What We Fund

Great Rivers United Way’s Community Investment Fund currently has two priority areas: Community Mental Wellbeing and Basic Needs. The programs currently receiving funding are listed below.

If your nonprofit is seeking funding for these areas, please see our Applying for Grants page.

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
• Cia Siab, Inc.
  • Hmoob Elders Mental Wellbeing
• Couleecap
  • Social Security Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR)
• Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Kids
  • CASA for Kids Impact
• Family & Children’s Center
  • Outpatient Counseling
  • The Other Door
• Family Promise of the Great Rivers
  • Operational Support for Case Management
• Great Rivers 211
  • Information & Referral
•  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

Basic Needs 

• Bluff Country Family Resources
  • Survivor Housing & Stability Pilot
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse
  • Meeting Youth Needs
• Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Wisconsin
  • Member Support & Wellness Project
• Catholic Charities of the Diocese of La Crosse
  • La Crosse Warming Center Emergency Shelter
• Cia Siab, Inc.
  • Eviction & Disconnection Prevention for Hmoob Survivors of Domestic Violence
  • Hmoob Family Food Insecurity Interventions
• Couleecap
  • Food Security & Outreach
  • Homeless Prevention & Supportive Housing
• Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Kids
  • CASA for Kids Growth
• Families First of Monroe County
  • Meeting Basic Needs through Case Management
• Family & Children’s Center
  • Domestic Abuse Project
  • Healthy Families
• Great Rivers 211
  • Information & Referral
• La Crescent Area Healthy Community Partnership
  • La Crescent Food Shelf
• La Crosse Area Family YMCA
  • Mobile Market Food Pantry
• Mobile Meals of La Crosse
  • Home-Delivered Meal Program
• New Horizons Shelter & Outreach Centers
  • Homicide Prevention Shelter
• Semcac
  • Semcac Senior Nutrition
• Shelter Development, Inc.
  • theExchange: La Crosse Area Furniture Bank
• The Hunger Task Force of La Crosse
  • Food Recovery Program
  • Kane Street Community Garden
• The Parenting Place
  • Community Diaper Bank
• The Salvation Army of La Crosse
  • Emergency Shelter & Meal Program
• WAFER Food Pantry
  • Emergency & Supplemental Food Access
• Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council
  • Homeless Shelter Program
• Workforce Resource, Inc.
  • Promoting Safety & Housing Security for Fostered & Trafficked Children & Young Adults
• YWCA La Crosse
  • Supportive Housing