The Lotos Foundation is committed to encouraging gifted students in the fine and performing arts and sciences in New York City through Louis Padovano Grants to in-school and after-school programs across the city’s diverse populations and neighborhoods. The Foundation also honors creative artists at the outset of their careers across a broad spectrum of the arts with a monetary Lotos Foundation Prize.

The Foundation’s accomplishments are impressive, with awards to date totaling over $1 million, which includes 179 Grants for after-school arts programs serving gifted students and 105 monetary Prizes to talented individuals in the creative arts and sciences. Our Grants promote diversity and those most in need of support. Given the pressures on school budgets and the arts community, the Foundation’s Grants and Prizes are especially valued today.

Contributions to the Foundation are deductible to the extent provided by law and can be made by check, credit card, gift of stock, and matching corporate gift.