AFS Foundation

The AFS Foundation of Greater Milwaukee provides scholarships to enable qualified local high school students to spend a summer, a semester or an academic year on an AFS program living with a host family in a foreign country and attending high school there. The Foundation is a division of AFS-USA, Inc., which is the national AFS organization and which is a 501(c)(3) organization. Therefore, donations to the Foundation are tax-exempt to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Milwaukee area AFS volunteers felt frustrated when they saw a potential leader in business, government or education denied this educational opportunity for lack of funds. Therefore, they created the Foundation, which devotes itself solely to raising funds for AFS scholarships for highly qualified Milwaukee area students who need some financial assistance.

Each of the students eligible to receive a scholarship from the Foundation has already participated in a rigorous evaluation process and has been selected to participate in an AFS program. Recipients and the amounts of their scholarships are chosen by the Foundation's Scholarship Committee, which is comprised of AFS volunteers who are experienced in evaluating students' abilities to benefit from an AFS program and others whose job experience gives them expertise in evaluating family financial capability.

For information about the AFS Foundation of Greater Milwaukee, contact Tom Wetzel at twetzel@fmlh.edu

Board of Directors

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Greg Bauer
M&I Bank

Andrew Bednall
Weiss Berzowski Brady LLP

Juli Ebert
Quarles & Brady

Eric Hoaglund
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.

Ann Margolis

Susan Robison-Strane

Minna Smith

Tom Wetzel (President)
Froedtert Hospital

Ted Zimmer
Catholic Knights

Mary Lou Zuege