and students experiencing homelessness or housing instability (McKinney-Vento) alongside other underserved, first-generation, and housing-insecure college students across the United States.
What We Do
We remove the financial and practical barriers that push students out of college. Our goal is simple: students stay enrolled, persist through challenges, and complete their degree.
Scholarships & Tuition Aid
Direct scholarship funding that helps close tuition and financial aid gaps so cost doesn’t stand between a student and enrollment so cost doesn’t stand between a student and their degree.
Dorm & Move-In Funding
Funding for essential dorm and move-in items so students can start college fully equipped and confident on day one.
Basic Needs Assistance
Technology, textbooks, hygiene essentials, and care packages that keep students focused on their coursework, not on what they’re missing.
Career Development
Résumé support, internship preparation, and professional mentorship that help students turn their degree into a career.
Support, Opportunity, Access, Results
SOAR is rooted in equity and long-term impact. We stay with students from move-in through graduation because ‘good luck’ is not a strategy. We provide targeted funding, basic needs assistance, career development, and community partnerships to help students stay enrolled, build resilience, and complete their degrees.
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Support
Standing with students from move-in to graduation
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Opportunity
Building pathways from degree to career
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Access
Removing the financial barriers to staying enrolled
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Results
Focused on persistence, graduation, and career readiness
Who We Serve
Foster care youth navigating college while transitioning to independent adulthood
Low-income families whose students need scholarship and funding support to help close tuition and college-cost gaps
Students experiencing homelessness or housing instability (McKinney-Vento) who need stable support to stay enrolled despite frequent changes
First-generation college students who need consistent support to navigate college and stay on track to graduate
Postsecondary students needing persistence support to stay enrolled, overcome barriers, and complete their credential/degree
Families and caregivers learning how to support their student’s academic progress, resilience, and post-secondary goals
Get Involved
For Students & Families
Start with a conversation. We’ll meet you where you are and connect you with the support you need to stay in school and finish strong.
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For Schools & Partners
We collaborate to create sustainable impact across the United States.
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For Donors & Volunteers
Your support funds scholarships, basic needs, career development, and the resources students need to move from “I’m enrolled” to “I graduated.”
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