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La Crosse Community Foundation

Connecting people, passion, and giving in the la crosse area forever.

$5.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
122
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$3.2MHuman Services$3.2MEducation$2.8MRecreation & Sports$2.8MYouth Development$2.4MReligion$1.5MEnvironment$1.3MArts & Culture$1.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 122 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 122 grants below total $4,638,024, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,346,496 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $708,472 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $236k
  • $10k–50k67 grants · $1.5M
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.2M
$17,425
Median grant
10
States reached
$81M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LA CROSSE$599,877
HMOOB CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY AGENCY INC$303,500
NEXT STEPS FOR CHANGE INC$270,000
FIRST TEENS CLOTHES CLOSET OF FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH$232,264
LA CROSSE LIGHTHOUSE INC$181,478
SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE$151,500
LA CROSSE COMMUNITY NONPROFITS INITIATIVE$139,774
COULEECAP INC$105,653
WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER LA CROSSE INC$94,000
GUNDERSEN MEDICAL FOUNDATION$92,130
RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP GARDENS$81,300
LA CROSSE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$80,077
OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE$77,500
YWCA LA CROSSE$73,750
LA CROSSE COUNTY$72,393
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%YWCA LA CROSSE: $68k → 12%YWCA LA CROSSE: $45k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $40k → 12%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICESWISCONSIN & UPPER MI INC: $12k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICESWISCONSIN: $11k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICESWISCONSIN & UPPER MI INC: $11k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICESWISCONSIN & UPPER MI INC: $11k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICESWISCONSIN: $11k → 17%HOLMEN AREA COMMUNITY CENTER: $60k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE O: $349k → 12%HMOOB CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY AGENCY INC: $304k → 12%KARUNA INC: $179k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE O: $121k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE O: $120k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE O: $96k → 12%THE GOOD FIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER: $95k → 12%YWCA LA CROSSE: $92k → 12%INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES: $76k → 12%YWCA LA CROSSE: $74k → 12%INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES: $71k → 12%CIA SIAB INC: $59k → 12%THE GOOD FIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER: $52k → 12%GOOD FIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $50k → 12%CIA SIAB INC: $49k → 12%SHELTER DEVELOPMENT INC: $45k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION INC: $39k → 12%SHELTER DEVELOPMENT INC: $36k → 12%CIA SIAB INC: $36k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $36k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $34k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $32k → 12%SHELTER DEVELOPMENT INC: $28k → 12%CIA SIAB INC: $24k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $22k → 12%GOOD FIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $22k → 12%THE GOOD FIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER: $21k → 12%CAUSEWAY INTERFAITH VOLUNTEER CAREG: $20k → 12%CAUSEWAY INTERFAITH VOLUNTEER CAREG: $20k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION INC: $19k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $18k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION INC: $17k → 12%KARUNA INC: $17k → 12%SHELTER DEVELOPMENT INC: $17k → 12%INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES: $16k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION INC: $14k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION INC: $13k → 12%SHELTER DEVELOPMENT INC: $13k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
SD
IA
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22M · 117 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

117 repeat relationships: 86 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

117
65

Total granted

$22M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+19%

Still filing today

73%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $996k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LA CROSS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +299%
  • CI
    COULEECAP INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $827k · revenue +107%
  • Catholic Charities of the Diocese
    7× · 2017–2024 · $708k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • LC
    LA CRESCENT AREA EVENT CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $502k · revenue +97%
  • BH
    BOUNTIFUL HARVEST OF FAITH MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $97k
  • OV
    OTHER VARIOUS 5000
    one grant, 2019 · $90k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Wisconsin La Crosse - Alumni Association

To support university of wisconsin la crosse by building and maintaining relationships among students, alumni, friends and the university.

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2
Lad Lake Inc

The mission of lad lake, inc. is to guide the growth of at-risk youth so that they reach their potential and live responsibly.

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3
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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4
Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association Inc

To protect, conserve, and enhance wisconsin's natural resources by advocating for and supporting county conservation efforts, for current and future generations.

Environment
5
Able Inc

A b l e , inc (a brighter living experience, inc) is organized to provide residential care for developmentally disabled minnesota residents at its residential and intermediate care facilities located in houston county, minnesota. the…

Human Services
6
La Crosse Area Development Corp

The purpose of the corporation shall be to actively facilitate and promote economic development and business retention in the la crosse area. this shall be accomplished by focusing on the "triad of development": the attraction of industry,…

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7
Lawrence University of Wisconsin

Lawrence university of wisconsin, through its undergraduate residential college and conservatory of music, educates students in the liberal arts and sciences. the university is devoted to excellence and integrity in all of its activities…

Education
8
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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9
Greater La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce

To be a progressive business resource, growing companies and developing leaders through collaboration, advocacy, information, and services that benefit current and future businesses.

