What We Fund

New for 2024-25, Great Rivers United Way’s Community Investment Fund has two priority areas: Mental Wellbeing and Basic Needs. If you are a nonprofit seeking funding for these areas, please see our Applying for Grants page.

Basic Needs 

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Wisconsin
    • Kids Cafe Food Program
  • Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Kids
    • CASA for Kids Growth
  • Cia Siab, Inc.
    • Hmoob Eviction & Disconnection Prevention
    • Hmoob Family Food Insecurity Interventions
  • Couleecap
    • Food Security & Outreach
    • Homeless Prevention & Supportive Housing
  • Family & Children’s Center
    • Healthy Families
    • Stepping Stones
  • Family Promise of Monroe County
    • Purchase & Renovation of New Shelter
  • Karuna, Inc.
    • Pilot Supportive Housing Program
  • Mobile Meals of La Crosse
    • Home-Delivered Meal Program
  • New Horizons Shelter & Outreach Centers
    • Homicide Prevention Shelter Program
  • Runaway Homeless Youth Mediation & Emergency Services, Inc. (RHYMES)
    • Emergency Youth Shelter
  • Shelter Development, Inc.
    • theExchange: La Crosse Area Furniture Bank
  • The Good Fight Community Center
    • Meal Program
  • The Hunger Task Force of La Crosse
    • Food Recovery Program
    • Kane Street Community Garden
    • Senior Stockbox Program
  • The Salvation Army of La Crosse
    • Emergency Shelter & Meals Program
  • WAFER Food Pantry
    • Emergency & Supplemental Food
  • Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council
    • Homeless Shelter Program

Mental Wellbeing – to be announced
If you are a nonprofit seeking funding for mental wellbeing programs, please see our Applying for Grants page.