2024 Wisconsin Business Achievement Award
If you have applied in the past and did not receive the award we strongly encourage you to apply again this year. If you prefer not to share your financial information, we will still accept your nomination form.
We are saddened to report the death of Rockne G. Flowers on May 19, 2024. He passed away at his home in Beaufort, SC. surrounded by family. His obituary was published in the May 22, 2024 Wisconsin State Journal. His legacy continues with the Flowers Family Foundation Wisconsin Business Achievement Award.
Wisconsin Business Achievement Award Winner Selection
Camp Hometown Heroes
Honoring Our Fallen Heroes by Embracing the Children They Left Behind. Camp Hometown Heroes provides week-long summer camp sessions and other healing programs for children 7-17. Through the generosity of thousands of donors these are offered completely free of charge.
$50,000
Kapco Selection
United Way of St. Croix Valley
United Way St. Croix Valley’s Success By 6 Vision.
All children in our communities by age six, with the strong support of family and community, will have the necessary physical, mental, emotional and social development to successfully grow and learn.
$60,000
OEM Fabricators Selection
Couleecap Work-n-Wheels Program
Provides zero interest auto loans to qualified low-income households. Participants must be currently employed and need a personal vehicle to get to and from their place of employment. Participants must agree to participate in Wisconsin Rideshare when possible.
$37,500
L.B. White Selection
Coulee Region Business Center
Located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, CRBC is a full service mixed-use incubator for new and emerging entrepreneurial companies. We offer member businesses affordable space, support tools, resources and guidance to strengthen their business success and graduation into the community.
$37,500
L.B. White Selection
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Atkinson
Inspires and enables youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. Your generous gift will support our growing membership and provide a safe, fun and educational place for our members after school.
$25,000
Fireside Dinner Theatre Selection
Fort Atkinson Fire Department
Located at 124 W. Milwaukee Avenue downtown Fort Atkinson. The department operates 24 hours a day. Full-time Staff includes Chief Daryl Rausch, Captain Tom Gerondale, Captain Mike Lawrence and Captain Dion Brown. There are currently 30 paid-on-call volunteer firefighters.
Families Helping Families
Families Helping Families "To make a positive difference in the lives of our Kwik Trip, Inc. family members who are currently experiencing hardships by sharing all proceeds from fundraising events and co-worker contributions."
Stoughton Football
It's a community based program that ranges in ages.
$50,000
Fireside Dinner Theatre Selection
$75,000
Kwik Trip Selection
$75,000
Stoughton Trailer Selection
(UWCCC) holds the unique distinction of being the only comprehensive cancer center in Wisconsin, as designated by the National Cancer Institute, the lead federal agency for cancer research. Every day on the UW – Madison campus, thousands of dedicated individuals work meticulously to find the best ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat cancer.
Carbone Cancer Center
Foster the Village
OUR MISSION: Foster the Village brightens the lives of children in foster care by providing essential basic needs and community support, to ease the transition into foster care for them and their caregivers
$25,000
Automation Components, Inc. Selection
$25,000
Fox Converting, Inc. Selection
Big Brothers Big Sisters WI Shoreline
OUR MISSION
Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
VISION
All youth achieve their full potential.
$75,000
Sargento Foods Selection
Craftsman with Character Foundation
The Craftsman with Character course is designed to run each weekday for ninety minutes. Four of these days are spent job shadowing, allowing students to be immersed in a culture while gaining knowledge about a trade. The remaining day offers classroom instruction, where students explore their life goals and are encouraged to recognize their unique gifts and talents. Special emphasis is given to helping them recognize their self-worth
$25,000
Edgerton Gear, Inc. Selection
Red Cross Wisconsin Chapter
For more than 100 years, the American Red Cross of Wisconsin has provided aid and resources to people in the Badger State to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Today, in addition to domestic disaster relief, the American Red Cross offers educational programs that promote health and safety; support and comfort for military members and their families; the collection, processing and distribution of lifesaving blood and blood products; and international relief and development programs.
$75,000
The Boldt Company Selection
Feed Your Soul
Since its inception in 2008, Feed Your Soul has served a weekly meal in Fort Aktinson, Wisconsin free of charge to the community. The Christian non-profit’s mission is to provide people with both physical and spiritual nourishment. Each week, guests receive a home-cooked meal, a kind welcome, and a message of hope. Now in its fifteenth year, Feed Your Soul has provided over 80,000 meals to those in need, and plans to expand to Janesville, WI in 2024.
$75,000
Jones Dairy Farm
The Restored House
The Restored House of Washburn County in NW Wisconsin supports women recovering from addiction by offering them help, hope and healing. It is a safe home for women who desire to overcome their addiction and start living a full, productive life.
$25,000
Peragon Enterprises, Inc.
SMILES (Special Methods In Learning Equine Skills)
"SMILES transcends traditional therapeutic methods by offering individuals with special needs the joy of participating in an equine assisted program which provides social, emotional, physical and personal rewards
$75,000
Blain's Farm & Fleet