Adolph Coors Foundation

The Adolph Coors Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) family foundation established in October 1975 with funds from the Adolph Coors, Jr. Trust and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Adolph Coors, Jr. was the son of the founder of the Coors Brewing Company. The Coors family now controls both the brewing company and the foundation. The Adolph Coors Foundation describes its vision for America as including "the wisdom of the free enterprise system, traditional Judeo-Christian values and the rule of law."

The Foundation states that its public policy funding priorities include:

• "Enhancing understanding of the free enterprise system"
• "Preserving the principles upon which our democracy was founded to help ensure a limited role for government and the protection of individual rights as provided for in the Constitution"
• "Encouraging personal responsibility and leadership"
• "Upholding traditional American values"

After growing protest to the racist and anti-gay behavior of the Adolph Coors Foundation in the 1970's and 1980's, in 1993 the foundation publicly restricted its grants to Colorado organizations. In 1994, the Adolf Coors Foundation then formed the Castle Rock Foundation with an unrestricted $36.5 million in assets to continue funding radically conservative organizations under a different name. In November 2011, the Castle Rock Foundation and its more than $38 million in assets were dissolved back into its father foundation again.

The Foundation has provided $274 million in grant funding since 1976. In 2019, the Foundation funded 114 grants for a total of $8.88 million.

In 2018, the Adolph Coors Foundation reported a total of $14,819,922 in net investment income, made a total of $7,326,583 in contributions, gifts and grants and reported $170,181,331 in total assets.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council

The Adolph Coors Foundation granted $330,000 to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) between 2012 and 2018, according to an analysis of the Foundation's 990 Forms by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).

About ALEC

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Grants Distributed

2017

The Adolph Coors Foundation gave at least $2,547,550 to SPN, its members, and associate members in 2017. These groups, as well as other entities that received grants in 2017, are broken down as follows:

• Alternatives Pregnancy Center: $20,000
• America's Future Foundation: $20,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $175,000
• American Indian College Fund: $48,200
• American Legislative Exchange Council: $75,000
• American Private Radio: $25,000
• Aspen Youth Center: $10,000
• The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: $125,000
• Belay Enterprises: $25,000
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado: $30,000
• Big City Mountaineers: $10,000
• Big Idea Project: $218,000
• Boston Children's Hospital: $250,000
• Boy Scouts of America, Denver Area Council: $75,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Fremont County: $15,000
• Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County: $15,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver: $40,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Northwest Colorado: $20,000
• Bridge House: $300,000
• Buena Vista Pregnancy Center: $7,500
• California Policy Center: $25,000
• Canon Literacy Center: $3,500
• Cato Institute: $75,000
• Center for American Values: $15,000
• Center of the American Experiment: $30,000
• Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation: $5,000
• Colorado Robotics Excelling at Science and Technology: $10,000
• Colorado School of Mines Foundation: $330,500
• Colorado Springs Teen Court: $15,000
• Colorado Youth Outdoors: $20,000
• Congressional Medal of Honor Society: $30,000
• Costilla County Economic Development Council: $35,000
• The Council for Economic Education: $50,000
• Crisis Pregnancy Center of Montrose: $10,000
• Cross Purpose: $15,000
• DonorsTrust: $900,000
• Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation: $200,000
• Dress for Success Denver: $15,000
• Ethics and Public Policy Center: $75,000
• Fathers in the Field: $15,000
• Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $60,000
• Generation Justice: $265,000
• Georgia Center for Opportunity: $250,000
• Gilpin County Public Library: $2,000
• Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver: $30,000
• Girls on the Run of Denver: $15,000
• Girls on the Run of Western Colorado: $10,000
• Goldwater Institute: $60,000
• Goodwill Industries of Denver: $15,000
• Greenhouse Scholars: $15,000
• Hands of the Carpenter: $20,000
• Hillsdale College: $445,000
• Hopewest: $15,000
• Hudson Institute: $30,000
• I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County: $30,000
• Independence Institute: $77,550
• Institute for Justice: $70,000
• Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain, Inc: $50,000
• The Leadership Institute: $50,000
• Libertas: $25,000
• Mackinac Center for Public Policy: $35,000
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $40,000
• Media Research Center: $75,000
• Mesa Youth Services: $15,000
• Military Community Youth Ministries: $20,000
• Mountain States Legal Foundation: $75,000
• Moving Picture Institute: $50,000
• Museum of Friends: $5,000
• National Review Institute: $50,000
• New England Legal Foundation: $30,000
• Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association: $10,000
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $90,000
• Palmetto Promise Institute: $20,000
• Parents Challenge: $10,000
• Partners in Routt County: $10,000
• Pathways Hospice: $15,000
• Pelican Institute for Public Policy: $25,000
• The Philanthropy Roundtable: $75,000
• Phillipe County, CO: $40,000
• Platte Institute for Economic Research: $30,000
• Pregnancy Research Connection: $10,000
• R12 Charities: $2,500
• Reason Foundation: $50,000
• Roaring Fork Leadership: $2,500
• Rocky Mountain Microfinance Institute: $20,000
• Roundup River Ranch: $75,000
• Saluting America Foundation: $7,500
• Save Our Youth: $60,000
• Seeds of Hope Charitable Trust: $15,000
• Smart Colorado - CNDC: $25,000
• Southwestern Legal Foundation: $60,000
• State Policy Network: $80,000
• Step 13: $20,000
• Stout Street Foundation: $25,000
• Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine - UC Irvine: $304,333
• Tax Foundation: $40,000
• Team Rubicon: $100,000
• Texas Public Policy Foundation: $50,000
• The Bill of Rights Institute: $20,000
• Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy: $25,000
• The Production Company: $7,500
• United Way of Pueblo County: $6,000
• University of Northern Colorado Foundation: $31,500
• Washington Policy Center: $30,000
• Western Stock Show Association: $500,000
• Whiz Kids Tutoring: $15,000
• Work Options for Women: $25,000
• Yampa Valley Crisis Pregnancy Center: $5,000
• Young America's Foundation: $130,000
• Young Americans Center for Financial Education: $30,000
• Young Life - Vail Valley: $10,000
• Young Voices: $7,500

