La Crosse Community Foundation

Donor-focus activities: working with local donors to establish and administer endowed charitable funds to make noncompetitive grants or scholarships to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations in their philanthropic interest areas. Currently, lcf administers 250 donor-directed funds. In 2023, a total of $2,654,617 were awarded in noncompetitive grants and $351,150 were awarded in scholarships.

Leadership activities and fiscal sponsorships: service to convene Community partners around current Community needs and helping area charitable groups and nonprofits build capacity to increase their impact.

Community-focused activities: growing a source of permanent, unrestricted Community capital from philanthropic gifts to award competitive grants to qualified charitable organizations in La Crosse county who are meeting identified Community needs. Lcf has 31 funds that award competitive grants reviewed and approved by the board of directors each quarter. Lcf awarded $1,023,144.

Agency-fund activities: lcf manages agency funds established by nonprofit organizations. The lcf has fiduciary responsibility over the funds, and each year the organization can choose to take the spending rate distribution, or continue to grow the fund with its annual earnings.