YES Grants

YES Grants

 

Celebrating 25 years of saying YES to kids

We see young people as crucial to the present and future success of our communities. And it’s why after 25 years, we’re still approving Youth Endowment Series (YES) grants to nonprofit agencies that benefit youth in the communities we serve. In 2023, we awarded $200,000 in grants to deserving organizations across the state of Colorado. This year to celebrate our 25th year of YES Grants, we will be awarding $250,000 in grants to deserving nonprofits across the state of Colorado.
 
Since we began in 2000, Ent YES Grants totaling more than $2 million have helped over 300 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 2023, we received more than 194 applications with grant asks of $1.7 million. Through competitive applications and the tireless work of our committee, we narrowed that down to a total of 72 grant recipients. YES Grants are particularly meaningful at Ent as the recipients are selected entirely by a committee comprised of Ent team members from a variety of areas throughout the credit union. See the list below to view our 2023 YES Grants recipients that are serving our Colorado communities. 
 
YES Grants 2024 application is now closed. Grant recipients will be announced in May. See you again in 2024

 

Denver

  • Art from Ashes Inc.

  • Aurora Arapahoe Battered Women's

    Shelter (DBA Gateway Domestic
    Violence Services)

  • Backpack Society

  • Bal Swan Children's Center

  • Beautiful Redemption

  • Becket Academy dba New Treks

  • CASA of Adams & Broomfield

    Counties

  • Child Advocates - Denver CASA

  • Clothes To Kids of Denver, Inc.

  • Colorado Center for the Blind

  • Colorado Kids Belong

  • Environmental Learning for Kids

  • Hide In Plain Sight

  • Hope House of Colorado

  • Laboratory to Combat Human

    Trafficking

  • Lucky to Ride

  • Mile High 360

  • Minds Matter Colorado

  • Miracles Therapeutic Riding Center

  • Richard Lambert Foundation

  • SECORCares

  • Urban Peak Denver

  • YESS Institute

  • YouthRoots

Northern
  • Alternatives to Violence, Inc.
  • CASA of Larimer County
  • Center for Family Outreach
  • ChildSafe Colorado Inc.
  • Family Housing Network of Fort
    Collins, Inc.
  • Feeding Our Community Ourselves
    Inc.
  • Larimer County Partners, Inc. (dba
    Partners)
  • Neighbor to Neighbor
  • Northern Colorado Youth for Christ
  • Respite Care Inc
  • Teaching Tree Early Childhood
    Learning Center
  • The Crawford Child Advocacy Center
  • The Family Center/ La Familia
  • The Jacob Center
  • Weld Food Bank
  • Zapatos Sin Fronteras
Pikes Peak
  • Atlas Preparatory School
  • CASA of the Pikes Region
  • Centro de La Familia
  • Children's Advocacy Center for the
    Pikes Peak Region Inc. dba Safe
    Passage
  • Children's Literacy Center
  • Colorado Springs Conservatory
  • Community Partnership For Child
    Development
  • Depression and Bipolar Support
    Alliance of Colorado Springs
  • Diakonia
  • Friends of the Children - Colorado
    Springs
  • Friends of the Children - Colorado
    Springs
  • Hillside Connection
  • Pulpit Rock Church (DBA Love Your
    Neighbor)
  • Special Kids Special Families
  • The Place
  • Tri-Lakes Cares
  • Western Museum Of Mining &
    Industry
Southern
  • Angels of America's Fallen
  • Careers in Construction Colorado
  • Early Connections Learning Centers
  • Grupo Folklorico Del Pueblo
  • Heart of Colorado CASA
  • HopeKids
  • Juneteenth Organization of Pueblo,
    Inc.
  • MIKID Mentally Ill Kids in Distress
  • Mt. Carmel Wellness and Community
    Center
  • Posada
  • Pueblo Children's Chorale, Inc.
  • Pueblo Cooperative Care Center
  • Pueblo Rape Crisis Services, Inc.
  • Soaring Eagles Center for Autism
  • Sweet Dream in a Bag, Inc.
  • TAILS of Transformation

2024 YES Grant common questions

Applications will reopen in February 2025.

The YES Grants 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 non-profit. 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.  

The winners will be announced in April 2024.

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