Wisconsin · Nonprofit
LA CROSSE PROMISE INC
LA CROSSE PROMISE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $353,784 to it, the largest being SUE ANNE GELATT FOUNDATION ($162,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $302k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $354k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What La Crosse Promise Inc does
Mission
La crosse promise is a catalyst for community vitality through educational success. La crosse promise is a non-profit organization working to economically transform la crosse, wisconsin, and improve the quality of life for all citizens through a strong commitment to education.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
La crosse promise future centers provide a focal point in our high schools where students and their families can have immediate access to post high school preparation and planning resources. A professional advisor is available to serve students in identifying their career goals and completing the application materials and financial aid forms to pursue their post high school plans. Office hours are scheduled so that students and their families can access these services both during and outside of the regular school day. The future centers exist to support students in making career choices that fit their interests and abilities while meeting the needs of today's job market. Finding the resources necessary to acquire the certification or degree to achieve your career goals is also an important service provided by the future center advisor. Raising the amount of scholarship dollars awarded to our students is an important future center goal. Through this effort, higher education becomes a reality for many more of our high school graduates.
$186,860 spent$70,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $186,860.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.8M to $2.3M (+24%).
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: 2022 25% · 2026 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of LA CROSSE PROMISE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $34k → $4k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 LA CROSSE PROMISE 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
LA CROSSE PROMISE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 100% · 2019 75% · 2020 53% · 2021 93% · 2022 49% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.
“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 LA CROSSE PROMISE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
100% of LA CROSSE PROMISE 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. $66k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
LA CROSSE PROMISE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,238 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,238 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like LA CROSSE PROMISE 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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
36%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LA CROSSE PROMISE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LA CROSSE PROMISE INC?
- LA CROSSE PROMISE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $353,784 to it, the largest being SUE ANNE GELATT FOUNDATION ($162,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LA CROSSE PROMISE INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $353,784 in grants to LA CROSSE PROMISE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LA CROSSE PROMISE INC?
- SUE ANNE GELATT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $162,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LA CROSSE PROMISE 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 11 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