The La Crosse Community Foundation has announced its winter grants for 2022.
Nearly $220,000 in competitive grants were awarded to 13 organizations.
The Foundation said $353,709 was requested for standard and mini grants. The grant nomination process closed on January 15.
The YWCA received the largest grant at $88,000. The money comes just two weeks after Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers was in La Crosse to present the group with a check for $1 million from the state’s Equitable Recovery Grant program.
The Community Foundation also awarded $27,200 in baseball grants from the Corrine Zielke Fund. This included $5,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs of Grand La Crosse.
Here is a list of the 13 organizations that received a competitive grant:
| name of the organization | name of the project | Amount granted | Funds |
| Y women | Mediation Emergency Services for Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHYMES) | $88,000 | Standard Grant from the Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Fund and the Richard Masrud Memorial Fund (advised donor) |
| La Crosse County Historical Society | Elevating LCHS museums and tours for the future | $32,200 | Community Giving Fund Standard Grant |
| Unitarian Universalist Community of La Crosse | The Eligible Voter Education Project | $32,188 | Community Giving Fund Standard Grant |
| The Good Fight Community Center | Perfect 10 | $20,000 | National Youth Sports Program Fund and Community Giving Fund Standard Grant |
| Coulee Region Star Center | “I can’t stop”, an exercise program specific to Parkinson’s disease | $15,000 | Standard Grant (project-based grant for applications over $7,500) from the Community Giving Fund |
| Sustainability Institute | Sustainability programming and outreach | $7,500 | Myrick Hixon EcoPark Fund and Community Giving Fund Mini-Grant |
| League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Inc. | Everyone votes 2022 | $6,050 | Community Giving Fund Mini-Grant |
| WonderStruck Theatre, C/O Great River Festival of Arts | The elephant speaks jazz | $5,000 | Community Giving Fund Mini-Grant |
| The Badger Project, C/O The Community Stewardship Center | La Crosse County Investigative Journalism Project | $5,000 | Community Giving Fund Mini-Grant |
| La Crosse Association for Home and Community Education | Wisconsin Bookworm Project | $4,000 | Elizabeth Fund for Literacy and Wellbeing Mini-Grant (Area of Interest), Barbara and Dave Erickson Fund (Advised Donor), and Community Giving Fund |
| La Crosse Parks, Recreation and Forestry | Shuttle to summer concerts | $2,000 | Barbara and Dave Erickson Fund Mini-Grant (Advised Donor) |
| Children of Wisconsin Ltd. | Big Bang Boom – Professional Youth Audition by Wisconsin Kids | $1,500 | Community Giving Fund Mini-Grant |
| Girl Scouts of Wisconsin – Badgerland | Girl Scout leadership experience | $1,000 | Mini-Grant (application based on a project of $7,500 or less) from the Richard Masrud Memorial Fund |
