The Pay-It-Forward Fund Scholarship Program

The Pay-It-Forward Fund supports our mission to provide a safe and encouraging environment where students can find their most authentic voice by awarding quarterly scholarships for private lessons at The Voice Lab. 

The Pay-It-Forward Fund was created in April 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic because we know how important it is to maintain a regular lesson schedule, especially during times of uncertainty. Private lessons and other events are helping our students stay connected to each other, to their teachers, and to the Voice Lab community. The Pay-It-Forward fund is a way for sponsors, fellow students, and friends of The Voice Lab to support each other as we continue to strengthen our community across the globe.

Donate

Contributions of any amount are greatly appreciated and will allow us to assist as many students as possible. Your contribution helps support students in need of assistance for private lessons in singing, piano, guitar, or transgender voice. 

We'd like to thank our community for the continued, collective support which made our Pay-It-Forward-Fund a success over the last year - we were able to offer scholarships to 28 students! As the world begins to reopen, we have decided to bring the PIFF to a close. We will distribute all remaining monies in the fund to student scholarships for this upcoming quarter. We will continue to collect donations through June 15, 2021.

Two Ways to Donate:

Single Donations

• With any single donation of $25 or more, your name will appear on our Gratitude List.
  
  
• With any single donation of $100 or more, your name will appear on our Gratitude List, and you will receive a Voice Lab tote bag. 

Recurring Donations
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• With any recurring monthly donation of $25 or more, your name will appear on our Gratitude List, and you will receive a personalized thank you song from one of our faculty.
  
  
• With any recurring monthly donation of $100 or more, your name will appear on our Gratitude List, and you will be invited to an exclusive virtual concert. 

Donate

Apply

The Pay-It-Forward Fund was created to assist long-time Voice Lab students facing financial hardship in maintaining consistent lessons. The scholarship is funded by fellow students and friends of the Voice Lab community.

To be eligible, you must be at least 18 years of age or have a parent/guardian’s permission. Scholarships are available for current students and new students, for private lessons or our One Weird Trick Live student class. Scholarships awarded are weighted towards our current students, and awards are issued each quarter until the fund is depleted. 

​We'd like to thank our community for the continued, collective support which made our Pay-It-Forward-Fund a success over the last year - we were able to offer scholarships to 28 students! As the world begins to reopen, we have decided to bring the PIFF to a close. We will distribute all remaining monies in the fund to student scholarships for this upcoming quarter. While we aren't exactly sure what will come next, we are working on a number of ideas to continue supporting our students.
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​The next application opens on June 1, 2021 at 12:00 pm CDT and closes June 15, 2021 at 11:59 pm CDT.

Scholarship recipients will be notified by June 24, 2021. Scholarship funds will apply for lessons July - September, 2021.
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Scholarship recipients will be asked to participate in a survey so that we can continue to develop and improve the scholarship program. 
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Applications are reviewed and awarded quarterly. Applicants not selected are welcome to reapply for the next round of scholarship funding. Personal information of scholarship recipients (including your name) will not be publicized. Awardees may only receive scholarships twice in a calendar year.

Apply

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Gratitude List:

Our sincerest gratitude goes out to our donors:

Zoey Bauer
Jen Colburn
Samantha Geitz
Breanna Heiberger
Vaughn Holleran
Samuel Holloway
Das Janssen
Elise Johnston
Ann-Marie Mcmanaman
Reese Minshew
Amanda Murphy
Jamie Myrold
Matt Riebel
Alyson Thompson
Regan Traphagen
Michelle Vandre
Jenna Watson
Brigitte Wittmer