Foundation and Charities
Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation
The American dream is kept alive by those who pursue it. That’s why the Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation is working to show young people that their dreams are not only attainable but worth the effort. The foundation supports charities, educational initiatives and organizations aimed at building strong families and healthy kids, empowering them to chase and achieve their dreams.
The Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation will open the grant request portal one time per year (Fall) after the American Family Insurance Championship proceeds have been determined. The Foundation’s board of directors will review each grant request - under the mission of searching for organizations producing tangible outcomes that impact healthy children and families - with grant selections and funding allocations determined by the end of each calendar year. Please follow our social media and web site channels for additional grant information and timing.
Donations and proceeds from the American Family Insurance Championship directly benefit:
American Family Children’s Hospital is a comprehensive pediatric medical and surgical center featuring nationally recognized pediatric specialists in a wide range of fields. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, the American Family Children’s Hospital is ranked as a Best Children’s Hospital by U.S. News and World Report. With more than 230 faculty physicians from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, expert nursing and therapeutic staff and state of the art medical equipment, American Family Children’s Hospital is one of the crown jewels of not only the Greater Madison area, but the entire region.
2017 opening ceremonies video
2016 opening ceremonies video
American Family Insurance Championship Proceeds
Since 2016, the American Family Insurance Championship has raised more than $4,700,000 for charity. In addition to American Family Children’s Hospital, listed below are organizations which have received the more than 185 grant distributions in partnership with the Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation.
Access Community Health Centers | Aldo Leopold Nature Center | America Scores Milwaukee |
American Cancer Society | American Heart Association | American Junior Golf Association |
Autism Society of South Central Wisconsin | Badger Childhood Cancer Network | Badger Prairie Needs Network |
Balance and Believe Foundation | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County | Blessings In A Backpack DeForest |
Blessings In A Backpack Poynette | Boys and Girls Club of Dane County | Centro Hispano of Dane County |
Children's Theater of Madison | Church Health Services | |
Community Coordinated Child Care | Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin | Cover Me Veterans |
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services | East Madison Community Center | Edgerton Community Outreach |
Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart | Evans Scholars Foundation | Falk Elementary – Falk Family Resource Center |
Families in Transition Support Network | Foundation For Madison's Public Schools | GiGi's Playhouse Madison |
Gilda's Club Madison | Gio's Garden | Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Badgerland |
Hometown Heroes | Horizon High School of Madison | Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Community Center |
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin | Lee Trevino Foundation | Living Hope Food Pantry |
Madison Area Urban Ministry | Madison Parks Foundation | Madison Public Library Foundation |
Madison Reading Project | Madison 4Kids | Middleton Outreach Ministry |
More Smiles Wisconsin | Nutrition and Health Associates | Operation Fresh Start |
REAP Food Group | RISE Wisconsin | |
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Madison | Sally J. Schnarr Foundation | Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin |
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program | Sun Prairie Community Schools | Sunshine Place |
Sustain Dane | Tenney Nursery and Parent Center | |
The First Tee of Southeast Wisconsin | The Golf Affect | The River Food Pantry |
The Road Home Dane County | Tri 4 Schools | United Way of Dane County |
University of Illinois Foundation - Men's Golf | University of Southern Mississippi Foundation - Athletics | University of Wisconsin Foundation - Alzheimer's Research |
University of Wisconsin Foundation - American Family Children's Hospital | University of Wisconsin Foundation - Athletics | University of Wisconsin Foundation - Carbone Cancer Center |
University of Wisconsin Foundation - Garding Against Cancer | University of Wisconsin Whitewater Foundation - Women's Golf | Variety of Wisconsin |
Vera Court Neighborhood Center | VSA Wisconsin | West Madison Bible Church |
Wisconsin PGA Jr Foundation | Wisconsin State Golf Association Foundation | YMCA Dane County |
Youth Frontiers | YWCA Madison |
Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation Board of Directors
Chairman: Steven C. Stricker
President: William B. Westrate
Vice President/Treasurer: Daniel J. Kelly
Vice President: Nicole L. Stricker
Vice President: Steven M. Tiziani
Vice President: James S. Buchheim
Executive Director: Nathaniel A. Pokrass
