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 the La Crosse community when he passed away in January. La Crosse Community Foundation Chief Executive Officer Jamie Schloegel knew Burman well through funds he’d […]
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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 a nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities achieve or maintain more self-sufficient and productive lives. This makes ILR a natural fit for the Homeless […]
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 that will have an incredible impact in the greater La Crosse area and beyond, forever. In the last few years of Ron’s life, he worked […]
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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 $187,750 of winter grant awards that will benefit the nonprofit organizations, those they serve, and the larger community. We are thrilled to share with you […]
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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 market volatility and recession fears are making it feel like there is just less we have available to give. The good news is that you […]
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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 this, so let’s break it down. As the largest and oldest grantmaking charitable organization that serves our community, we work as the liaison between donors […]
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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 when talking about new funds established. Although 2022 proved to be a difficult year financially, the generosity of our community has been steadfast. In 2022 […]
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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 purpose of providing diversity education opportunities for the students in the School District of La Crosse. Diversity education promotes empathy, reduces prejudice, and enriches students’ […]
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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 on almost every one of its goals… and more. I’ve summarized the top 10 things that stand out most to me as I look back […]
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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. Did you know that nearly 1/3 of annual charitable giving occurs in the month of December? I hope as you make your charitable giving decisions […]
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