Eva Davy, a CFOC Founder, shares her love for the Otsego County In her thirty-year career as a scenic artist for film, television, and stage, Eva Davy has given form to ideas. It’s what drew her to the Community Foundation of Otsego County.” What struck me about the Community Foundation
Community Foundation of Otsego County announces its last and largest award of the 2022 award cycle. Catholic Charities of Delaware, Otsego, and Schoharie Counties received $25,000 to support the Oneonta Warming Station operations. In its third year of operation, the warming station provides shelter, food, and other social services
CFOC is happy to welcome Ari as our new Administrative Assistant. Here she is, in her own words: “My family and I moved to the Oneonta community in 2018, and we appreciate the Upstate serenity and beauty with its family-oriented ambiance. As an immigrant from West Africa, I learned to
When Lynne and Kai Mebust moved to Cooperstown in June 2000 for Kai’s 3-year Bassett Healthcare residency, they expected to stay a few years and move on. Instead, they fell in love with the community and the many opportunities for meaningful involvement in Cooperstown’s life. Some 23 years later, they
Our friends at Otsego Media were on hand for Student Voices, Student Choices and put together this amazing video.
Encouraging philanthropy throughout Otsego County is a major goal for the Community Foundation of Otsego County. What better way to spark that interest than by engaging our youth? With Student Voices, Student Choices, the Foundation created a special program for high school students that sharpened their focus on local needs
On November 9, the Community Foundation of Otsego County, in collaboration with SUNY-Oneonta, brought 50 nonprofits together in one room for a Nonprofit breakfast. The goal of the breakfast was to engage a diverse group in conversation about the future of Otsego County. After an introduction from SUNY President Alberto
CFOC Executive Director Jeff Katz’ Op-Ed in today’s Oneonta Daily Star encourages all of us to think more countywide. Click here to read more.
We all know how frustrating it is to deal with outdated and inadequate technology, whether as a compiler, sender, or receiver of vital information. The need to upgrade a nonprofit’s digital systems is an added expense that can be difficult to fund within their annual budgets. Three nonprofits facing this
Despite heroic efforts by our 23 food pantries, Otsego County has a food insecurity problem. That’s where the Community Foundation of Otsego County came in. Serving as a neutral convener, we helped bring together food pantries and other related organizations to discover where collaboration can be effective. The Hunger Coalition
