Stay Updated with the ABA

Don't miss Berkshire news sent right to your inbox! Sign up for ABA text messages and emails below.

Sign up for ABA texts and emails!

* indicates required
🇺🇸
American Berkshire Assoc. - By providing your phone number and checking the box, you agree to receive promotional and marketing messages, notifications, and customer service communications from American Berkshire Assoc.. Message and data rates may apply. Consent is not a condition of purchase. Message frequency varies. Text HELP for help. Text STOP to cancel. See andTerms.

American Berkshire Foundation Scholarship

Image

Application for 2026 is now available!

The Scholarship Committee  will notify the students prior to the summer national shows where we will recognize the recipients. The Foundation will award scholarships in the amount of $1,250 - the number of scholarships awarded will be determined by the Scholarship Committee.  

Requirements:
1. It is preferable that the application be submitted in electronic or typewritten form. The fillable application form can be found below. Please answer all questions in a thorough and detailed manner so that the review committee can learn as much as possible about each applicant. 

2. The applicant should be a junior or senior ABA member in good standing, or a Team Purebred member, NJSA member or have completed a 2 year Berkshire project through FFA or 4-H programs. One or both of your references should validate this membership/participation in his/her letter of recommendation.

3. The applicant must be accepted into or currently enrolled in a 2 or 4 year accredited university, college, or certified program to be considered for scholarship.

4. The applicant must submit 2 letters of recommendation from teachers, 4-H leaders, clergy, employers, etc. who knows the individual on a personal level, but is NOT a relative.

5. The payment will not be awarded until first semester transcript is received along with proof of enrollment into the next semester.

6. Recipients can only receive an American Berkshire Foundation scholarship once.

Applications are due April 1, 2026


Apply Online

Download the Application

The completed application must be returned by April 1 to the American Berkshire Foundation

either by email (foundation@americanberkshire.com) or mailed to 29175 230th St., Wabasso, MN 56293 .

For questions please contact Kim (Stassen) Neumann at  (320) 220-3626