Fearless Dreamer Scholarship by American Family Insurance and Milwaukee Brewers
American Family Insurance and the Milwaukee Brewers have established a scholarship program to assist Milwaukee, WI area high school graduates and undergraduate students who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.
Fearless Dreamer Scholarship by American Family Insurance and Milwaukee Brewers
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Eligibility
Applicants to the Fearless Dreamer Scholarship by American Family Insurance and Milwaukee Brewers must:
- Live or reside in Milwaukee, WI
- Be high school seniors or graduates attending college for the first time
- Be under the age of 25
- Plan to enroll in full-time or part-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent)
Dependents of American Family Insurance Enterprise employees and American Family Agency Owners and their staff are ineligible.
Awards
Each year, five renewable scholarships are awarded, each valued at $2,500 annually for up to five years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, totaling a maximum of $12,500 per recipient.
Renewal is contingent upon satisfactory academic performance in a full-time course of study and continuation of the program by American Family Insurance.
Internship opportunities may be offered to recipients.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
Notification
All applicants will be notified in June.
Notifications are sent via email. When setting up your account, avoid using a school or work email. Instead, use an active, personal email address that you will continue to have access to.
Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address as safe senders in your email contact list.
Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of American Family Insurance and the Milwaukee Brewers. Payments will be made in August.
Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
- Academic performance
- Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
- Work experience
- Unusual personal or family circumstances
- An online recommendation
- Essay*
Financial need is not considered.
*Essay Topic
Short answer essay question: “What dream will you be able to pursue with this scholarship?”
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation, Inc. play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Requirements
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
- A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
- Student name
- School name
- Grades
- Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than May 8, 2026 by 3:00 pm Central Time.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
