Wisconsin · Nonprofit
VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE
VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,762 to it, the largest being LA CROSSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($29,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $-81514
What Vang Council of la Crosse does
Mission
The Vang Council of La Crosse strives to serve as an active community leader in promoting cultural understanding practices education and to foster a sense of community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Vang Council of La Crosse experienced significant changes in its program services during the reporting period. The ARPA grant ended on December 31 2024; however the organization was granted an extension through July 31 2025 to complete all grant-related work. Due to the end of the grant funding staffing was reduced from three staff members to one. As a result Vang Council of La Crosse will not be continuing the grant-funded programs because there is no longer sufficient staff support to manage them. The organization will continue to operate and carry out programs and activities that are manageable with the support of volunteers and board members.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
During the reporting period Vang Council of La Crosse spent over 18,000 on program and event services that supported the Hmong community and broader La Crosse area. VCL awarded three 1,000 scholarships to three high school students to support their continued education. The organization also collaborated with Cia Siab Inc. on the Hmong Language and Literacy Program to help reduce program costs while continuing to provide cultural and educational support to the community. In partnership with other organizations in La Crosse VCL co-hosted Hmong American Day celebrating 50 years of Hmong presence in the United States. VCL also held its annual community picnic and collaborated with sister Vang Councils throughout Wisconsin to support the State New Year cultural celebration and other community programs. Although grant-funded programs will not continue due to reduced staffing VCL remains committed to serving the community through programs and events that can be managed by volunteers and board members.
$0 spentVang Council of La Crosse also contributed more than 7,000 in charitable donations to community members during the reporting period. These contributions were made in response to funeral support needs and other cultural requests received by the organization. These charitable contributions reflect VCLs continued commitment to supporting community members during important cultural family and life events.
$0 spentNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spentOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $447k to $30k (−93%).
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 85% · 2023 96% · 2024 96% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $10k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE’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
VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
57% of VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $22k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE's revenue fell 90% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE
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.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE?
- VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,762 to it, the largest being LA CROSSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($29,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $50,762 in grants to VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE?
- LA CROSSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $29,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VANG COUNCIL OF LA CROSSE 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.
Play a game about who funds Vang Council of la Crosse →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing