The mission of the Les Paul Foundation is to honor and share the life, spirit, and legacy of Les Paul by supporting music education, engineering and innovation as well as medical research. The Les Paul Foundation is an approved  IRC 501(c)3 organization.

The Les Paul Foundation will:

• Establish scholarships at one or more music or music related schools.
• Provide grants for medical research related to hearing impairment.
• Create exhibits displaying the life achievements in the advancement of sound and the accomplishments of Les Paul. These exhibits will be made available for loan to museums, schools and other institutions, which will make the exhibits available for public display.

Les was encouraged at a young age by his mother to follow his instincts regardless of how unusual or different he would approach challenges.

Coming to the conclusion that the best way to perpetuate the areas most important to him and which he spent his life’s focus, Les decided to create a foundation.

By setting up the foundation, Les felt he could provide that same encouragement to so many others.