2016

The Adolph Coors Foundation gave at least $1,225,000 to SPN, its members, and associate members in 2016. These groups, as well as other entities that received grants in 2016, are broken down as follows:

• American Council of Trustees and Alumni: $30,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $175,000
• American Indian College Fund: $47,000
• American Legion Colorado Boys State: $12,500
• American Legislative Exchange Council: $75,000
• American Red Cross - Mile High Chapter: $250,000
• Bear River Young Life: $10,000
• The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: $100,000
• Bent County Las Animas Community Activity Center: $5,000
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado: $30,000
• Black Canyon Boys and Girls Club: $15,000
• Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions: $15,000
• Boston Children's Hospital: $250,000
• Boys Scouts of America, Denver Area Council: $100,000
• Boys and Girls Club of South Park: $15,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Chaffee County: $10,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver: $40,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Pueblo County: $20,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of San Luis Valley: $15,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Weld County: $15,000
• Cato Institute: $75,000
• Center for Individual Rights: $30,000
• Colorado Association of Funders: $4,240
• Colorado Council on Economic Education: $35,000
• Colorado Future Farmers of America Foundation: $10,000
• Colorado School of Mines Foundation: $240,000
• Colorado Succeeds: $35,000
• Colorado Technology Community Foundation: $10,000
• Colorado UpLift: $40,000
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $35,000
• Community Resource Center: $10,000
• Computers for Kids Foundation: $15,000
• Congressional Medal of Honor Society: $30,000
• Cross D Bar Recreation Foundation: $2,500
• Custer 2020, Inc: $10,000
• Custer County: $25,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $45,000
• Delta Montrose Youth Services: $15,000
• Denver K-Life: $10,000
• Denver Youth Program: $20,000
• DonorsTrust: $250,000
• Dunn Laboratory - UCLA: $113,334
• Ethics and Public Policy Center: $75,000
• Family Resource Center: $10,000
• The Federalist Society of Law and Public Policy Studies: $60,000
• Foundation for Economic Education: $40,000
• Foundation for Government Accountability: $50,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $35,000
• Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge: $50,000
• Friends of Lamar HOPE Center: $2,500
• Galen Institute: $20,000
• George Mason University Foundation: $25,000
• Georgia Center for Opportunity: $40,000
• Georgia Public Policy Foundation: $20,000
• Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver: $30,000
• Gold Crown Foundation: $10,000
• Gunnison Hinsdale Youth Services: $15,000
• Heart and Hand Center for Youth and their Families: $10,000
• Help the Needy: $10,000
• High Valley Community Center: $12,500
• Hillsdale College: $432,000
• Hope House of Colorado: $75,000
• Idaho Freedom Foundation: $15,000
• IdRaHaJe: $100,000
• Independence Institute: $75,000
• Institute for Justice: $70,000
• Institute on Religion and Public Life: $25,000
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $50,000
• Junior Achievement of Southern Colorado: $150,000
• Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain: $50,000
• Larimer County Partners: $20,000
• Leadership Program of the Rockies: $20,000
• Legacy Family Ministries: $2,500
• Lincoln Network: $25,000
• Lone Cone Library Foundation: $20,000
• Longs Peak Council, Inc, Boy Scouts of America: $15,000
• Loveland Youth Gardners: $7,000
• Lucy Burns Institute: $35,000
• Lutheran Medical Center Foundation: $10,000
• Mackinac Center for Public Policy: $35,000
• Manna - The Durango Soup Kitchen: $8,000
• Media Research Center: $60,000
• Mi Casa Resource Center: $50,000
• Mile High Workshop: $10,000
• Mississippi Center for Public Policy: $10,000
• Mountain States Legal Foundation: $75,000
• Mt. Carmel Center of Excellence: $200,000
• National Association of Scholars: $50,000
• National Center for Public Policy Research: $30,000
• Network of Enlightened Women: $10,000
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $90,000
• Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy: $35,000
• Partners in Housing: $30,000
• Peak Education: $10,000
• People Improving Communities and Kids: $10,000
• The Philanthropy Roundtable: $75,000
• Property and Environment Research Center: $50,000
• Providence Network: $50,000
• Reading Partners: $10,000
• Restoration Project: $10,000
• Riverside Educational Center: $15,000
• Rural Young Americans Center for Financial Education Wray: $15,000
• Saguache Works: $5,000
• San Miguel Mentoring Program: $10,000
• Sangre de Cristo Hospice and Palliative Care: $10,000
• Save our Youth: $60,000
• Secure Futures Colorado - CNDC: $35,000
• Service Corp of Retired Executive Association: $5,000
• Smart Colorado - CNDC: $50,000
• SOS Outreach: $15,000
• Southeastern Legal Foundation: $60,000
• Southern Colorado Community Foundation: $172,000
• State Policy Network: $80,000
• Student Free Press Association: $20,000
• Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine - UC Irvine: $178,334
• Tax Foundation: $35,000
• Team Rubicon: $1,000,000
• Texas Public Policy Foundation: $50,000
• The Acton Institute: $25,000
• The American Studies Center: $50,000
• The Buckeye Institute: $25,000
• The GEAR Alliance: $5,000
• The Heartland Institute: $40,000
• The Independence Institute: $60,000
• Steamboat Institute: $15,000
• University of Northern Colorado Foundation: $21,000
• Wet Mountain Valley Saddle Club: $5,000
• YESS Institute: $12,000
• YouthPower365: $15,000
• YouthRoots: $12,500

2015

The Adolph Coors Foundation gave at least $4,255,000 to SPN, its members, and associate members in 2015. These groups, as well as other entities that received grants in 2015, are broken down as follows:

