P.E.O. Projects that Make a Difference

We take great pride in transforming the lives of women by providing grants, scholarships, awards and loans for higher education, alongside owning and supporting Cottey College – a distinguished liberal arts college dedicated solely to women.

P.E.O. Education Loan Fund

Lends money to qualified women students to assist them in securing a higher education.

P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund

Provides scholarships for international women students to pursue graduate study in the U.S. or Canada.

P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education

Provides need-based grants to women in the U.S. or Canada whose education has been interrupted and who find it necessary to return to school to support themselves and/or their families.

P.E.O. Scholar Awards

Provides substantial merit-based awards for women in the U.S. or Canada who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree at an accredited college or university.

P.E.O. STAR Scholarship

Awards scholarships to exceptional women in their final year of high school to attend an accredited postsecondary educational institution in the U.S. or Canada in the next academic year.

Cottey College

Welcoming women from all over the world, this nationally ranked, fully accredited liberal arts and sciences college for women offers baccalaureate and associate degrees in a variety of majors.

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You Can Make an Impact

Play a pivotal role in a woman’s life by establishing a permanently endowed fund in the P.E.O. Foundation.

Empowering Women through Education

If friendship is the cornerstone of P.E.O., then philanthropy is the bridge. P.E.O. has a shared mission of empowering women through education and our projects are an ongoing testament to that dedication.

Valentina Hoormaechea, International Peace Scholarship Fund recipient
Valentina Hormaechea

International Peace Scholarship Fund Recipient

Michaela Brantley, Program for Continuing Education recipient, with her horse
Michaela Brantley

Program for Continuing Education Recipient

PSA recipient Brenda Varriano
Brenda Varriano

Scholar Award Recipient

Our Sisterhood’s Impact on Women’s Education

Since its inception in 1869, P.E.O. has given over $432 million in financial assistance through our ELF, IPS, PCE, PSA and STAR projects to more than 125,000 women.

As of April 2024, P.E.O. has awarded:

$
MILLION

EDUCATIONAL LOAN
FUND DOLLARS

$
MILLION

INTERNATIONAL PEACE
SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING

$
MILLION

PROGRAM FOR CONTINUING
EDUCATION GRANTS TOTALING

$
MILLION

SCHOLAR AWARDS
TOTALING

$
MILLION

P.E.O. STAR
SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING