ENT Credit Union awards $300K in YES grants

COLORADO SPRINGS —  Ent Credit Union, which is transitioning to the Wings Credit Union name, has selected 125 nonprofit organizations to receive $300,000 in 2026 Youth Endowment Series grants.

Grant recipients were chosen from more than 280 applications and were recognized during a celebration, May 13, at Empower Field at Mile High. The event’s special guest speaker was Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey, a Wings financial education ambassador. 

“YES Grants are about turning momentum into opportunity for young people,” Annie Snead, Ent’s vice president of community impact and Wings Foundation executive director, said in a written statement. “These organizations meet kids where they are to create safe spaces, trusted relationships and pathways to confidence. With more than 280 applications representing more than $3 million in need, selecting recipients gets more difficult each year. We’re proud to stand with nonprofits across Colorado who share our people-helping-people values.” 

Now in its 27th year, the YES Grants program supports Colorado nonprofits serving children and youth through mentoring, mental health services, after-school programs, food security initiatives and outdoor experiences. Since the program began in 2000, YES Grants has awarded more than $2.8 million in funding and supported more than 350 nonprofit organizations statewide. Recipients were selected by a committee of 56 Wings employees, ranging from frontline staff to back-office. 

2026 Yes grant recipients received between $1,000 and $5,000, with 15 receiving the maximum award and two nonprofits each receiving two grants in support of separate programs.

Recipients included:

Alamosa

Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley  

CASA del Valle  

Center for Restorative Programs  

Kids Place of the San Luis Valley 

La Puente Home, Inc 

SLV Local Foods Coalition Rio Grande Farm Park  

Arvada

Ralston House 

Aurora

Brent Eley Foundation  

Three Birds Alliance  

Wholly Kicks  

Boulder

Camp Kesem at CU Boulder  

Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence 

There with Care 

Voices for Children, CASA of Boulder County 

Broomfield

A Precious Child, Inc  

Cañon City

Kindred Kids Child Advocacy Center 

The Pantry of Fremont canon city 

Centennial

Special Olympics Colorado  

Yanamom  

Colorado Springs

Angels of America’s Fallen  

AOK 4-H Club  

Atlas Preparatory School*  

Careers in Construction Colorado  

CASA of the Pikes Peak Region, Inc.  

Catamount Institute  

Centro de La Familia  

Challenger Learning Center of Colorado  

Chamber Orchestra of the Springs  

Children’s Advocacy Center for the Pikes Peak Region Inc. dba Safe Passage  

Colorado Springs Conservatory  

Colorado Springs Sports Corporation  

Community Partnership for Child Development  

Courageous Love  

The Dale House Project  

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Colorado Springs  

Diakonia  

Dream Centers of Colorado Springs  

Early Connections Learning Centers  

Educating Children of Color, Inc 

Food to Power 

Forge Evolution 

Fostering Hope Foundation 

Hillside Connection 

Homeward Pikes Peak 

Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region 

Kidpower of Colorado Inc. 

Kids on Bikes 

Mayfield Counseling Centers 

Parents Challenge 

The Place  

PlayDate Behavioral Interventions* 

Project Ember Initiative 

Sleep in Heavenly Peace  

Special Kids Special Families  

TESSA  

Women’s Community Leadership Initiative  

Words Without Limits 

Denver

Anchor Center for Blind Children  

The Blue Bench  

Child Advocates – Denver CASA  

Clothes To Kids of Denver, Inc.  

Denver Children’s Home  

Fully Liberated Youth 

The Gathering Place  

GLBT Community Center of Colorado, dba The Center on Colfax 

HopeKids 

Invest in Kids 

Jewish Community Center Denver 

Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking 

Project PAVE 

SafeHouse Denver Inc 

Second Wind Fund  

Urban Peak Denver  

Warren Village  

We Don’t Waste  

The Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists  

Transformative Justice Project of Colorado  

Fort Collins

3Hopeful Hearts  

CASA of Larimer County  

The Crawford Child Advocacy Center  

Crossroads Safehouse  

The Jacob Center  

The Matthews House  

Neighbor to Neighbor 

Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center (SAVA)  

Greenwood Village

Girls on the Run of the Rockies 

Lafayette

Coal Creek Meals on Wheels  

Young Men’s Christian Association of Boulder Valley  

Lakewood

Easterseals Colorado  

Harvest Mountain Ministries – JeffCo Eats 

Jeffco Action Center (The Action Center) 

Littleton

Dakota Ridge Career Explore Program/Jefferson County Schools 

Havern Center Inc.  

Longmont

St. Vrain Valley Schools Education Foundation 

Teaching Peace dba BRITE Collaborative 

The Tiny Tim Center, Inc.  

Loveland

Be the Gift Incorporated  

Birthline of Loveland  

Food Bank for Larimer County 

Hearts & Horses, Inc. 

Loveland Youth Gardeners 

Project Self-Sufficiency of Northern Colorado 

Manitou Springs

Flying Pig Farm 

Monument

Nourish Our Moms Inc. 

Tri-Lakes Cares monument 

Northbrook

Gift of Adoption Fund 

Northglenn

Canine Partners of the Rockies, Inc. 

Parker

Levi’s Legacy 

SECOR dba SECORCares  

Pueblo

Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County  

CASA of Pueblo  

GOAL Academy High School 

Mariposa Center for Safety 

Posada 

Pueblo Cooperative Care Center 

Soaring Eagles Center for Autism 

United Way of Pueblo County 

Sedalia

The Mane Mission  

Thornton

School District 12 Education Foundation 

Walsenburg

Spanish Peaks Community Foundation 

Westminster

CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties  

Wheat Ridge

STRIDE Community Health Center  

Woodland Park

Teller Park Early Childhood Council 

For more information about YES Grants, visit Ent.com/About-Us/Why-We-Serve/YES-Grants.  

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