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....
Community Collaboration Allows for New Position to Support Otsego County Vulnerable Residents
The Michigan Health Endowment Fund (Health Fund) granted over $90,000 for a two-year period to the Otsego County United Way (OCUW) to support the START (Services, Tools, Assistance, Resources, Talents) Collaborative. The Health Fund works to improve the health...
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...
Volunteer Spotlight–Joe Marsiglia
In November, we honor our Veterans on the 11th day of this 11th month. In this month’s OCF Volunteer Spotlight, we want to highlight one of our OCF Volunteers who also serves in the military—Joe Marsiglia. Joe is a Michigan native who moved to Gaylord in 1987 and...
The Veteran’s Day Celebration Fund Turns 5!
For the past twenty-six years, the students at Gaylord Middle School (GMS) have held a Veteran’s Day Celebration to honor those who have served in our military in wartime or peacetime. Local veterans and their spouses are invited as GMS students and staff pay tribute...
2023 Extreevaganza Nonprofit Nominations
We are launching a two-day campaign for community members to nominate a nonprofit to receive a $5,000 grant that will be awarded the night of Extreevaganza. Nominations will be received from November 7 at 8 a.m. to November 9 at noon. One nomination per person,...