Serving Our Community
What isLa Crosse Community Foundation?
A grantmaking organization that manages endowed charitable funds established by individuals, families and nonprofits to support causes they care about both now and in perpetuity.
Browse Our Funds
Explore our 200+ funds supporting a wide array of La Crosse area needs.
See our FundsWays to Give
You can give now or later, start your own fund or contribute to an existing fund.
Ways to GiveFund 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Featured Donor Stories
Our donors are catalysts for good today, and for generations to come.
Grant Spotlights
Lists of Quarterly Grant Recipients
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Featured Grant Stories
See All StoriesGrant Story: Global Awareness Classroom Grants
Spreading global awareness in La Crosse area classrooms La Crosse Community Foundation is host to over 300 different funds of a variety of different fund types. The funds we use to award grants through our competitive grant program are either unrestricted funds or field of interest funds. These funds are established by donors to support […]
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