LPEF is more important than ever:

Constrained school district budgets have gotten even tighter in recent years while the needs of students and schools are increasingly complex. Through LPEF, community members and organizations can efficiently and effectively put their support for public education into action! Your gifts to LPEF can help:

  • Remove students’ barriers to learning through RAK.
  • Support the educators’ creativity and engage students through Gold Star Grants.
  • Connect community resources to pressing district-wide priorities.
Make a Donation Online

Other ways to give

By Phone or Mail

LPEF
P.O. Box 1811
La Crosse, WI 54602
608-787-0226

Support-A-School Projects

Support specific classroom and school needs through LPEF’s crowdfunding platform,
Support-A-School

Donor Advised Fund

Recommend a grant to LPEF through your donor advised fund:
Legal Name: La Crosse Public Education Foundation, Inc.
EIN: 39-1610700

Corporate Giving

Local businesses are invited to
become an Education Investor.

IRA Qualified Charitable Donation

Donors over 70 1/2 are eligible to make donations up to $100,000 from an IRA. Learn more (www.irs.gov) >>>

Transfer Securities

Instructions for donating by
transferring publicly traded securities.

Give Now Forever

Make a contribution to an
existing endowed fund.

Establish a new endowed fund.

Give Later

Designate LPEF as a beneficiary
in your estate plans.
Learn more on page 7
of our Gift Acceptance Policy.

Donor Resources

Gift Policy

View a copy of LPEF’s
Gift Acceptance Policy

Ethics and Donor Rights

LPEF proudly abides by the
Association of Fundraising Professionals’ 
Code of Ethical Standards
and Donor Bill of Rights.

Thank you!

Join other education champions in giving back!

LPEF accepts contributions that support and/or enhance our mission and purpose. Contributions which subject LPEF to burdensome or unusual restrictions will not be accepted.

  • LPEF does not accept gifts for student scholarships.  Local scholarship organizations include Logan High Booster Club, Central High School Booster Club, and La Crosse Community Foundation.
  • LPEF will facilitate pass-through grants and gifts capital improvements in the School District of La Crosse, but does not solicit funds for such purposes.

LPEF does not provide tax, legal, financial or related advice concerning gifts, and encourages benefactors to seek out their own personal advisers on such matters.