La Crosse Community Foundation
Serving the donors' interests and the community's needs since 1930.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Grant and Scholarship Program
We use earnings from our investment funds to provide grants and scholarships to qualified organizations meetings identified community needs.
Donor Services
We offer a variety of charitable giving options that provide a powerful and highly personal approach to giving.
Where we work
Accreditations
Council on Foundations National Standards 2017
Affiliations & memberships
Council on Foundations - Member 2016
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total dollar amount of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grant and Scholarship Program
Context Notes
total of 415 grants and 175 scholarships
Total number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grant and Scholarship Program
Context Notes
total grants and scholarships
Number of evaluations conducted
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grant and Scholarship Program
Context Notes
survey of donors, non profits and grant recipients, board members
Number of overall donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Context Notes
total number of donors
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The La Crosse Community Foundation uses its resources to improve the quality of life in the greater La Crosse area. The Foundation works with donors and nonprofit organizations to facilitate community philanthropy, to identify areas of need or priority, convene the community to address those needs, and ultimately provide grants and distributions for programs that work with those needs.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
La Crosse Community Foundation works with donors and organizations via community conversations and needs assessments. While doing so, the foundation identifies organizations that have the capacity to either address needs, with additional support, or identify partners willing to work on areas of interest. Donors are interested in improving the overall community environment and the Community Foundation is able to provide additional information, expertise, and follow-up that support the donors' interests and the community's needs.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The La Crosse Community Foundation has served as a leading community philanthropic organization since 1930. The Foundation meets all standards for community foundations established by the Council on Foundations. An independent board of 11 members representing the entire region, and appointed by independent mechanisms oversee the operation of the Foundation. Foundation staff participate in numerous community meetings, coalitions, and community need groups, convene the groups, agencies, and individuals working on the needs, and issue grants to programs working with those needs, or link donors and fundholders to projects.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Recent major grant initiatives include supporting central city housing and neighborhoods, replanting lost-to-disease trees, supporting an urban biodiversity effort that includes county health dept. staffing and education programs, grant support for two neighborhood police officers in a critical city neighborhood, supporting bluff-land preservation and public works projects with staffing grants as well as educational outreach to public school students, building a new completely accessible city park complete with a catch-and-release trout pond and playground equipment fully accessible for young children who live with disabilities. The Foundation also supports public concerts and performances. In addition, the Foundation extends significant scholarship support and supports human services programs that feed, clothe and shelter children and adults who live in poverty.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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La Crosse Community Foundation
Board of directorsas of 08/30/2018
Sandy Brekke, R.N.
St. Clare Health Mission & Gundersen Population Health
Term: 2017 - 2019
Brent Smith, J.D.
Johns, Flaherty & Collins, S.C.
Term: 2016 - 2018
Susan Christopherson
Fowler & Hammer Const., owner
Sandy Brekke
St. Clare Health Mission Director
Tom Kennedy
retired CFO Brennan Marine
Tom Sleik
Hale Skemp Law Office
Rick Kyte
Viterbo University
Brent Smith
Johns, Flaherty & Collins, SC
Barb Erickson
Community Volunteer
Joseph Moua
Bremer Bank
Julie Nordeen
Jamie Dahl
Taggert Brooks
Univ. of Wis. La Crosse
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes