La Crosse Community Foundation receives $3.2 million legacy gift for to advance arts education
No one knew the size of Ron Burman’s legacy gift until last week Retired University of Wisconsin – La Crosse English professor Ronald Burman had a surprise in store for […]
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Grant Story: One Homeless Outreach Team, Impacting Hundreds
The Homeless Outreach Team at Independent Living Resources offers a low barrier connection between unsheltered individuals and supports necessary to find housing and community resources. Independent Living Resources (ILR) is […]
More »Forever Society Spotlight: Remembering Ron Burman, and his beloved wife Valerie
Friends from all over the world gathered in late January for Ron Burman’s funeral. He passed peacefully on January 5 at the age of 89, leaving behind a charitable legacy […]
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2023 Winter Grant Award Announcement
Our first competitive grant round of the year closed January 15; bringing in requests from over 20 local nonprofit organizations. Our grant committee and board worked together to award over […]
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How to make a bigger impact without giving more
After a year like 2022 plagued with financial turmoil, its easy to understand why some people might feel the need to trim charitable giving in 2023. Lingering inflation, continued stock […]
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Helping sustain future grantmaking through endowments
Endowments: Helping our community forever Have you ever wondered how we’re able to distribute grants year after year without a large, yearly fundraising campaign? We figured some people have wondered […]
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New funds in 2022!
19 New funds at La Crosse Community Foundation in 2022! It’s always an exciting time to reflect back on the hard work that’s been accomplished in the previous year, especially […]
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Fund Spotlight: Heather & Stephen Ross and Maureen & Robert Freedland LPEF Fund for Diversity Education
Designated Fund Spotlight The Heather & Stephen Ross and Maureen & Robert Freedland La Crosse Public Education Foundation Fund for Diversity Education was established in November of 2021 for the […]
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LCF’s Top 10 Highlights of 2022
Year-end reflection with CEO Jamie Schloegel The LCF team had big ideas for 2022 and looking back over the last 12 months I’m proud to report the team came through […]
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How to decide where to give this holiday season
Getting the most impact out of your year-end giving The holiday season is just around the corner, and for a lot of people this also means making year-end giving decisions. […]
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