La Crosse Community Foundation

About La Crosse Community Foundation

A $599,877 grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse stands out in the foundation’s recent record, showing how La Crosse Community Foundation backs large local investments alongside smaller community grants. Its giving reaches across recreation and wellness, health and human services, education, the environment, arts and humanities, and culture and diversity, with awards made almost entirely in Wisconsin. The foundation’s recent grants also show repeated support for organizations serving La Crosse residents through youth programming, neighborhood services, and community institutions. The pattern is not limited to one sector. In one year, the foundation supported Hmoob Cultural and Community Agency Inc with $303,500, while another major award went to Next Steps for Change Inc for health and human services. Other recent grants reached local groups working in recreation, housing-related support, cultural programming, and environmental stewardship. The foundation also funds scholarship-related activity and capacity-building work through its program structure, which includes both competitive and targeted grant opportunities. Across its recent giving, La Crosse Community Foundation appears to prioritize organizations embedded in the local service network and projects tied to the Greater La Crosse community.

What La Crosse Community Foundation Funds

Community improvement is a recurring theme in the foundation’s grantmaking. It awarded $383,480 to Coulee Region Humane Society for community improvement, and later supported La Crosse Community Nonprofits Initiative with $139,774 for the same broad area. Education is another clear focus. La Crosse Community Foundation gave $111,043 to La Crosse County Historical Society for arts and humanities, which often overlaps with educational programming in community settings, and it also funds scholarship opportunities through its own scholarship programs for students in the La Crosse area, Greater La Crosse region, and Wisconsin. Health and human services appear frequently as well. The foundation granted $181,478 to La Crosse Lighthouse Inc and $92,450 to YWCA La Crosse, both in La Crosse, for health and human services. It also supports nonprofit infrastructure through its capacity-building program for organizations serving La Crosse County.

How La Crosse Community Foundation Gives