Announcing the PoleCon and IPIA Grant Program

Starting for the 2025 PoleCon event, PoleCon and the IPIA is offering three needs-based grant opportunities to help pole-preneurs or those that want to become pole-preneurs who would otherwise be unable to attend the event.

Submissions Close: March 1, 2025

Applicants Notified: March 15, 2025

Link to Apply: https://forms.gle/3PKedbZCr6EwSnoaA

The grant includes:

1. Weekend Pass to PoleCon 2025 ($229 value).
2. $500 stipend to be used on anything necessary to assist in attending/participating in the event. Paid via Zelle or PayPal.
3. 1-Year Individual Membership to the IPIA to continue learning, networking, and supporting recipients’ pole business efforts ($60 value).

To qualify, applicants must:

1. Be otherwise unable to afford to come to PoleCon.
2. Be in one (or more) of these three demographics: sex worker, BIPOC, person with disabilities.
3. Be already making a living or part of their living, OR desire to make a living or part of their living through pole dancing.
4. Have never attended an in-person PoleCon before.
5. Be from anywhere in the world (recipients in the US will not be taxed on the grant; other countries please check the laws in your jurisdiction).

To apply, applicants must fill out a Google form specifying:

1. They have never been to an in-person PoleCon before.
2. They have an actual, financial need for the grant.
3. Which demographic applies to them.
4. Social media handle(s) showing they pole dance, and if possible, represent the demographic they have chosen in #3.
5. Contact information including email and phone.
6. Why attending PoleCon is important to them either in a video or text format.
7. Permission to use their likeness and tag them in public social media posts, newsletters, online, and in other marketing as grant program recipients.
8. They agree to abide by the PoleCon Code of Conduct at the event and the IPIA Code of Ethics as a pole business person in all their business dealings.

Applicants do NOT need to:

1. Provide their legal name.
2. Provide “proof” of financial need.
3. There is no cost to apply for the grant.

The benefits of attending PoleCon include:

• Learning opportunities
• Networking for future business opportunities
• Creating life-long pole friendships
• Advertising your brand

*We know that $500 may not be enough for all people to attend this event including:

• Hotel/other lodging
• Travel (car, flight, etc.)
• Meals and incidental expenses
• Additional paid workshops during PoleCon.

It is our goal that this grant program can grow to encompass all potential expenses for grant recipients.

The grant is valid for PoleCon 2025 (May 29-June 1, 2025) only; not PoleCon: West 2025.

If you would prefer to donate anonymously, that is ok too!

Interested in becoming a donor? Please email: [email protected] 

 

*from donation to event date