Each spring and fall, the CFOC solicits award requests from across Otsego County, typically asking nonprofits to focus on certain areas. While the foundation often receives more requests than it can fund, successful applicants are those that come closest to achieving the goals of the focus area. In the last five years, the CFOC has issued awards totaling $1,051,942.00 to 377 nonprofits.…
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News from the Noteworthy Community Foundation Reaches Granting Milestone In three short years, $500,000.00 in grants and awards from the Community Foundation of Otsego County have gone to Otsego County nonprofits. This major milestone was marked by a $15,000.00 award to Catholic Charities of Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties for the Oneonta Warming Station. The Community Foundation of Otsego County was founded in 2019 by a group of 15 local citizens who share a vision and believe in the potential…
Community Foundation Funds Warming Station Homeless Numbers on the Rise By TED MEBUSTCOOPERSTOWNThe Community Foundation of Otsego County announced its largest, most recent and final donation of the organization’s 2022 award cycle, giving $25,000.00 to help Catholic Charities of Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties support the Oneonta Warming Station. This is the second award the Oneonta Warming Station has received from CFOC, the first to the tune of $10,000.00 at the end of the 2021 award cycle. “Homelessness, as a…
Editorial What Lies Beneath When one looks about and takes in the bustling commercial activity of Otsego County during the busy tourist season and anticipates the impending return of the thousands of college students who keep things humming through the “off-season,” one feels confident that Otsego County has a healthy, perhaps even vibrant, economy. And while that may be true, beneath the shiny veneer of commercial success lies a dark reality. Otsego County, like many of its neighbors, has a…