• American Action Forum: $15,000
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado: $20,000
• Big Idea Project: $5,000
• Boston Children's Hospital: $250,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Fremont County: $15,000
• Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County: $15,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver: $40,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Northwest Colorado: $20,000
• Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado: $20,000
• Breakthrough Kent Denver: $20,000
• Bridge House: $50,000
• C.A.P.B.A.S: $10,000
• Carson J. Spencer Foundation: $15,000
• Cascade Policy Institute: $25,000
• Center for Competitive Politics: $25,000
• College Track: $15,000*Amr
• Colorado BioScience Institute: $7,000
• Colorado Robotics Excelling at Science and Technology, Inc.: $10,000
• Colorado School of Mines Foundation: $303,750
• Colorado Volunteers in Juvenile and Criminal Justice: $20,000
• Competitive Enterprise Institute: $50,000
• Denver Urban Scholars: $15,000
• Dunn Laboratory - UCLA: $56,666
• Durango Nature Studies: $10,000
• Emily Griffith Foundation: $75,000
• Empire Center for Public Policy: $25,000
• Evergreen Freedom Foundation: $45,000
• Foundation for Teaching Economics: $25,000
• Four Corners School of Outdoor Education: $5,000
• Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity: $25,000
• FreedomWorks Foundation: $40,000
• Full Circle of Lake County, Inc: $10,000
• Girl Scouts of Colorado: $30,000
• Golden View Classical Academy Foundation: $200,000
• Goodwill Industries of Denver: $15,000
• Hands of the Carpenter: $15,000
• Horizons at Colorado Academy: $10,000
• Institute for Energy Research: $50,000
• Institute for Justice: $70,000
• John McConnell Math and Science Center: $20,000
• Launch: Community Through Skateboarding: $4,500
• The Leadership Institute: $50,000
• Mackinac Center for Public Policy: $25,000
• Mesa Youth Services, Inc: $15,000
• Montana Policy Institute: $15,000
• Mountain Area Alternatives Crisis Pregnancy Center: $5,000
• Mt. Carmel Center of Excellence: $100,000
• The National Catholic Bioethics Center: $20,000
• National Center for Policy Analysis: $20,000
• National Taxpayers Union Foundation: $20,000
• Our Hometown Charitable Foundation: $20,000
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $90,000
• Pagosa Crisis Pregnancy Center, Inc: $5,000
• Pioneer Institute: $30,000
• Prairie Family Center: $5,000
• Reason Foundation: $50,000
• Rio Grande Foundation: $10,000
• Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute: $15,000
• San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition: $5,000
• See the Change, USA: $10,000
• Silverton Youth Center: $5,000
• Smart Colorado: $50,000
• Soccer Without Borders: $5,000
• State Policy Network: $80,000
• Step 13: $20,000
• Summer Scholars: $15,000
• Summit Pregnancy Information Center Exchange: $2,500
• Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine - UC Irvine: $178,334
• The Buddy Program: $10,000
• The Challenge Foundation: $15,000
• The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice: $25,000
• The Maine Heritage Policy Center: $25,000
• The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs: $20,000
• True North Youth Program: $2,500
• Ute Springs Experiential Learning Center: $5,000
• Vail Valley Charitable Fund: $10,000
• Walking Mountains Science Center: $10,000
• Washington Policy Center: $25,000
• Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, Inc: $25,000
• Women's Bean Project: $20,000
• Woodland Park Pregnancy Center: $8,000
• Yankee Institute for Public Policy: $20,000
• Young America's Foundation: $50,000
• Young Life - Arkansas Valley: $10,000
• YouthZone: $10,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $175,000
• American Indian College Fund: $48,200
• American Legislative Exchange Council: $50,000
• The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: $100,000
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado: $30,000
• Business and Consumer Foundation of the BBB of Denver/Boulder: $10,000
• Cato Institute: $75,000
• Colorado Institute of Funders: $8,110
• Colorado Council on Economic Education: $35,000
• Colorado Uplift: $40,000
• Community Resource Center: $10,000
• Congressional Medal of Honor Society: $30,000
• Denver Youth Program/Metro Partners: $20,000
• DonorsTrust: $3,050,000
• Ethics and Public Policy Center: $75,000
• The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $60,000
• Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver: $30,000
• Girls on the Run of Denver: $15,000
• Hard at Work Kids: $4,000
• Hillsdale College: $425,000
• Independence Institute: $75,000
• Intellectual Takeout: $50,000
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $50,000
• Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain, Inc: $50,000
• Media Research Center: $60,000
• Mountain States Legal Foundation: $60,000
• The Philanthropy Roundtable: $50,000
• Playworks: $10,000
• Save Our Youth: $60,000
• Texas Public Policy Foundation: $50,000
• The Conflict Center: $10,000
• The Heritage Foundation: $75,000
• University of Northern Colorado Foundation: $18,000

2014

The Adolph Coors Foundation gave at least $1,245,000 to SPN, its members, and associate members in 2014. These groups, as well as other entities that received grants in 2015, are broken down as follows:

