Lotus Development Corporation

This series documents the efforts of IBA to raise funding for its operations and programs from government and private sources. Government sources include the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. State sources include the Massachusetts Cultural Council (formerly Massachusetts Council on the Arts); the State of Massachusetts, including the departments of Youth and Social Services, Mental and Public Health, Mental Retardation, and Public Welfare; the Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities and Development; and the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council. Local government sources include the City of Boston's Public Facilities Department, Boston Public Schools, and the Boston Housing Authority. Private sources include The Boston Foundation, the Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the United Way.

Records included in this series are progress, quarterly, and final reports; program audits and budgets; and correspondence to and from funding sources regarding reports and contract amendments. Program descriptions and grant proposals are also included. The proposals include supporting material, such as newsletters, progress reports, and program activities. The Boston Foundation, City of Boston, Lila Wallace-Readers Digest, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation, National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, and United Way records include comprehensive reports regarding audience profiles, response, and turnout; statistics on support groups, parent-counselor meetings, and training and workshops; publicity material; evaluation of goals; and program successes and failures. Grant proposals and grants are also scattered throughout Series 2, Executive Staff.