YES Grants
Ent says YES for kids!
We see young people as crucial to the present and future success of our communities. That’s why, after 26 years, we’re still proudly approving Youth Endowment Series (YES) Grants to nonprofit agencies that benefit youth in the communities we serve. Last year, to celebrate our 25th year of YES Grants, we awarded $250,000 in grants to deserving nonprofits across Colorado.
This year, we’re building on that momentum and have awarded $300,000 to continue supporting the impactful work of these organizations.
Since we began in 2000, Ent YES Grants, totaling more than $2.5 million, have helped over 350 Colorado nonprofits serve children of all ages in crucial and life-changing ways. YES Grants have helped organizations throughout the state provide shelter for children facing abuse, put food on the table, enhance literacy programs and much more.
In 2025, we received more than 300 applications with grant asks of $3 million. Through competitive applications and the tireless work of our committee, we narrowed that down to a total of 116 grant recipients. YES Grants are particularly meaningful at Ent, as the recipients are selected entirely by a committee comprised of Ent team members from various areas throughout the credit union. See the list below to view our 2025 YES Grant recipients serving our Colorado communities.
- A Precious Child, Inc
- Advocates for Children CASA
- Alta Vista Center for Autism DBA Firefly
Autism - Aurora Arapahoe Battered Women's
Shelter dba Gateway Domestic Violence
Services - CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties
- Clayton Early Learning
- Clothes To Kids of Denver, Inc.
- Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation
- Denver Children's Home
- Denver Inner City Parish
- Denver Kids, Inc.
- Douglas County Libraries Foundation
- Eternity INC (Individuals Nobly Caring)
- Food for Hope
- Girls on the Run of the Rockies
- Golden Backpack Program dba BGOLDN
- Harvest Mountain Ministries
- Havern Center, Inc.
- HighView
- Hope House of Colorado
- Iron Sharp Community Foundation
- Jeffco Action Center (The Action Center)
- Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking
- Mile High Ministries
- Mini Money
- Night Lights, Inc.
- Project Our Town
- Ralston House
- REVEL
- School District 12 Education Foundation
- SECOR dba SECORCares
- Tennyson Center for Children
- The "I Have A Dream" Foundation of
Boulder County - The Mane Mission
- The Tiny Tim Center, Inc.
- Voices for Children, CASA of Boulder
County - Youth Roots
- 3Hopeful Hearts
- Alternatives to Violence, Inc.
- CASA of Larimer County
- ChildSafe Colorado, Inc.
- Crossroads Safehouse
- Food Bank for Larimer County
- Foundation Music School
- Happiness Through Horses
- KidsPak
- Living Her Legacy
- Loveland Boxing Gym dba Azteca Boxing
- McBackpack, Inc.
- Neighbor to Neighbor
- Project Self-Sufficiency of Northern
Colorado - Safe Families for Children Northern
Colorado - St. Vrain Valley Schools Education
Foundation - Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning
Center - The Crawford Child Advocacy Center
- The Family Center/ La Familia
- The Jacob Center
- The Matthews House
- United Way of Weld County
- Weld Food Bank
- YMCA of Northern Colorado
- Atlas Preparatory School
- CASA of the Pikes Peak Region, Inc.
- Catamount Institute
- Children's Advocacy Center for the
Pikes Peak Region, Inc. dba Safe
Passage - Community Partnership For Child
Development - Cool Science
- Court Care for the Pikes Peak Region
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
of Colorado Springs - Diakonia
- Dream Centers of Colorado Springs
- Early Connections Learning Centers
- Flying Pig Farm
- Fremont Schools Facilities Corporation for
the Fremont County Dolly Parton
Imagination Library - Friends of the Children - Colorado Springs
- Hillside Connection
- Humane Society of the Pikes Peak
Region - Kidpower of Colorado, Inc.
- Kids on Bikes
- Parents Challenge
- Peak Education
- Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention
Partnership - Ronald McDonald House Charities of
Southern Colorado, Inc. - Soaring Eagles Center for Autism
- Solid Rock Community Development
Corporation - Special Kids Special Families
- TESSA
- The Place
- Beulah Educational Support Team
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County
- CASA of Pueblo
- Catholic Charities of Southern Colorado
- Family Crisis Services
- Hardknox Gang Prevention and
Intervention - Junior Achievement of Southern Colorado
- Kindred Kids Child Advocacy Center
- La Puente Home, Inc.
- Mariposa Center for Safety
- MIKID Mentally Ill Kids in Distress
- Mt. Carmel Wellness and Community
Center - Posada
- Pueblo Child Advocacy Center
- Pueblo Children's Chorale, Inc.
- Southern Colorado Theatre Company dba
Steel City Theatre Company - University Of Colorado Foundation
(Grantee) f/b/o University of Colorado
Colorado Springs (Beneficiary)
- Adoption Options
- Angels of America's Fallen
- Bullying Recovery Resource Center (BRRC)
- Colorado Institute of Developmental Pediatrics, Inc. dba Adam's Camp
- HopeKids
- Kesem
- Sammie's Sunshine
- The Lockwood Foundation
- There With Care
- WeeCycle
YES Grant common questions
Applications will reopen in January 2026.
The YES Grant application has been simplified so the nonprofits can continue to serve children across Colorado.
Organizations should provide as much information as they can in their application (program mission, agency impact, how the grant funds would be used, etc.). Unfortunately, because we receive so many applications across Colorado, there is no guarantee that an extensive application guarantees a grant amount.
Yes. As long as each program is unique with different objectives, which are clearly articulated, the decision committees review the application programs, not just the nonprofit.
An organization ask should be based on their needs. The decision committees review the program, the impact of the program, and the expenses incurred for the program. Ent’s maximum grant amount is $10,000.
Absolutely!
Apply for the program based on the agency’s needs. The decision committees review each application and assess articulated benefits of the program, regardless of how established the program is. However, an established program may have more history about which to describe outcomes.
The grant award can be applied to both program expenses and general expenses for the nonprofit. The application should be clear on how the expenses will be used so the decision committees can assess greatest need and impacts.
The winners are selected through our YES Grants employee decision committee. Ent employees apply to be a part of the committee and go through training on the YES Grants program.
Yes Grant 2025 recipients were announced in April 2025.
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