The BIGG (Bankers Involved with Grassroots and Government) Award is the Association’s highest level of recognition for advocacy by our member banks. In order to receive this award, banks must complete five out of seven criteria.
BIGG Award Checklist
To achieve BIGG status, institutions must meet at least five (5) of these seven criteria:
- Have named an Advocacy Officer
- Obtain Gold Triangle award
- Contribute to WBA’s issue advocacy fund
- Have at least one bank employee attend WBA Capitol Day
- Have a member of the bank participate in a Federal delegation meeting or go on a D.C. regulatory trip
- Have the bank hold a Take Your Legislator to Work Day
- Other (e.g. testify on a bill, host a fundraiser, analyze legislation, etc.)
Thank you, 2024 BIGG recipients!
Forty-eight institutions received the BIGG Award for their total involvement in advocacy efforts in 2024.
- American National Bank – Fox Cities
- Associated Bank, Green Bay
- Bank Five Nine, Oconomowoc
- Bank of America
- Bank of Brodhead
- Bank of Sun Prairie
- Bank of Wisconsin Dells
- Bankers’ Bank, Madison
- BMO Bank
- Bristol Morgan Bank, Oakfield
- Capitol Bank, Madison
- CBI Bank and Trust, Beloit
- Citizens First Bank, Viroqua
- Community First Bank, Boscobel
- First Business Bank, Madison
- First Citizens State Bank, Whitewater
- First National Community Bank, New Richmond
- Fortifi Bank, Berlin
- Forward Bank, Marshfield
- Horicon Bank
- Huntington National Bank
- IncredibleBank, Wausau
- Johnson Financial Group, Racine
- JP Morgan Chase Bank
- Ladysmith Federal Savings and Loan Association
- Lake Ridge Bank, Middleton
- Mound City Bank, Platteville
- National Exchange Bank and Trust, Fond du Lac
- North Shore Bank, Brookfield
- One Community Bank, Oregon
- Oostburg State Bank
- Peoples State Bank, Prairie du Chien
- PNC Bank
- Premier Community Bank, Marion
- Royal Bank, Elroy
- Security Financial Bank, Durand
- Security State Bank, Iron River
- The Equitable Bank S.S.B., Wauwatosa
- The Park Bank, Madison
- The Peoples Community Bank, Mazomanie
- The Peshtigo National Bank
- The Stephenson National Bank and Trust, Marinette
- Town Bank, N.A., Hartland
- U.S. Bank
- Waldo State Bank
- Waukesha State Bank
- Wells Fargo
- Wolf River Community Bank, Hortonville
