New York · Nonprofit
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,491 to it, the largest being THE SCRIVEN FOUNDATION ($135,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $9.9M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $346k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Opportunities for Otsego Inc does
Mission
Opportunities for otsego, as a community action agency, mobilizes resources and creates solutions to unlock opportunities for low income individuals and families in the counties of otsego and chenango, new york. Opportunities for otsego's mission is to be the leader in developing innovative solutions that promote healthy lives, thriving families, and caring communities.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Child and family development programs include head start, a federally funded educational care program for income-eligible 3 and 4 year-old children. Early head start services are provided to expectant parents and parents of children under 3 years of age through home visits and center based services, including child development education, health/wellness education for parents and children, ongoing support and referral to other sources in the community. The agency also provides universal pre-kindergarten services. Opportunities for otsego also operates wic (women, infants, and children), a federally funded program for pregnant women and families with children under the age of 5 that stresses nutrition education and gives families vouchers to purchase formula and nutritious food. Opportunities for otsego also operates "building healthy families," a family development program home-based model in which families are encouraged to set goals based on their strengths. Opportunities for otsego also provides space for a program that offers eligibility screening for those seeking health insurance and assistance with health care options.
$6,059,536 spent$141,336 earned by the program69% of program spendingCrisis intervention and support services - opportunities for otsego provides an array of services to assist homeless and at-risk households in maintaining safe, affordable, and permanent housing. Services include emergency shelter, rental subsidies, housing location assistance, access to support services, and individual case management. Opportunities for otsego is also the main provider of services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and violent crimes in otsego county. Services include a 24-hour hotline, group and individual counseling, advocacy, legal and medical accompaniment, emergency and transitional housing, referral to support services, and case management.
$1,775,929 spent$437,488 earned by the program20% of program spendingEnergy services - programs are available to assist residents with their utility and home energy needs based on their income or categorical eligibility. Home energy assistance provides fuel, utility, emergency, furnace repair, and replacement assistance. Weatherization is available to income-eligible home owners and renters and is designed to make their home more energy efficient.
$557,390 spent$78,172 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther human services - opportunities for otsego's wheels to work program provides transportation assistance to support households in maintaining safe, reliable transportation so adults may acquire and maintain employment. Opportunities for otsego also operates a community advocate program to help households and individuals identify and connect with needed resources and services throughout the community. Opportunities for otsego provides social care navigation services, connecting eligible medicaid members to housing, nutrition, and transportation services to support their health-related needs.
$442,915 spent$230,031 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,835,770.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.9M to $3.3M (+16%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 80% · 2018 81% · 2019 82% · 2020 82% · 2021 90% · 2022 86% · 2023 89% · 2024 89% · 2025 86% · 2026 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $57k → $13k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 100% · 2019 76% · 2020 28% · 2021 46% · 2022 96% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
71% of OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
93% of OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC's revenue grew 28% between 2017 and 2026.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 125 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Government funding OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $46.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$43.7M
- Department of Justice$1.8M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$743k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC?
- OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,491 to it, the largest being THE SCRIVEN FOUNDATION ($135,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $346,491 in grants to OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC?
- THE SCRIVEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $135,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing