What We Fund

New for 2024-25, Great Rivers United Way’s Community Investment Fund has two priority areas: Community 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

Community Mental Wellbeing

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the 7 Rivers Region
  • Empowering Minds: Building Mental Health and Well-Being through One-to-One Youth Mentoring
• Boys & Girls Club of Sparta
  • Be GREAT
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse
  • Youth & Family Services
• CASA for Kids
  • CASA for Kids Impact
• Cia Siab, Inc.
  • Hmoob Elders Mental Wellbeing
• Couleecap
  • Social Security Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR)
• Family & Children’s Center
  • Outpatient Counseling
  • The Other Door
• Family Promise of the Great Rivers
  • Operational Support for Case Management
• HorseSense
  • Empowering Lives Through Equine-Assisted Services: Program Expansion & Safety Enhancements
• Independent Living Resources
  • RAVE Recovery Avenue
• Karuna Inc.
  • Pilot Supportive Housing Program
• La Crescent Area Healthy Community Partnership
  • Neighbors in Action
• La Crosse Area Family YMCA
  • Community Mental Health at the Y
• New Horizons Shelter & Outreach Centers
  • SAAFE La Crosse Outreach Program
• Next Steps for Change
  • Peer Support for Monroe, La Crosse, Vernon, and Crawford Counties
• Scouting America – Gateway Area Council
  • Stronger Together: Scouting for Mental Wellness
• The La Crosse Lighthouse, Inc.
  • The La Crosse Lighthouse Peer Support Services
• The Parenting Place
  • Strong & Connected Families
• Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council
  • Strengthening Rural Families
  • Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
• YWCA La Crosse
  • Intergenerational Care Center
  • Restorative Practices