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New fund aims to avoid problems seen in other cities
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…
June Kjome turns 100!
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…
Donor spotlight: Marie Louise Lokken Fund
Marie Louise Lokken Fund The Marie Louise Lokken Fund was established in 2007 by her son, Jay Lokken and his partner Ken Riley and their family, to forever honor her memory and her passion for La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Marie was born in 1924, and passed in 2007 at the age of 82. She had…
2020: A huge year for grant awards
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…
10 tips for year-end giving
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…
Autumn Grant Award Announcement 2020
[new] 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….
Announcing a 3-session nonprofit training on financial oversight for board members
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…
La Crosse Community Foundation announces first fund aimed at Black equity
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…
La Crosse Area Emergency Response Fund – Grants Awarded!
[new] Complete list of grants awarded: The Hunger Task Force was awarded $10,439 to help support their increase in demand from the 91 local pantries, meal sites, and youth programs they supply. Their local partners together serve 7,200 individuals per month, and need to adapt to providing more “to-go” and delivered meals with more distributions…
90 reasons to support your community foundation
We are keeping our birthday celebration going because we thought of another way to recognize our 90 years of doing good! Giving to your community foundation is a smart thing to do for so many reasons, but for our 90th birthday, we put together a list of just the top 90. So without further adieu,…