The Community Foundation aims to improve the quality of life in Newaygo County through strategic focus on education, poverty reduction, and community and economic development. By setting long-term goals like increasing education levels, lowering poverty rates, and maintaining low unemployment rates, the foundation seeks to foster a focused community effort towards generational change, requiring collaboration and support for a robust nonprofit infrastructure.
Since 1991, the foundation has granted over $1 million to various nonprofit initiatives in Osceola County, focusing on arts and culture, education, environment, health, and social welfare. The OCCF board of directors conducts bi-annual reviews of grant applications to support projects like library materials, hazardous waste collection, cancer screenings, and programs targeting at-risk youth.