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10
Catholic Residential Services Inc Dba Benedictine Living Communities of Wi

We are a catholic, faith-based organization entrusted with advancing the life-enhancing senior care ministry of the benedictine sisters of duluth, minnesota. we witness to god's love by creating inclusive communities, supporting those we…

Human Services
11
Wisconsin School Counselor Association Inc

Our vision is for wisconsin to be the model for excellence in equitable school counseling practice, exemplified by the advocacy, leadership, and expertise of the members of the wsca.

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12
Door County Land Trust Inc

The door county land trust is a local, non-governmental non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve door county's exceptional lands and waters forever.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family and Children's Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is La Crosse Lions Charities Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

158 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 158 of the 219 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

19
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
42
Early backer (in before they grew)
154/158
Grantees still filing
108/158
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF LA CROSSE PARKS REC & FOR: $1,924,168 · OtherCITY OF LA CROSSE PARKS REC & FORLa Crosse Area Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $626,182 · OtherLA CROSSE COUNTY AGING UNIT: $577,380 · OtherCOULEECAP INC: $827,368 · OtherCOULEECAP INCOUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE OF THE SEVEN RIVERS REGION INC: $680,296 · OtherCOULEE REGION HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $538,621 · Other+121 more: $8,572,961 · Other+121 moreCatholic Charities of the Diocese: $708,199 · Human ServicesCatholic Chari…HMOOB CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY AGENCY INC: $303,500 · Human ServicesHMOOB CULTURAL…YWCA LA CROSSE INC: $289,475 · Human ServicesYWCA LA CROSSE…THE GOOD FIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $240,455 · Human ServicesTHE GOOD FIGHT…FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $203,651 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND CHI…KARUNAINC: $196,282 · Human ServicesKARUNAINCLGBT RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE SEVEN RIVERS AREA INC: $177,306 · Human ServicesLGBT RESOURCE …INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES INC: $172,108 · Human ServicesCIA SIAB INC: $168,079 · Human ServicesHORSESENSE FOR SPECIAL RIDERS INC: $165,598 · Human ServicesSHELTER DEVELOPMENT INC: $139,115 · Human Services+14 more: $515,544 · Human Services+14 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LA CROSS: $1,591,278 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 624 GATEWAY AREA COUNCIL: $358,637 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS…Big Brothers Big Sisters of 7 Rivers Region Inc: $274,490 · Youth DevelopmentBig Brothe…1000 Generations Inc: $104,361 · Youth Development+2 more: $84,796 · Youth DevelopmentCOULEE COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS INC: $439,450 · HealthCOULEE COU…Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc: $336,637 · HealthGundersen …NEXT STEPS FOR CHANGE INC: $330,117 · HealthNEXT STEPS…ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF WESTERN WISCONSIN INC: $224,795 · HealthADULT & TE…ST CLARE HEALTH MISSION INC: $197,990 · HealthST CLARE H…THE LA CROSSE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $181,478 · HealthTHE LA CRO…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $159,255 · HealthPLANNED PA…NEW HORIZONS SHELTER AND OUTREACH CENTERS INC: $108,462 · HealthVIVENT HEALTH INC: $88,955 · Health+9 more: $212,927 · Health+9 moreVITERBO UNIVERSITY: $350,239 · EducationWESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $339,455 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $124,751 · EducationAQUINAS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $115,349 · EducationLA CROSSE PROMISE INC: $50,825 · EducationONALASKA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $47,700 · Education+8 more: $196,494 · EducationWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER LA CROSSE INC: $495,867 · PhilanthropyGREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY INC: $392,931 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF COULEE REGION RSVP INC: $59,294 · PhilanthropyONALASKA ENHANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC: $57,600 · Philanthropy+1 more: $14,100 · PhilanthropyLA CRESCENT AREA EVENT CENTER INC: $502,000 · Community ImprovementLA CROSSE NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $211,978 · Community ImprovementSUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE INC: $159,000 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: $75,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Other$13,746,976Human Services$3,279,312Youth Development$2,413,562Health$2,280,066Education$1,224,813Philanthropy$1,019,792Community Improvement$962,978

