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The La Crosse Community Foundation today announced a grant to help improve the quality of life for people with dementia. The Giving Hearts Choir will receive $2,500 to help with continuing operations and hopes the community will match it. The Giving Hearts Choir is for people in the early to middle stages of memory loss […]

The La Crosse Community Foundation has promoted Office Manager Sherry Beames to donor services coordinator. In her new role, Beames will serve as the primary stewardship advisor for the foundation’s donor-advised fund representatives. Beames joined the La Crosse Community Foundation in 2019, bringing strong leadership, communication and organizational skills and extensive experience in customer service […]

Tax Planning for Charitable Giving With tax day this month, many people are considering ways to reduce their tax burden and meet their financial goals. By using tax-advantaged giving strategies, donors can maximize contributions to meet philanthropic goals while minimizing their tax bill. Here are the three most popular tax-advantaged methods of giving to charity. […]

The La Crosse Community Foundation has hired Lauren Journot as its new grants and scholarships manager. In her new role, Journot is the primary contact for organizations interested in applying for competitive grants. Journot most recently served as executive director at YWCA La Crosse and said she’s excited to bring her grant-writing, administration and communications […]

The Homeless Outreach Team at Independent Living Resources offers a low barrier connection between unsheltered individuals and supports necessary to find housing and community resources. Independent Living Resources (ILR) is a nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities achieve or maintain more self-sufficient and productive lives. This makes ILR a natural fit for the Homeless […]

Our first competitive grant round of the year closed January 15; bringing in requests from over 20 local nonprofit organizations. Our grant committee and board worked together to award over $187,750 of winter grant awards that will benefit the nonprofit organizations, those they serve, and the larger community. We are thrilled to share with you […]

After a year like 2022 plagued with financial turmoil, its easy to understand why some people might feel the need to trim charitable giving in 2023. Lingering inflation, continued stock market volatility and recession fears are making it feel like there is just less we have available to give. The good news is that you […]

Endowments: Helping our community forever Have you ever wondered how we’re able to distribute grants year after year without a large, yearly fundraising campaign? We figured some people have wondered this, so let’s break it down. As the largest and oldest grantmaking charitable organization that serves our community, we work as the liaison between donors […]