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As small businesses and nonprofits continue to face their own unique challenges during the pandemic, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is launching a program to provide additional support. The state of Michigan allocated $100 million from CARES Act...

The first four months of the COVID-19 Response Fund mirrored the local ebbs and flows of the virus.  Spikes of  multiple transactions, including gifts coming into the fund from generous donors and grants awarded out weekly to fund local nonprofits experiencing...

Extreevaganza is an event of merriment and philanthropy. The first Friday of every December, the community comes together to raise funds for the Community Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation. The Community Fund's purpose is to meet the ever-changing needs of the...

The Otsego Community Foundation would like to recognize the following local students who received this year’s scholarships. The OCF’s scholarship program connects funds from forward-thinking donors to deserving local students pursuing further education. This year, we...

Thanks to a grant from the James H. Richardson Memorial Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation, the Gaylord Area Council for the Arts is holding a series of live concerts on GACA’s Facebook page. You’ll be able to listen to and comment on weekly live concerts from...

The Otsego Community Foundation recently received confirmation that we've earned accreditation with National Standards for Community Foundations™, the highest standards for philanthropic excellence. The OCF first met National Standards in 2014, and in 2019 it was...

T.A.C.K.L.E knows firsthand that cancer knows no bounds, it has no mercy and will slow down for nothing, including a global pandemic. Even though we were disappointed that our 6th Annual 5K Color Tour slated for April 25th had to be postponed due to COVID-19, we have...

How can it be almost 25 years since the Energy Outlet was built? How time flies! Did you know the first grant that the Otsego Community Foundation, through the Youth Fund, awarded was to Energy Outlet? How many giggles and laughs have been heard while sliding on a...

COVID19 has changed the world in which we live. For the last few months, the majority of us have been working from home in sweatpants, and, if we have a Zoom meeting, a nice top or sweater. As I, Karin Beyer, Community Liaison at OCF, sat in multiple Zoom meetings...

Will the Youth Advisory Committee miss both of our graduating seniors? The answer is a huge YES. Both Hannah Johnston and Sara Daugherty have been very active members of YAC since they were 8th graders. Their knowledge and love for community has made them outstanding...

100 Women Who Care may look different during COVID-19, but together we can do more. We had over 100 women with a heart for giving and wanting to give back to the community they love register for this year’s virtual event. During the time of greatest need, this...