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LA CROSS: $1,591,278 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetCOULEECAP INC: $827,368 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese: $708,199 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetOUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE OF THE SEVEN RIVERS REGION INC: $680,296 over 7y, 63% of budgetLa Crosse Area Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $626,182 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetCOULEE REGION HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $538,621 over 7y, 12% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER LA CROSSE INC: $495,867 over 8y, 41% of budgetLA CROSSE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $447,475 over 8y, 23% of budgetCOULEE COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS INC: $439,450 over 8y, 20% of budgetLA CROSSE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $416,414 over 8y, 31% of budgetGREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY INC: $392,931 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - LA CROSSE ALUMNI & FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $380,337 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 624 GATEWAY AREA COUNCIL: $358,637 over 8y, 11% of budgetVITERBO UNIVERSITY: $350,239 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWAFER INC: $348,662 over 8y, 14% of budgetWESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $339,455 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetGundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc: $336,637 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNEXT STEPS FOR CHANGE INC: $330,117 over 3y, 55% of budgetHMOOB CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY AGENCY INC: $303,500 over 1y, 69% of budgetBLACK LEADERS ACQUIRING COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE (BLACK) INCORPORATED: $299,495 over 5y, 30% of budgetYWCA LA CROSSE INC: $289,475 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of 7 Rivers Region Inc: $274,490 over 6y, 37% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER LACROSSE REGION INC: $257,900 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetLa Crosse Community Theatre: $253,651 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetMISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONSERVANCY INC: $247,166 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetTHE GOOD FIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $240,455 over 5y, 30% of budgetADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF WESTERN WISCONSIN INC: $224,795 over 6y, 16% of budgetLA CROSSE NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $211,978 over 5y, 56% of budgetHunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc: $207,399 over 8y, 14% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $203,651 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetST CLARE HEALTH MISSION INC: $197,990 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetKARUNAINC: $196,282 over 2y, 17% of budgetLA CROSSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $195,061 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetCENTRAL CONSERVATION INC: $185,477 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetTHE LA CROSSE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $181,478 over 1y, 35% of budgetLGBT RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE SEVEN RIVERS AREA INC: $177,306 over 2y, 95% of budgetINDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES INC: $172,108 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetCIA SIAB INC: $168,079 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetHORSESENSE FOR SPECIAL RIDERS INC: $165,598 over 8y, 12% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $159,255 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSHELTER DEVELOPMENT INC: $139,115 over 5y, 30% of budgetHOPE RESTORES CORPORATION: $129,307 over 3y, 15% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $124,751 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAQUINAS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $115,349 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetNEW HORIZONS SHELTER AND OUTREACH CENTERS INC: $108,462 over 8y, 1.9% of budget1000 Generations Inc: $104,361 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetAPTIV FOUNDATION INC: $101,515 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetAPTIV INC: $101,278 over 4y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LA CROSS ↗
  • Who funds COULEECAP INC ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of the Diocese ↗
  • Who funds OUTDOOR RECREATION ALLIANCE OF THE SEVEN RIVERS REGION INC ↗
  • Who funds La Crosse Area Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds COULEE REGION HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LA CRESCENT AREA EVENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER LA CROSSE INC ↗
  • Who funds LA CROSSE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COULEE COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds LA CROSSE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds GREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - LA CROSSE ALUMNI & FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 624 GATEWAY AREA COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds VITERBO UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WAFER INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEXT STEPS FOR CHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds HMOOB CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK LEADERS ACQUIRING COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE (BLACK) INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds YWCA LA CROSSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of 7 Rivers Region Inc ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER LACROSSE REGION INC ↗
  • Who funds La Crosse Community Theatre ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GOOD FIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF WESTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds LA CROSSE NEIGHBORHOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST CLARE HEALTH MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds KARUNAINC ↗
  • Who funds LA CROSSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Mayo Clinic Group Ret…Alm Charities IncGundersen Lutheran Ad…Cleary-Kumm Foundatio…Lyche Family Foundati…Smith Russell & Vera …Sue Anne Gelatt Found…John & Kathy Reinhart…Otto Bremer TrustGreat Rivers United W…Green Bay Packers Fou…Dahl Family Foundatio…
Mayo Clinic Group ReturnMN96.3× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mayo Clinic Group Return · Alm Charities Inc · Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc · Cleary-Kumm Foundation Inc · Lyche Family Foundation Inc · Smith Russell & Vera Private Fdn Xxxxxx4172 · Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation · John & Kathy Reinhart Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Great Rivers United Way Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Dahl Family Foundation Xxxxxx6214

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization La Crosse Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from La Crosse Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to La Crosse Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to La Crosse Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 219 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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