Lauries Scholarship

Enable individuals with mobility disabilities to pursue employment and entrepreneurial opportunities by providing equitable access to education.

Our scholars rise above challenging circumstances with the drive to pursue career training and education so they can become providers for themselves and their families.
Together, we are positively influencing the way communities view equality for students and professionals with mobility-related disabilities.
LS is a nonprofit educational endowment providing scholarships for education that provides scholarships for impoverished students with mobility-related disabilities in Peru, Vietnam and Argentina.

Empowering Bright Futures

There are certain character traits that we seek in potential Laurie’s Scholars: Leadership, Ambition, Perseverance, and the Hope for making a positive difference for people with disabilities in the workforce. Each scholar demonstrates the ambition and courage to overcome the barriers unique to persons with disabilities in their communities. We seek to empower our scholars to become leaders in their local communities.

Dreams Deserve a Chance

We believe Laurie’s Scholars better describes the vision that Laurie Schoendorfer (the late wife of Don Schoendorfer, and cofounder of Free Wheelchair Mission) had to further assist mobility and financially challenged people by providing scholarships for college or vocational training. Free Wheelchair Mission helps us find applicants with potential to gain financial independence through education but who lack the resources to do so. Scholarships range from vocational school (1-6 months) to university programs (up to 5 years). Scholarships range from $500 to $1,800 for vocational school and $3,000 to $5,000 for university programs.

Together, we build opportunity.

We are proud to announce that Laurie Scholars earned a 4-Star Rating with Charity Navigator, the highest rating possible. We also earned a Platinum Seal with Candid! These awards are a major testament to the transparency of Laurie’s Scholars. These ratings put us in the top 0.1% of charities nationally in terms of transparency and means that Laurie’s Scholars has shared clear and important information with the public about our goals, strategies, capabilities, achievements and progress indicators.