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The State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey has been administered to thousands of nonprofit leaders across the country by the Nonprofit Finance Fund since 2010. The survey has become a widely cited barometer of the operational and financial health of our country’s nonprofits. The 2018 survey results are now live, and can be found here: https://nff.org/learn/survey#results […]

The June Kjome Justice & Peace Fund at La Crosse Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications for 2018 grant awards. Applications are in our online grant portal, Foundant, and are due no later than EOB May 21, 2018. Decisions will be made and announced early June. There is $5,800 available for 2018 grant awards. The […]

The Robert and Eleanor Franke Charitable Foundation announced earlier this year that it will dissolve effective June 30, 2018. With the dissolution, a new fund will be created at La Crosse Community Foundation to continue Robert & Eleanor Franke’s charitable giving legacy here in La Crosse. The new fund – formally being named the Robert […]

Guidestar’s recently released report, The Financial Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector – Facts & Observations, highlights the reality of the financial distress many nonprofits (NPOs) experience. Nearly 50% of all NPOs are not able to save even one month of operating reserves, yet are expected to deliver high quality, needed services to our community’s most vulnerable […]

The Women’s Fund of Greater La Crosse is seeking applications for grants to be awarded for the year 2018 to non-profit organizations. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2018. The Women’s Fund of Greater La Crosse grants support to projects that: Impact attitudes and actions that benefit women and girls Promote opportunity, health and self-sufficiency […]

Through a competitive application process, La Crosse Community Foundation Board of Directors approved the following grants from the General Fund and several Field of Interest funds in first quarter 2018: $40,000 to YWCA La Crosse for Justice Circles which provides an alternative approach to addressing conflict in La Crosse School District middle schools $24,026 to […]

The paper is written by School Counselor and Student Council Advisor for the School District of La Crosse, Rick Blasing.  Mr. Blasing has served on the Couleecap Board of Directors since 2013 where he lends his experience to inform Couleecap priorities and programs. The public schools serve as a stage upon which all societal challenges […]