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 that’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. This year to celebrate our 25th year of YES grants, we awarded $250,000 in grants to deserving nonprofits across the state of Colorado.
Since we began in 2000, Ent YES grants totaling more than $2.2 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 2024, we received more than 190 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 2024 YES grants recipients that are serving our Colorado communities.
See you again in 2025.
- A Precious Child, Inc
- Aurora Arapahoe Battered Women's
Shelter dba Gateway Domestic Violence
Services - Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado
- Bullying Recovery Resource Center
(BRRC) - CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties
- Child Advocates - Denver CASA
- Clothes To Kids of Denver, Inc.
- Cobbled Streets - Helping homeless and
foster kids move forward - Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation
- Colorado UpLift
- Creative Strategies for Change
- Denver Inner City Parish
- Environmental Learning for Kids
- GiGi’s Playhouse – Denver LLC
- Kesem at Colorado State University
- Minds Matter Colorado
- Miracles Therapeutic Riding Center
- Mirror Image Arts
- Night Lights Inc
- Ralston House
- Reading Partners
- Rose Andom Center
- Slow Food Denver
- The Mane Mission
- Urban Peak Denver
- The Tiny Tim Center, Inc dba TLC
Learning Center
- 3Hopeful Hearts
- Azteca Boxing Club
- Boys and Girls Club of Weld County
- CASA of Larimer County
- Center for Family Outreach
- ChildSafe Colorado Inc.
- Feeding Our Community Ourselves Inc.
- Finally Home
- Food Bank for Larimer County
- Foundation Music School
- Hope House Northern Colorado
- Living Her Legacy
- Neighbor to Neighbor
- Project Self-Sufficiency of Northern
Colorado - Respite Care Inc
- Safe Families for Children Northern
Colorado - Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center
(SAVA) - Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning
Center - The Crawford Child Advocacy Center
- The Jacob Center
- We Help and Love Everyone, Inc
- Weld Food Bank
- Angels of America's Fallen
- CASA of the Pikes Region
- Children's Advocacy Center for the
Pikes Peak Region Inc. dba Safe
Passage - Children's Literacy Center
- Colorado Springs Conservatory
- Concrete Couch
- COSILoveYou
- Court Care for the Pikes Peak Region
- Dream Centers of Colorado Springs
- Early Connections Learning Centers
- Homeward Pikes Peak
- Kidpower of Colorado Inc.
- Poetry Heals
- Special Kids Special Families
- TESSA
- The Place
- Victory Service Dogs
- Heart of Colorado CASA
- MIKID Mentally Ill Kids in Distress
- Posada
- Pueblo Child Advocacy Center
- Pueblo Cooperative Care Center
- Soaring Eagles Center for Autism
- Adoption Options
- HopeKids
- Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association
- Special Olympics Colorado
- Sweet Dream in a Bag, Inc.
- There With Care
2024 YES grant common questions
Applications will reopen in Feb 2025.
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.
2024 winners were announced in May 2024.
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