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New funds at La Crosse Community Foundation Want to hear some good news? We established with donors 20 new funds in 2020! And, we’re on trend to have even more new funds established in 2021. We have five main fund types, and plenty of options to help donors achieve their charitable goals. Most new funds […]

Grant to support Waking Up White Regional Read We recently awarded a grant to help the Waking Up White Regional Community Learning Collaborative bring a regional read to La Crosse this summer. The $6,990 grant will support the local group’s efforts to increase awareness of white privilege and racial inequities through reading and discussing Debbie […]

Bringing better transparency to policing Another community collaboration is underway to make La Crosse County a safer place to call home — this time aiming to bring complete transparency to interactions between police officers and community members. Combining resources to outfit every officer with a body cam It’s through the Safer Coulee Region Fund, newly […]

Local activist celebrates 100th birthday June Kjome turned 100 years old December 12, 2020. And a good majority of that century has been dedicated to activism and social justice work. June is much admired in the La Crosse area, and many local leaders and activists claim her as their mentor. June spent 17 years of […]

2020, a great year for grantmaking Well, the infamous year 2020 is nearly over, and it will forever go down in history as the year we awarded more grants than we can ever remember doing before. The reasons why so many grants were needed this year reminds us how fortunate we are to be in […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for giving! I just love, love, love the holiday season! I totally get that this most wonderful time of the year comes with a healthy dose of chaos and stress, but I still love the wonder and awe behind all the generosity it brings. The end […]

List of 4th quarter grants awarded Our last grant round of the year recently closed, and we are pleased to present the full list of grants awarded. We awarded “business as usual” grants this round for new projects or expansion portions of existing projects, and unrestricted grants from the new Emergency Survival Grant program. The […]

On a mission to bring affordable nonprofit training to local organizations A key priority in our current strategic plan at La Crosse Community Foundation is to invest in the strength and sustainability of our local nonprofits beyond our grantmaking. Over the last couple of years, we’ve accomplished this by offering professional development opportunities like partnering […]

Announcing the Black Empowerment Fund Well, friends, this inspiring news has been a secret hard to keep! We are elated to announced the formation of a new fund designed to support nonprofit organizations and activities in La Crosse County that, with guidance from members of the Black community, work to advance racial justice. Established by […]