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Summer Grant Award Announcement!

August 26, 2022

Jamie Schloegel, Chief Executive OfficerBy Jamie Schloegel, Chief Executive Officer

We have big grant news to share!

Our third competitive grant round of the year closed July 15 bringing in over $500,000 of requests from local nonprofits. Our grant committee and board worked together in August to award over $400,000 of grant awards that will benefit 17 nonprofit organizations, those they serve, and the larger community. More than a dozen funds were used to make these awards, including donor advised, unrestricted, and field of interest funds. We are thrilled to share with you the full list of grantee recipients.

Complete list of summer grants awarded:

Organization NamePurpose of GrantAmount Awarded Fund
Couleecap, Inc.Downtown La Crosse Small Business Incubator Project$90,000Community Giving Fund
Trinity Lutheran ChurchChildren's Clothes Closet$15,000David R. Morrison Family Fund (donor advised) and Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund
The Hunger Task Force of La Crosse, Inc.Unrestricted$68,696Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund and Community Giving Fund
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative CorporationLa Crosse Small Business Training$15,000Community Giving Fund
Adult & Teen Challenge of Western WisconsinAfterCare Expantion$60,000Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund
City of La Crosse Planning & Development DepartmentLandlord Mitigation Fund$50,000June Kjome Justice and Peace Fund, Johns Flaherty Collins - Michael Stoker Memorial Fund, and Community Giving Fund
River Valley Raptors, Inc.Falcons of the Driftless - Free fifth grade program$4,000Roland Beranek Fund and Maureen L. Kinney Fund
La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce FoundationThe Belonging and Mattering Institute: Equipping Business Leaders to Operationalize DEI Principals$2,700June Kjome Justice and Peace Fund
Children's Museum of La Crosse, Inc.Special needs changing table$1,250Mary Grace Sieber Fund
Friends of Wisconsin Public TelevisionWisconsin Pride documentary - local release events$7,500La Crosse Bridge Builders Fund and Community Giving Fund
La Crosse Rotary Brain GameThe Brain Game Book project, 4th edition$7,000PMJ Fund and David R. Morrison Family Fund (donor advised)
La Crosse Youth Symphony OrchestraLa Crosse Youth Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs$3,000Maureen L. Kinney Fund and Community Giving Fund
Neigh N Bray Equine Rescue Emergency equine rescue rediness$4,000Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund
Onalaska Enhancement FoundationOnalaska Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner$5,000Harold E. Lemke Fund
The Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin, Inc.Experiential Recreation Events for People with Disabilities $5,000Alice O. Gordon & Viola M. Forshler Fund and Community Giving Fund
Climate Alliance for the Common GoodOnline presence$7,000Community Giving Fund

To learn more about how to apply for grants at LCF, please click here: https://www.laxcommfoundation.com/apply/how-to-apply/