Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc
Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $873,832 to it, the largest being GREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY INC ($221,228). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $521k
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $874k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc does
Mission
To eliminate hunger by harvesting community resources and being a voice of the hungry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The food recovery program began in 2000 to safely recover donated food for free distribution to area meal sites, food pantries and youth programs. We are the hub for local food donations and serve over 120 programs in La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau and Vernon counties in Wisconsin, Houston and Winona counties in Minnesota and Allamakee county in Iowa. We are La Crosses only free and local food bank.
$389,536 spent$51,564 earned by the program82% of program spendingKane Street Community Garden-We operate the community garden at the corner of Kane and St. Cloud streets on the north side of La Crosse. The garden was established in 1998 on city owned property and began with producing 5,000 pounds. Today, the garden produces tens of thousands of pounds of produce each year which is distributed to people needing food assistance. Volunteers and the community are also invited to take home free, fresh produce. Daily volunteers prepare, plant, maintain and harvest the fruits and vegetables beginning in mid-March. Every Monday, Thursday and Saturday during the harvest season, which begins in June, volunteers assist in picking vegetables which are then distributed on site to individuals.
$85,537 spent$9,290 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $475,073.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $436k to $1.4M (+212%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2021 1% · 2022 6% · 2023 19% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Shelly Fortner
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $51k → $90k.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 39% · 2019 32% · 2020 30% · 2021 32% · 2022 51% · 2023 56% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $283k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,975 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc?
- Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $873,832 to it, the largest being GREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY INC ($221,228). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $873,832 in grants to Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc?
- GREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $221,228 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hunger Task Force of La Crosse Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing