The Polish American Scholarship Committee was established in 1923 by Dr. Stephen Mizwa to bring students to universities in the United States.

Mizwa worked with the president of Vassar College, Henry Noble MacCracken, who had visited Poland.

The two expanded the Scholarship Committee's mission to promote cultural and educational exchanges between the United States and Poland.

[2] The second-story ballroom functions as a gallery, as well as a lecture and concert hall for chamber-music and solo recitals.

The foundation's Washington office provides a venue for local Polish-American events through a wide range of activities, including films, concerts, exhibitions, educational programs, publications, and seminars.