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Questions? Contact Amanda Sosa

989-731-0597 – amanda@otsegofoundation.org

At the Otsego Community (OCF), we are dedicated to our mission Activate Generosity for a Strong Community. Through our Corporate Partner Program, we aim to forge mutually beneficial relationships with businesses like yours to further enhance our impact and reach in our community. Directly support programming initiatives that make a tangible difference in the lives of those we serve.

Corporate Partner Program Overview

Our Corporate Partner Program is designed to connect you with our mission to Activate Generosity for a Strong Community. In 2024, the Foundation awarded 159 grants to 75 organizations, totaling $1,329,028, directly benefiting organizations and programs across our community. In 2025, your partnership will be integrated into our work year-round, ensuring your generosity supports impactful initiatives across Otsego County. Together, we will pursue the community’s greatest opportunities, address its most critical challenges, and build a brighter future for all.

Your generosity will:

Support Our Good Work: Directly support programming initiatives that make a tangible difference in the lives of those we serve.

Enhancing capacity for local nonprofits to thrive.
Funding initiatives that tackle community challenges.
Developing community resources for a better tomorrow.

Enhance Your Brand Visibility: Gain exposure through our various marketing channels, reaching our extensive network of supporters and stakeholders. Your business will be featured throughout the year on:

Featured placement on our website.
Recognition in our monthly e-newsletter reaching hundreds of supporters.
Visibility at key community events.
Acknowledgment in our annual report, highlighting your commitment.

Demonstrate Your Corporate Social Responsibility: Highlight your commitment to giving back by displaying the official Corporate Partner logo on your media channels. Show your customers and stakeholders that you are actively advancing our community’s well-being.

Engage in Grantmaking: As a Corporate Partner, you’re invited to participate in Community Choice Grantmaking. Community Choice Grants empower you to be part of the decision-making process by voting on projects that meet local needs, ensuring funding is directed toward impactful initiatives.

Together, we will be able to be part of and celebrate the community progress made possible by our unique partnership.

Why Partner With Us?

The benefits of being a corporate partner include:

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Support our work that touches

80

local nonprofits annually.

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Be part of our media outlets, reaching

5000+

people a month.

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Brand association with an organization that has awarded over

$6.3 Million

in grants since 1994.

What Our Partners Are Saying

As a business owner in this community and raising a family here, partnering with the OCF will help me in continuing my passion to help build a strong community and gain a better understanding in helping fill the needs where OCF feels is best. I also feel the positive impact of the mission of the OCF and how it affects our youth to help them grow into leaders for our community.

BJ’s Catering and Event Center

We are proud to partner with the Otsego Community Foundation. Through grants, support of local nonprofits, and their efforts in community projects, the effects of our donations and support are multiplied. As a family business, we are well supported by our community and partnering with the Otsego Community Foundation is a way we can support our community in return.”

Great Rooms Furniture & Mattresses

As a 50+ year old family business launched & growing in Gaylord, M&M Excavating is proud to partner with the Otsego Community Foundation because of our common objectives. Like the OCF, M&M recognizes the power partnerships bring in gathering the necessary resources to build a solid infrastructure for our community. Together, we can do far more to support the community we love.

M & M Excavating