Baker County nonprofits get grants from Oregon Community Foundation

BAKER CITY — Grants from the Oregon Community Foundation will help expand a radio broadcasting program for Baker County youths, support a nonprofit whose volunteers advocate for children who are victims of abuse or neglect, and help a nonprofit that offers summer jobs for youth who help protect properties from wildfire among other tasks. The three local grants are among 259 the Oregon Community Foundation recently announced. Broadcast Baker will receive $10,000, CASA of Eastern Oregon — Court-Appointed Special Advocates, who help children in the court system — will get $20,000, and Baker Resources Coalition, which employs local teens as summer interns, will receive $17,500. Katie Bratcher, president of the board of directors for Broadcast Baker, said she “couldn’t be more thrilled” about the $10,000 grant. “It’s very generous,” Bratcher said. Broadcast Baker is the nonprofit that has an FCC noncommercial license for KBZR, the local community radio station at 89.9 FM.

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