Why include IPS in your will?

In 1963, the Institute’s founders had no idea that IPS would progress from organizing against the Vietnam War and supporting the Civil Rights movement to being at the forefront of the feminist movement and the development of a new economic order that promotes just, sustainable trade and investment policies. For more than half a century, IPS has played the key role of providing public scholarship to cutting-edge social movements in the U.S. and the world.

We can’t predict what new issues will emerge in the next half century and beyond, but we do know that IPS will be needed to provide the intellectual groundwork to support movement-building groups, and to speak with an unwavering independent voice — unaligned with any political party — and steadfast in our progressive values.

That’s why we’ve partnered with FreeWill, a secure, online estate planning resource that empowers you to protect your future – whatever it may bring – while advocating for our progressive movement for positive social change.

With this simple, self-guided tool, you can make or update your will in as little as 20 minutes and include an optional legacy donation to ensure IPS’ critical work continues today, tomorrow, and forever.

Looking towards the future, IPS is intentionally mentoring a new generation of public scholars, with an emphasis on people from low-income backgrounds and from communities of color. They will be the next generation to build on the Institute’s legacy of inspiring progressive ideas and actions to serve people and the planet.

You can support these new generations of IPS scholars by remembering IPS in your estate plan and joining the Institute’s Next Generation Legacy Society.