Funding search · EIN 391744162 · La Crosse, WI

Smith Russell & Vera Private Fdn 1035004172

Name: Smith Russell & Vera Private Fdn 1035004172 grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

131
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

humanitarian education campaign arts building child disabled futures

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Viterbo University4 grants · $104,000
First Presbyterian Church4 grants · $60,000
Great Rivers United Way4 grants · $60,000
Catholic Charities4 grants · $58,000
La Crosse Area Family Ymca4 grants · $56,000
Aquinas Catholic Schools Foundation2 grants · $50,000
Wtc Foundation3 grants · $45,000
Uwl Alumni & Friends Foundation2 grants · $42,500
Junior Achievement4 grants · $42,500
Samaritan'S Purse3 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$275,500

2022

$271,500

2023

$263,500

2024

$278,667

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 131 grants.

$30,000
Uwl Alumni & Friends Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Education
$26,000
Viterbo University · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Education
$26,000
Viterbo University · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Education
$26,000
Viterbo University · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Education
$26,000
Viterbo University · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Scholarships for various
$25,000
Aquinas Catholic Schools Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$25,000
Aquinas Catholic Schools Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$25,000
Uw-La Crosse Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Fall accounting
$20,000
La Crosse Community Theatre · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Humanitarian
$20,000
Gateway Area Boy Scouts · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Humanitarian
$20,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Humanitarian
$19,000
La Crosse Area Family Ymca · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Annual campaign
$17,500
Catholic Charities · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$17,000
La Crosse Area Family Ymca · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Annual campaign
$16,667
Gundersen Medical Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Medical
$15,500
Catholic Charities · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Humanitarian
$15,000
First Presbyterian Church · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Ministry
$15,000
Great Rivers United Way · Onalaska, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$15,000
Wtc Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Education
$15,000
First Presbyterian Church · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Ministry
$15,000
Great Rivers United Way · Onalaska, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$15,000
Wtc Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Education
$15,000
Coulee Region Humane Society · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Humanitarian
$15,000
First Presbyterian Church · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Ministry
$15,000
Great Rivers United Way · Onalaska, WI · 2023
Humanitarian
$15,000
Wtc Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Education
$15,000
First Presbyterian Church · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Facility maintenance
$15,000
Friends of Riverside Park · Holmen, WI · 2022
Environmental
$15,000
Great Rivers United Way · Onalaska, WI · 2022
Social service
$15,000
La Crosse Area Family Ymca · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Annual campaign
$14,000
Junior Achievement · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Education
$13,500
Uw-La Crosse Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Fall accounting
$13,000
Ymca · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Education
$12,500
Catholic Charities · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$12,500
Salvation Army · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$12,500
Uwl Alumni & Friends Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Education
$12,500
Catholic Charities · La Crosse, WI · 2022
La crosse warming center
$12,500
Salvation Army · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Humanitarian
$11,000
Junior Achievement · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Education
$10,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Humanitarian
$10,000
Catholic Relief Services · Harlan, IA · 2023
Humanitarian
$10,000
Native Hawaiian Advancement · Kapolei, HI · 2023
Humanitarian
$10,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
Humanitarian
$10,000
La Crosse Community Theatre · La Crosse, WI · 2022
General operating funds
$10,000
Lutheran Disaster Response · Chicago, IL · 2022
Humanitarian
$10,000
Western Technical College · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Education
$9,000
Junior Achievement · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Education
$8,500
Junior Achievement · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Business challenge
$8,000
La Crosse Valley View Rotary Club · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Moon tunes
$7,500
Salvation Army · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$7,500
La Crosse Valley View Rotary Club · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Moon tunes
$7,500
Salvation Army · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Humanitarian
$7,500
United Fund for the Arts and Humanities · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Humanitarian
$7,500
United Fund for the Arts and Humanities · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Humanitarian
$7,000
La Crosse Valley View Rotary Club · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Moon tunes
$5,000
Alliance Family Services · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$5,000
Family & Children'S Center · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Child welfare
$5,000
Good Fight Community Center · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$5,000
La Crosse Community Theatre · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$5,000
St Clare Health Mission · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Medical
$5,000
The Parenting Place · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$5,000
Ufah · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Annual fundraising campaign
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$5,000
Family & Children'S Center · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Child welfare
$5,000
Good Fight Community Center · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$5,000
La Crosse Community Theatre · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$5,000
St Clare Health Mission · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Medical
$5,000
The Parenting Place · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$5,000
Ufah · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Annual fundraising campaign
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Humanitarian
$5,000
Family & Children'S Center · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Child welfare
$5,000
Good Fight Community Center · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Humanitarian
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Humanitarian
$5,000
La Crosse Area Family Ymca · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Annual campaign
$5,000
St Clare Health Mission · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Medical
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Humanitarian
$5,000
Family & Children'S Center · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Child welfare
$5,000
Good Fight Community Center · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Community center for at
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Community
$5,000
La Crosse Valley View Rotary Club · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Moon tunes
$5,000
St Clare Health Mission · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Access to health care
$4,000
Coulee Recovery Center · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Education
$4,000
Hunger Task Force of La Crosse · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$4,000
Wafer · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$4,000
Alliance Family Services · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$4,000
Coulee Recovery Center · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Education
$4,000
Hunger Task Force of La Crosse · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$4,000
Wafer · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$4,000
Coulee Recovery Center · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Education
$4,000
Coulee Recovery Center · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Education
$3,000
Adult & Teen Challenge · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Humanitarian
$3,000
Boys & Girls Club of La Crosse · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Building great futures
$3,000
Children'S Museum of La Crosse · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Education
$3,000
La Crosse County Historical Society · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Education
$3,000
Adult & Teen Challenge · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Humanitarian
$3,000
Boys & Girls Club of La Crosse · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Building great futures
$3,000
Children'S Museum of La Crosse · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Education

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