Talk:Castle Rock Foundation

The Castle Rock Foundation (CRF) was founded in 1993 as a 501(c)(3) organization with an endowment of $36,596,253 from the Adolph Coors Foundation. Both the Castle Rock Foundation and the Adolph Coors Foundation were funded by Coors brewing company executives to funnel Coors profits into conservative and open market politics. In November of 2011, Castle Rock Foundation was merged back with the Adolph Coors Foundation which remains the "surviving corporation."

In 2011, Castle Rock Foundation reported a total annual revenue of $528,589, received no grants, and gave a total of $1,760,000 in grants.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
The Castle Rock Foundation has granted $650,000 to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) between 1995 and 2011, according to a review of the Bridge Project's Funders data by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).

Funding SPN and SPN State Think Tanks
TOTAL to SPN and SPN State Think Tanks 1995-2011: $16,750,360, broken down as follows:
 * American Enterprise Institute: $690,000 (1995-2008)
 * American Council of Trustees and Alumni: $75,000 (2001-2009)
 * American Conservative Union Foundation: $10,000 (2009)
 * American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): $650,000 (1995-2011)
 * Americans for Prosperity Foundation: $100,000 (2009-2011)
 * Arkansas Policy Foundation: $15,000 (2005-2008)
 * Atlantic Legal Foundation: $80,000 (2001-2010)
 * Beacon Center of Tennessee: $10,000 (2009)
 * Beacon Hill Institute: $60,000 (2005-2011)
 * Bill of Rights Institute: $105,000 (2000-2008)
 * Bluegrass Institute: $15,000 (2008)
 * Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions: $34,600 (1995-2009)
 * Cascade Policy Institute: $170,000 (1995-2011)
 * CATO Institute: $450,000 (2001-2008)
 * The Claremont Institute: $20,000 (2004)
 * Claire Boothe Luce Institute: $30,000 (2003-2008)
 * Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $25,000 (2011)
 * Competitive Enterprise Institute: $210,000 (1997-2009)
 * Center for Competitive Politics: $40,000 (2008-2010)
 * David Horowitz Freedom Center: $350,000 (1995-2007)
 * Donors Trust: $347,000 (2009-2011)
 * Ethics and Public Policy Center: $370,000 (1997-2011)
 * Fund for American Studies: $100,000 (2002-2011)
 * Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $395,000 (1996-2011)
 * The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity: $25,000 (2011)
 * Foundation for Excellence in Education: $150,000 (2011)
 * Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $95,000 (2003-2007)
 * Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment: $225,000 (1997-2008)
 * FreedomWorks Foundation: $25,000 (2009)
 * George Mason University: $ $280,000 (1996-2011)
 * Goldwater Institute: $227,500 (2003-2011)
 * The Heritage Foundation: $3,098,760 (1995-2008)
 * Heartland Institute: $80,000 (2006-2009)
 * Idaho Freedom Foundation: $10,000 (2011)
 * Illinois Policy Institute: $15,000 (2010)
 * Independence Institute: $760,000 (1995-2008)
 * Independent Women's Forum: $400,000 (1998-2011)
 * Institute for Justice: $1,080,000 (1996-2010)
 * Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $400,000 (1995-2009)
 * Intellectual Takeout: $15,000 (2010)
 * James Madison Institute: $50,000 (2009-2010)
 * Leadership Institute: $630,000 (1995-2009)
 * Landmark Legal Foundation: $640,000 (1997-2009)
 * The Prometheus Institute: $40,000 (2010)
 * Pelican Institute for Public Policy: $20,000 (2011)
 * Pacific Legal Foundation: $720,000 (1996-2008)
 * Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy: $350,000 (1996-2010)
 * Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $165,000 (1998-2010)
 * Maryland Public Policy Institute: $22,500 (2004-2010)
 * Maine Heritage Policy Center: $25,000 (2009)
 * Mackinac Center for Public Policy: $75,000 (2003-2011)
 * Mississippi Center for Public Policy: $40,000 (2008-2011)
 * Mountain States Legal Foundation: $925,000 (1995-2008)
 * National Center for Policy Analysis: $160,000 (1997-2008)
 * National Center for Public Policy Research: $170,000 (1995-2011)
 * National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $35,000 (1997)
 * New England Legal Foundation: $40,000 (2004-2007)
 * Nevada Policy Research Institute: $110,000 (1995-2010)
 * Show-Me Institute: $20,000 (2008-2011)
 * State Policy Network: $135,000 (2002-2010)
 * South Carolina Policy CouncilL $50,000 (2008-2011)
 * Southeastern Legal Foundation: $385,000 (1995-2009)
 * Sutherland Institute: $30,000 (1998-2011)
 * Tax Foundation: $160,000 (2002-2010)
 * Texas Public Policy Foundation: $125,000 (2006-2011)
 * Reason Foundation: $210,000 (2003-2010)
 * Virginia Public Policy Foundation: $10,000 (2000)
 * Washington Policy Center: $40,000 (2003-2009)
 * Young America's Foundation: $130,000 (1996-2007)

