Donor Spotlight

IWP is counting down the days until Giving Tuesday on November 29. Save the date for this global day of giving! Dear Friends, I first learned of The Institute of World Politics about 12 years ago when my sister invited me to an IWP event.  I am patriotic and passionate about the U.S. and protecting…

Above: Students at IWP’s Reston campus While IWP deeply appreciates every single contribution we receive, we would publicly like to acknowledge one donor who provided a $20,000 gift of Apple stock on January 10, 2022, since we have no other avenue to express our thanks for this anonymous gift. IWP is truly blessed to have…

Two new Great Statesman Scholarships have been established at IWP: Susanna and Philip Rice have established the Margaret Thatcher Scholarship, and Patty Sue Mozart has established the President Ronald Reagan Scholarship. The Great Statesman Scholarship program allows donors to name a scholarship for the statesman of their choice in consultation with IWP leadership, all while…

Above: Co-hosts Leigh Sudbrink, Amb. Aldona Woś, Karen Armstrong, and Jackie Wieland On April 27, 2021, the Greensboro, North Carolina Regional Chapter of IWP’s Chancellor’s Council hosted 70 invited guests for a buffet dinner and formal presentation by Prof. Aaron Danis on “Declassified Government Intelligence: Khashoggi Killing, Foreign Threats to the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections, and Domestic Violent Extremism.”…

A version of this article was also posted on Newsmax and Do Rzeczy. Last Saturday, I attended the funeral of my post commander, Antoni Chrościelewski. He was 97. A Gulag survivor and a veteran of the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944, he served in the Free Polish Army in the West during the Second…

IWP Trustee Jacqueline Wieland and her husband Bruce have made a five-year commitment to support IWP students through the Great Statesman Scholarship program. The new scholarship that they created will be named in honor of IWP’s Founder and President, Dr. John Lenczowski. Mr. and Mrs. Wieland became supporters of IWP after being introduced to Dr.…

Mrs. Bernice Gilbride called me one day some 15 years ago to let me know that she had a donation for the Institute of World Politics. “Marek,” she said in her usual composed, yet firm voice, “the German government has sent me a compensation check for slave labor and I’d like to write it over…

Jon Utley, a supporter of The Institute of World Politics, dedicated his life to the preservation of freedom.  He was courageous in his views, never shying away from fighting for what he believed was right.  Mr. Utley passed away on March 22 at the age of 86.   Jon Utley was born in the Soviet Union in 1934. His…

The Institute of World Politics mourns the loss of our supporter Whitney MacMillan, who passed away on March 11, 2020, at the age of 90. Mr. MacMillan was born in Orono, Minnesota in 1929.  He attended Yale University, where his father told him to study the subjects that he would never get to study elsewhere.…

The Institute of World Politics mourns the loss of benefactor and friend Arthur H. Stromberg, who passed away this February. IWP was introduced to Mr. Stromberg by longtime IWP supporters David and Lynzie Haynes at a seminar event Mr. & Mrs. Haynes helped to organize in 2013.  IWP President John Lenczowski was one of the…