Announcing Quarter 1 Grant Awards!
February 22, 2019
 | By Jamie Schloegel, Chief Executive Officer |
La Crosse Community Foundation is proud to present the first cohort of grantees for 2019! The board of directors recently approved first quarter grant awards totaling $220,459 to benefit 24 local nonprofits. Included in that total is $19,500 approved from the Corinne Zielke Fund to support eight area baseball programs. Here’s the list:
Mississippi Valley Conservancy
Love the Bluffs: A Campaign for Community Resilience
$25,000
Community Giving Fund
La Crosse Area Underwater Rescue and Recovery Unit Ltd
Building repair and renovation
$10,000
Robert and Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund & Barb and Dave Erickson Fund
Cia Siab, Inc.
Breaking barriers for Hmoob youth and elders – van purchase
$35,000
Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund
La Crosse Community Theatre
The Penguin Project
$15,350
Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund
GROW La Crosse
School garden education expansion project
$7,500
Community Giving Fund
Onalaska Enhancement Foundation
Onalaska sculpture project
$15,300
Harold E. Lemke Fund
La Crosse Neighborhoods, Inc.
Veterans Memorial Pool renovation
$15,000
Community Giving Fund
Riverside International Gardens, Inc.
Cameroon International Friendship Garden
$5,000
Community Giving Fund
La Crosse Fire Department
Fire safety house
$10,000
Community Giving Fund
La Crosse Public Education Foundation
Portable Wireless Microphone System for new theater program
$34,657
Community Giving Fund
HorseSense for Special Riders, Inc.
New mule, plow, and cart
$5,000
Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund
Causeway Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, Inc.
Peer caregiver support program
$7,500
Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin – Badgerland
Camp Ehawee outdoor education initiative
$2,600
Roland Beranek Fund & Community Giving Fund
La Crosse Area Family YMCA
Sensory play equipment for Family Fun Center
$3,100
Harold “Pete” Isenman Fund
FSPA Franciscan Spirituality Center
Retreat for survivors of trauma
$6,700
Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund
Couleecap, Inc.
South 8th Street apartment safety renovations
$7,500
Norman L. Gillette, Sr. Family Fund