COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–Ent Credit Union awarded 20 nonprofit agencies in the Pikes Peak Region a total of $60,000 through the 2019 Youth Endowment Series (YES) Grants program. The recipient agencies include:
- Angels of America’s Fallen
- Assistance League of Colorado Springs
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado
- CASA of the Pikes Peak Region
- Community Partnership Family Resource Center/Community Coalition for Families and Children
- Community Partnership for Child Development
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Colorado Springs
- Dream Centers of Colorado Springs
- Family Promise/Interfaith Hospitality Network of Colorado Springs
- Hope & Home
- Leadership Pikes Peak
- National Alliance of Mental Illness
- PlayDate Inc.
- Safe Passage/Children’s Advocacy Center of Pikes Peak
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace
- Sweet Dream in a Bag
- TESSA
- The Adoption Exchange, Inc. Pikes Peak Region
- Tri-Lakes Cares
Since its inception in 2000, the YES Grants program has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants to more than 168 Colorado nonprofits that serve the diverse health, human services and other needs of children. This year, 37 Colorado nonprofit agencies received a total of $110,000, in YES Grants.
An Ent employee panel reviewed all grant applications and made funding recommendations based on the purpose of the grant and the projected benefit to the community, among other criteria.