Scholarships
The Wisconsin Bankers Foundation offers two scholarships to Wisconsin students annually.
Annual Scholarship Opportunities:
- Spring Scholarship (Submissions Open March 2027)
- $2,000 each (four winners selected)
- Criteria:
- Applicant must demonstrate academic, community, and pre-professional (job or internship) achievement and be able to articulate the importance of financial literacy. A career goal in the financial services industry will strengthen the application but is not required.
- Applicant must be a Wisconsin high school senior enrolling in fall at an accredited Wisconsin public or private non-profit college, university or technical college; or a Wisconsin resident already enrolled in one of those higher education institutions.
- Applicants who are employees of a WBA-member bank or a dependent of a WBA-member bank employee will strengthen the application but this is not a requirement.
- Agricultural Banking Scholarship (Submissions Open October 2026)
- $1,500 each (two winners selected)
- Criteria:
- Applicant must be a current student pursuing a career in agricultural banking.
- Applicant must be currently enrolled at an accredited Wisconsin public or private, non-profit college, university, or technical college.
- Deadline: November 16, 2026
Congratulations, WBF Scholarship winners!
- Victoria Seif, UW-River Falls, 2025 WBF Agricultural Banking Scholarship
- Janelle Wolfe, UW-River Falls, 2025 WBF Agricultural Banking Scholarship
- Ava Kok, Marquette University, 2025 WBF Spring Scholarship
- Celine C. Kronsted, UW-Madison, 2025 WBF Spring Scholarship
- Logan Schultz, UW-Madison, 2025 WBF Spring Scholarship
- Bryana Williams, UW-Green Bay, 2025 WBF Spring Scholarship
Grants and Gifts
The Wisconsin Bankers Foundation is pleased to support non-profit organizations whose work aligns with our mission of empowering the financial decisions of consumers through education and research.
The Foundation offers limited grants and gifts to registered 501(c)(3) organizations and certain government instrumentalities that assist in providing the public with the resources and knowledge to make sound financial decisions.
The 2026 WBF grant application cycle is now open. Applications will be accepted through Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
Winners will be notified by Friday, July 3, 2026. Award materials will be distributed at the Wisconsin Bankers Foundation Gala on Thursday, September 24, 2026 unless a special request or exception is made in advance.