January Volunteer Spotlight–Jessi Jo Boulter

January Volunteer Spotlight–Jessi Jo Boulter

We kick off our 2024 Volunteer Spotlights with Jessi Jo Boulter. Jessi Jo has served on the Grant Committee for two years. The OCF Grant Committee is comprised of nine members who award grants to local nonprofits. Once a year, Grant Committee members, along with...
Reflections from Dana Bensinger

Reflections from Dana Bensinger

Dear Friends,  Every year, I look forward to this moment as I sit down with my erasable pen and notebook and start to brainstorm key elements of this letter written to YOU.  Like every year, this letter is a reflection of the past 365 days and a preview...
2023 Extreevaganza–An Evening to Remember

2023 Extreevaganza–An Evening to Remember

It was a record-setting year before the doors opened on December 1, 2023, at Ellison Place for this year’s Extreevaganza! The generosity of this community and its support for this event were expressed in many ways. Corporate Partner sponsorship was unprecedented, with...
Volunteer Spotlight–Stacey Kosch

Volunteer Spotlight–Stacey Kosch

  Our last OCF Volunteer Spotlight of 2023 features Stacey Kosch. Stacey volunteers as an Extreevaganza Ambassador. Along with the other twelve Ambassadors, her contributions and hard work behind the scenes make Extreevaganza a success every year. Extreevaganza,...
The Don Skop Memorial Scholarship Fund Turns 25

The Don Skop Memorial Scholarship Fund Turns 25

In 1998, Don Skop, a lifelong resident of Otsego County, was killed in a tragic accident while on the job at the Otsego County Road Commission garage. To honor his memory, his wife, son, daughter, friends, neighbors, and several fellow Otsego Road Commission...
Otsego Career Access Network Update

Otsego Career Access Network Update

In 2023, after years of behind-the-scenes work, the Otsego Career Access Network (OCAN) moved from the planning phase to the implementation phase of its program. Since its inception, the OCF has served as the anchor organization for OCAN. Earlier this year, OCAN was...
6 Tips to Maximize your Philanthropy

6 Tips to Maximize your Philanthropy

As 2023 ends and we celebrate the holiday season with friends and family, it is hard not to be grateful for the last year at the Otsego Community Foundation. Our programming and grants helped preserve Otsego County’s natural resources, assisted high school graduates...
2023 Community Grant Program

2023 Community Grant Program

The 2024 Community Grant Program application opens on January 3, 2024, and closes on February 1, 2024. To assist you with the application process and submission preparation, we have one more information session at the Otsego County Library at 4 p.m. on December 12th....
2023 Site Visits

2023 Site Visits

On a gloomy October morning, nine of us piled into the E-free Church van for the annual Community Grant Program site visits. (Thank you, Board Member and Grant Committee member Brian Switalski.) The Community Grant Program is a collaborative effort of local funders...