Additional Right Wing Funding
TOTAL to Additional Right Wing Organizations 1999-2011: $4,602,000, broken down as follows:
 * American Battle Monuments Commission: $400,000 (2000-2002)
 * Discovery Institute: $25,000 (2011)
 * Defense Forum Foundation: $20,000 (2002-2004)
 * Defenders of Property Rights: $110,000 (1995-2002)
 * Center for Equal Opportunity: $115,000 (1999-2011)
 * Center for Individual Rights: $360,000 (1995-2008)
 * Council for National Policy: $35,000 (1995-2000)
 * Center for the New West: $35,000 (1998)
 * Common Good: $200,000 (2003-2007)
 * Freedoms Foundation: $195,000 (1997-2008)
 * Free Congress Foundation: $1,140,000 (1995-2010)
 * Global Futures: $75,000 (2001-2008)
 * Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation: $25,000 (2001)
 * Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace: $25,000 (1998)
 * The Hudson Institute: $145,000 (1996-2008)
 * Institute for American Values: $350,000 (1996-2007)
 * Philanthropy Roundtable: $165,000 (1995-2011)
 * Promise Keepers: $50,000 (1997)
 * Property and Environment Research Center: $272,000 (1997-2011)
 * Media Research Center: $275,000 (1996-2008)
 * National Association of Scholars: $540,000 (1995-2009)
 * Statistical Assessment Service: $165,000 (1996-2009)
 * Radio America: $50,000 (2005)
 * Western Journalism Center: $98,500 (1997)

Forms 990

 * Castle Rock Foundation, 2011 Form 990, Foundation's IRS filing, April 4, 2012.
 * Castle Rock Foundation, 2010 Form 990, Foundation's IRS filing, March 18, 2011.
 * Castle Rock Foundation, 2009 Form 990, Foundation's IRS filing, March 29, 2010.
 * Castle Rock Foundation, 2008 Form 990, Foundation's IRS filing, March 31, 2009.
 * Castle Rock Foundation, 2007 Form 990, Foundation's IRS filing, April 17, 2008.
 * Castle Rock Foundation, 2006 Form 990, Foundation's IRS filing, February 14, 2007.
 * Castle Rock Foundation, 2005 Form 990, Foundation's IRS filing, April 12, 2006.
 * Castle Rock Foundation, 2004 Form 990, Foundation's IRS filing, March 28, 2005.
 * Castle Rock Foundation, 2003 Form 990, Foundation's IRS filing, April 14, 2002.

Additional conservative organizations the Castle Rock Foundation has funded:

 * America's Future Foundation
 * Citizens for a Sound Economy
 * Conservative foundations
 * Foundations and Funders
 * National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
 * Pro-Israel lobby
 * The Strategy To Privatize The Public Domain

Board of Directors
Before dissolving back into the Adolph Coors Foundation in November of 2011, the board consisted of:
 * John W. Jackson, Executive Director, Secretary
 * Peter H. Coors, President
 * Robert G. Windsor, Vice President
 * Jeffrey H. Coors, Treasurer
 * William K. Coors, Trustee
 * Melissa Coors Osborn, Trustee
 * Cicily Coors Garnsey, Trustee

Contact
CASTLE ROCK FOUNDATION 4100 E MISSISSIPPI AVE STE 1850 DENVER, CO  80246-3074

Phone: 303 388-1636 FAX: 303 388-1684 URL: http://www.castlerockfoundation.org/ Now re-directs to the Adolph Coors Foundation website.

External related articles
Joe Conason, The Coors campaign's deceptive advertising, Salon, October 22, 2004.