• Alpha Center: $10,000
• Alternative Pregnancy Center: $15,000
• America's Future Foundation: $10,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $150,000
• American Indian College Fund: $47,000
• American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): $40,000
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation: $120,000
• Aspen Youth Center: $7,500
• AspenPointe Enterprises: $325,000
• Beacon Center of Tennessee: $25,000
• The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: $100,000
• Bessie's Hope: $10,000
• Better Business Bureau serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming Foundation: $10,000
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado: $30,000
• Big City Mountaineers: $10,000
• Bill of Rights Institute: $20,000
• Book Trust: $25,000
• BookTrails: $5,000
• Boy Scouts of America, Denver Area Council: $100,000
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Chaffee County: $10,000
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County: $20,000
• Boys & Girls Clubs of South Park: $10,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver: $40,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Weld County: $15,000
• Bridge House: $50,000
• Buena Vista Pregnancy Center: $5,000
• Butterfly Pavillion: $10,000
• California Policy Center: $20,000
• Cato Institute: $75,000
• Center for Individual Rights: $30,000
• Center of the American Experiment: $20,000
• Children's Literacy Center: $15,000
• Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy: $25,000
• Colorado Association of Funders: $3,880
• Colorado Children's Campaign: $10,000
• Colorado Council on Economic Education: $35,000
• Colorado Outward Bound School: $75,000
• Colorado School of Mines Foundation: $230,000
• Colorado Uplift: $40,000
• Colorado Youth at Risk: $15,000
• Colorado Youth Outdoors: $30,000
• Community Resource Center: $10,000
• Community Resources: $10,000
• Computers for Kids Foundation: $15,000
• Congressional Medal of Honor Society: $25,000
• The Council for Economic Education: $50,000
• Crisis Pregnancy Center of Montrose: $10,000
• Delta Montrose Youth Services: $15,000
• Denver Area Youth for Christ: $10,000
• Denver Kids, Inc.: $25,000
• Denver Youth Progress/Metro Partners: $20,000
• Downtown Aurora Visual Arts: $7,500
• Dress for Success Denver: $10,000
• Encore Life: $5,000
• Ethics and Public Policy Center: $75,000
• Family Learning Center: $20,000
• Family Resource Center: $10,000
• Fathers in the Field: $10,000
• Florence Crittenton Services: $50,000
• Foundation for Government Accountability: $50,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $25,000
• Generation Schools Network: $10,000
• Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver: $30,000
• Girls on the Run of Western Colorado: $7,500
• Greenhouse Scholars: $15,000
• Gunnison Hinedale Youth Services: $15,000
• HalfMoon Arts: $3,000
• Help the Needy: $10,000
• Heritage Foundation: $75,000
• Hillsdale College: $175,000
• Hopewest: $15,000
• Hudson Institute: $30,000
• I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County: $20,000
• Illinois Policy Institute: $15,000
• Independence Institute: $75,000
• Independent Institute: $50,000
• Independent Women's Forum: $75,000
• Institute for Justice: $70,000
• Intellectual Takeout: $50,000
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $40,000
• Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain: $50,000
• Karis Community: $10,000
• Larimer County Partners: $15,000
• Leadership Program of the Rockies: $15,000
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $30,000
• Manna Soup Kitchen: $8,000
• Massachusetts General Hospital: $448,015
• Media Research Center: $60,000
• Mi Casa Resource Center: $25,000
• Military Community Youth Ministries: $10,000
• Mission Wear: $5,000
• Mountain States Legal Foundation: $50,000
• National Association of Scholars: $40,000
• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $50,000
• New England Legal Foundation: $30,000
• North Littleton Promise: $5,000
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $80,000
• Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy: $25,000
• Pathways Hospice: $15,000
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $50,000
• Platte Institute for Economic Research: $20,000
• Plumfield Learning Systems: $3,000
• Pregnancy Resource Connection: $8,000
• ProjectVOYCE-CNDC: $5,000
• Prospect Home Care Hospice: $3,500
• Roundup River Ranch: $100,000
• Save Our Youth: $120,000
• Seeds of Hope: $15,000
• SOS Outreach: $10,000
• Southeastern Legal Foundation: $50,000
• Tax Foundation: $30,000
• Teach for America: $175,000
• Texas Public Policy Foundation: $50,000
• The Bridge Project-University of Denver: $15,000
• The Youth Foundation: $12,500
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital: $298,000
• University of Northern Colorado Foundation: $18,000
• Whiz Kids Tutoring: $15,000
• Work Options for Women: $25,000
• Wray Rehabilitation and Activities Center: $10,000
• Young Philanthropists Foundation: $15,000
• Youth Directions: $10,000
• YouthRoots: $12,500

