The Foundation for A Course in Miracles is the institution established – with Helen‘s consent – to promulgate the message of A Course in Miracles. This was understood as primarily a venue for Ken Wapnick‘s writing and teaching about the course, a fact underscored by its declared mission to preserve and extend Ken’s teaching now that he is deceased. Some students have struggled with the Foundation’s protectiveness of the course and its insistence that Ken is the “foremost teacher” of A Course in Miracles. Its helpfulness to so many students over the years probably outweighs these concerns, but it remains a testament to the challenge inherent in institutionalizing a message that is geared towards the individual where they are, emphasizing self-study.