In partnership with Rotary Charities, the Fry Foundation and eight other Community Foundations serving Northern Michigan, we are so excited to announce our 2025-2026 Leadership Learning Lab (LLL). We hope that you will join us for a year of learning, connection...
Bill Corkill
START Collaborative Governs Disaster Long Term Recovery Group
GAYLORD, M.I., May 28, 2025- Otsego County is too familiar that disaster recovery can be a protracted process. The START (Services, Tools, Assistance, Resources, and Talents) Collaborative is working for the humanitarian component of ice storm recovery to be timely...
Grant Opportunity: Recovery Grant for Public Serving Organizations affected by Ice Storm
The Otsego Community Foundation (OCF) is pleased to announce a grant opportunity for public serving organizations (including nonprofits, schools and government entities) affected by the 2025 Ice Storm. This grant program aims to restore and strengthen the capacity of...
National Community Foundation Week – November 12-18
Charlevoix County Community Foundation, Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation and Otsego Community Foundation will join in a nationwide celebration, November 12-18, 2024, to recognize the increasingly important role that community foundations play in...
Community Foundation: an investment
OCF’s New Corporate Partner Program
The OCF is excited to introduce our new Corporate Partner Program! Historically, our Corporate Partner Program has been an annual event sponsorship for Extreevaganza that is held each December. We wanted to create an opportunity for community minded businesses to...
2016 – 1st 100 WWC
100 women, 1 hour brings $10,000, local impact Judy Wagley Special to the Herald Times The Petoskey News-Review Published 9:50 AM – March 7, 2016 GAYLORD — The Otsego County Community Foundation is looking for not just a few, but 100 good women, as it launches “One...
Community Partnerships Making a Difference
For individuals and families in Otsego County facing cancer and undergoing radiation treatment, transportation can be an added hardship. Petoskey is the nearest radiation treatment facility, requiring a 90-mile round trip for anywhere from 5 to 45 consecutive days....
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...
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
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
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....