Grants Made to SPN Members Between 2009 and 2014

The Adolph Coors Foundation gave at least $8,083,4022 to SPN, its members, and associate members from 2009 to 2014, broken down as follows:

• American Enterprise Institute: $900,000 (2009-2014)
• American Legislative Exchange Council: $90,000 (2012-2013)
• Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research: $60,000 (2014)
• Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions: $10,000 (2014)
• Cascade Policy Institute: $25,000 (2014)
• Cato Institute: $375,000 (2009-2010, 2013)
• Center for Competitive Politics: $15,000 (2013)
• Center of the American Experiment: $20,000 (2012)
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $25,000 (2014)
• Competitive Enterprise Institute: $45,000 (2012-2013)
• DonorsTrust: $25,000 (2012)
• Ethics and Public Policy Center: $135,000 (2012, 2014)
• Evergreen Freedom Foundation: $30,000 (2014)
• Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $110,000 (2012, 2014)
• Foundation for Economic Education: $40,000 (2014)
• Foundation for Government Accountability: $50,000 (2014)
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $20,000 (2012)
• Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice: $25,000 (2012)
• Georgia Public Policy Foundation: $10,000 (2012)
• Heartland Institute: $30,000 (2014)
• Heritage Foundation: $800,000 (2009-2014)
• Idaho Freedom Foundation: $10,000 (2014)
• Illinois Policy Institute: $20,000 (2013)
• Independence Institute: $2,768,402 (2009-2014)
• Independent Institute: $50,000 (2012)
• Independent Women's Forum: $90,000 (2012-2013)
• Institute for Justice: $340,000 (2011-2014)
• Intellectual Takeout: $20,000 (2012)
• James Madison Institute: $50,000 (2012, 2014)
• Landmark Legal Foundation: $90,000 (2011-2012)
• Leadership Institute: $335,000 (2010-2014)
• Manhattan Institute: $20,000 (2013)
• Mississippi Center for Public Policy: $20,000 (2014)
• Mountain States Legal Foundation: $355,000 (2009-2014)
• National Center for Policy Analysis: $55,000 (2012, 2014)
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $510,000 (2009-2013, 2014)
• Property and Environment Research Center: $50,000 (2014)
• Reason Foundation: $100,000 (2012, 2014)
• Southeastern Legal Foundation: $30,000 (2012)
• State Policy Network: $130,000 (2012, 2014)
• Steamboat Institute: $10,000 (2014)
• Tax Foundation: $30,000 (2013)
• Texas Public Policy Foundation: $80,000 (2013-2014)
• Washington Policy Center: $20,000 (2013)
• Young America's Foundation: $60,000 (2012, 2014)

Core Financials

2017

• Total Revenue: $16,196,106
• Total Expenses: $10,364,281
• Net Assets: $170,181,331

Personnel

Staff

The staff listed on the Foundation's website, as of July 16, 2020 listed below:

• Alejandra Major
• Cindy Kennedy
• Carol Strathman
• Carrie Tynan

Board of Directors and Trustees

As of April 13, 2019:

• John Jackson, Executive Director, Secretary
• Peter H. Coors, President and Chairman
• Melissa Coors Osborn, Vice President
• Cecily Coors Garnsey, Vice President
• Jeffrey H. Coors, Treasurer
• Robert G. Windsor, Trustee
• Carin Coors Bremer, Trustee
• Christina Coors Williams, Trustee

Former Board of Directors and Trustees

As of the foundation's 2013 form 990:

• John Jackson, Executive Director, Secretary
• Peter K. Coors, President and Chairman
• Robert G. Windsor, Vice President
• Jeffrey H. Coors, Treasurer
• William K. Coors, Trustee
• Melissa Coors Osborn, Trustee
• Cecily Coors Garnsey, Trustee

Contact Information

Aldolph Coors Foundation
215 Saint Paul Street
Suite 300
Denver, Colorado 80206
Employer Identification Number (EID): 51-0172279
Phone: 303-388-1636
Email: generalinfo@acoorsfdn.org
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Resources and Articles

IRS Form 990 Filings

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