Future for Oneonta Foundation

05/15/2026

Today is the day! Spring grant applications are due today. The link to apply is below.

The Future of Oneonta Foundation's strategic plan highlights the Board’s commitment to the ABC’s. Arts and Culture, Beautification, and Community Involvement. Unrestricted grants ranging from $250-1000 will be given to organizations that support projects that fit into those broad categories. If ...

04/30/2026

The Properties of Merit Committee is looking for new members for 2026!
Interested in getting involved? Reach out to Kim Baskin, Properties of Merit Chair and FOF Board Member, for more information. Her email is [email protected]. We’d love to have you join us!

04/30/2026

Grant applications are due on Friday, May 15. The grant application can be found by clicking the link below.

The Future of Oneonta Foundation has a new strategic plan. The strategic plan highlights the Board’s commitment to the ABC’s. Arts and Culture, Beautification, and Community Involvement. Unrestricted grants ranging from $250-1000 will be given to organizations that support projects that fit into...

04/22/2026

A new splash pad is taking shape the Briggs Pool in Oneonta's Wilber Park, with The Future for Oneonta Foundation securing $430,000 for the project.

02/28/2026

The Future for Oneonta Foundation is proud to support Oneonta Reading is Fundamental. Pictured are FOF board members Al Rubin and Chad Smith with Margot Reynolds, RIF Coordinator.

02/12/2026

The Future for Foundation is proud to support the Oneonta Garden Club and their annual downtown planting project. The Garden Club works hard to make sure our downtown is beautiful! Pictured is Garden Club President Wendy Miller Willis and FOF Board members Chad Smith and Al Rubin.

01/30/2026

FOF is proud to be a supporter of Fokine Ballet Company and their December 2025 production of the Nutcracker. Pictured are FOF board member Chad Smith with Fokine Ballet dancers.

01/23/2026

The Future for Oneonta is proud to support Bigger Dreams Productions and their upcoming play, Noises Off!

Join us for opening night on February 20 at Foothills, and get ready for an evening of nonstop laughs and theatrical fun. We’re thrilled to cheer on this talented local group as they bring this classic comedy to life on stage! 🎭✨

01/22/2026

The Future for Oneonta Foundation is proud to support Hill City Celebrations. Hill City Celebrations organizes three big family friendly community events each year-First Night, the Festival of Lights and Hometown Fourth of July. Pictured are FOF Board Members Chad Smith and Al Rubin alongside Hill City Celebrations Board Chair Sean Lewis.

01/19/2026

John Nader is a new board member on the Future for Oneonta Foundation Board of Directors. John retired as president in Farmingdale State College in 2024 and returned to his hometown.
While at Farmingdale, he co-directed SUNY’s Offshore Wind Training Institute and was co-
chair of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council. Previously he served four
years as Oneonta’s mayor and twelve years on Otsego County’s Board of Representatives. John
worked at SUNY Delhi as a professor, dean, and provost from 1982 to 2016. He was board chair
of Opportunities for Otsego during the period in which the agency built its West Broadway
headquarters and the homeless shelter. For many years John worked as business manager and
general manager of the Oneonta Yankees and Oneonta Tigers.