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 […]
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La Crosse Area Emergency Response Fund – Grants Awarded!
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 […]
More »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 […]
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Celebrating 90 years with an additional $90,000 for area nonprofits
Hello friends! Yesterday we braved the weather to do something very important; thank our fund holder family in celebration of our 90th birthday. (Did you know LCF is one of […]
More »Guest blog: 100 years of women’s suffrage (yes, that’s good)
Hello friends! The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. Women’s suffrage is the largest expansion […]
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2020: The year of the helper
Yeah, yeah, I know. The year is not going well. 2020 is only four months from being over, and no one will be sad to see it go. Hopefully our […]
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The role of donor advised funds in meeting pandemic needs
Partnering for a strategic pandemic response Each year, the donor advised funds at LCF infuse over half a million dollars into the revenue streams of local nonprofits. And the nonprofits […]
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Summer Grant Award Announcement 2020
Our third quarter grant competition was the first ever to host the new Emergency Survival Grant program. This grant program was created to provide nonprofits at risk of not surviving […]
More »Cheers to 90 years!
Your La Crosse Community Foundation turned 90 years old in July, making us one of the oldest in the nation. LCF was founded in 1930, when a streetcar still […]
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How to vet nonprofits
Are you interested in giving money to a charity but unsure how to choose a good one? The process of vetting a nonprofit can really run the full spectrum from […]
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