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Les Paul Foundation

The mission of the Les Paul Foundation is to inspire innovative and creative thinking. The Les Paul Foundation is an approved IRC 501(c) 3 organization.

Mission Statement
The Les Paul Foundation inspires innovative and creative thinking by sharing the legacy of Les Paul through support of music education, recording, innovation, exhibits about Les Paul and medical research related to hearing. The Les Paul Foundation
• Awards grants to programs and projects that encourage innovation in music production and/or performance and to innovative STEM a

nd STEAM programs for students and others in challenging situations
• Provides grants for medical research related to curing tinnitus and hearing impairment issues.
• Inspires the public through support of public exhibits presenting Les Paul’s life and achievements

Determined to perpetuate support to the areas on which he focused his life, Les Paul created his foundation.

06/04/2026

Robin Pecknold and Blake Mills cooking something up in the Les Paul Recording Studio a few weeks ago.

05/25/2026

Les Paul was in service from 1943 to 1944, working for the Armed Forces Radio performing with his trio and in the AFRS orchestra for popular dramas.

After he was discharged, Les and Mary would visit service members in the hospital and perform for them.

05/22/2026

Shoutout to Les Paul Foundation grantees, Towne Meadows Elementary School and Neely Traditional Academy, who hosted Guitar Genius author Kim Tomsic. Ms. Tomsic spoke with students about Les Paul’s adventures as a kid inventor.

Visit the LPF site for free educational resources 📚

05/14/2026

Les Paul was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005 for the invention of the solid-body electric guitar, U.S. Patent No. 3,018,680.

04/30/2026

On May 20th, a remarkable jazz archive is heading to auction at Lion Heart Autographs NY.

Personal letters and documents from legends like Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Paul Desmond and our own Les Paul captured a pivotal decade of jazz.

You can bid on four signed letters detailing Les and Mary’s 1951 tour and holiday cards offering a personal glimpse into Les’ life on and off the road.

The archive was assembled by New Jersey jazz columnist Harold “Hal” Flaherty and is a living records of artists, innovators and cultural forces that propelled jazz from smoky clubs into global prominence, and Les and Mary were a big part of that evolution.

Bid is via invaluable.com or liveauctioneers.com.

04/17/2026

Flashback to Les’ main recording studio in Mahwah, NJ where his “Monster” console resided before its new home at the Les Paul Recording Studio in Los Angeles.

04/09/2026

A visit from Robin Pecknold of at the Les Paul Recording Studio 🎛️

03/12/2026

Pendleton Center for the Arts' free, week-long Rock & Roll Camp pairs teens with working band members and musicians from across the northwest for instruction in performance, music theory, songwriting, stage management, and music journalism.

Learn more about our grantee program at Les-Paul.com!

03/03/2026

The Les Paul Foundation is saddened to hear about Neil Sedaka’s passing.

Neil was a huge fan of Les, having been influenced by both Les and Mary in his own career. Sedaka was inspired by their use of overdubbing and claimed to be one of the first singers to use multi-tracking on his recordings.

In 2007, Neil performed alongside Les two of hit tracks at the Iridium, “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” and “Laughter in the Rain.”

Watch the full performance on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ewTimJJRIo

02/18/2026

Last June, Steve Miller was awarded the Les Paul Spirit Award at Gibson Garage, where had the honor of speaking with Steve and presenting him with the award.

You can watch the full-length video on les-paul.com.

Address

485 Underhill Boulevard , Suite 108
Syosset, NY
11791

Website

http://Les-Paul.com/

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