This month, the CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight features Otsego County Conservation Association (OCCA). Formed in 1968, the Otsego County Conservation Association is a regional, grassroots non-profit. Though originally created to protect trees, over the decades OCCA has expanded its scope of work to address a wide range of environmental issues. With
Otsego Lake has long been an important part of the lives CFOC supporters Doug and Rhonda Willies. Their home is on the site of a camp built there by Rhonda’s parents in 1968; Doug and Rhonda have lived lakeside full-time for the past 10 years and spent summers there since
This month, the CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight features The SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station Poised on the shore of Otsego Lake, the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station (BFS), focuses on education, research, and community engagement. Serving as a living classroom for nationally recognized lake management and biology graduate programs, BFS’ team
Strengthening our community and strengthening our nonprofits are cornerstones of CFOC mission. Please read our statement on how important our Otsego County nonprofits are to our economic, and community, health. When our Otsego nonprofits are under threat, we’re all at risk.
This month, the CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight features The Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc. (LASMNY) Rooted in the belief that justice should not depend on a person’s ability to afford quality representation, the Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc. (LASMNY) provides critical legal help in areas that deeply
This month, the CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight features The Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition. The Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition (initially assembled in 2021) brings together nonprofit organizations, businesses, educational institutions, faith communities, and individuals to establish a process to resettle refugees in Otsego County. It models its efforts on the success of
The Community Foundation of Otsego County and the Mildred Parish Foundation Fund at CFOC present the Spring 2025 Awards Cycle: $100,000 for Arts in Otsego County The application is available here Read about the Otsego arts organzations that worked with CFOC to develop this important grant cycle. Please email contact@cfotsego.org
This month, the CFOC Nonprofit Spotlight features the Unadilla Community Farm Education Center. Transformed from an abandoned corn field, the Unadilla Community Farm Education Center was originally founded by a group of friends as an agricultural cooperative space for learning to grow their own organic produce, utilize natural building methods,
Hartwick residents Martha and Paul Clarvoe have joined with the Community Foundation of Otsego County to establish a new fund that will support recycling efforts throughout Otsego County. The Clarvoes, who have lived in Hartwick since 1980, are long-time advocates for environmental issues, including the importance of recycling. One of
The Community Foundation of Otsego County is granting $100,000 to local arts organizations this Spring. Arts organizations gathered March 7 at a breakfast hosted by CFOC to talk about big ideas for the arts in Otsego County and what they need to thrive. The energy in the room was high,
