Talk: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 is 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. Adolph Coors Foundation describes itself as "support[ing] organizations that promote the western values of self-reliance, personal responsibility and integrity."

After growing protest to the racist and anti-gay behavior of the Adolf Coors Foundation in the 70's and 80's, in 1993 the foundation publicly restricted their grants to Colorado organizations only. 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 the fall of 2011, the Castle Rock Foundation was dissolved into its father company again.

In 2012, the Adolph Coor Foundation reported a total of $3,910,478 annual revenue and made a total of $7,400,903 in contributions, gifts, and grants.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
The Adolph Coors Foundation granted $50,000 to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in 2012, according to an analysis of the Foundation's 990 Forms by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).

Funding SPN and SPN State Think Tanks
TOTAL to SPN and SPN State Think Tanks 2009-2012: $5,938,402, broken down as follows:
 * American Enterprise Institute: $650,000 (2009-2012)
 * American Legislative Exchange Council: $50,000 (2012)
 * CATO Institute: $300,000 (2009-2010)
 * Competitive Enterprise Institute: $25,000 (2012)
 * Donors Trust: $50,000 (2012)
 * Ethics and Public Policy Center: $60,000 (2012)
 * Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $60,000 (2012)
 * Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $20,000 (2012)
 * Georgia Public Policy Foundation: $10,000 (2012)
 * Heritage Foundation: $600,000 (2009-2012)
 * Independence Institute: $2,633,402 (2009-2012)
 * Independent Women's Forum: $50,000 (2012)
 * Institute for Justice: $200,000 (2011-2012)
 * Intellectual Takeout: $20,000 (2012)
 * James Madison Institute: $25,000 (2012)
 * Landmark Legal Foundation: $90,000 (2011-2012)
 * Leadership Institute: $155,000 (2010-2011)
 * Mountain States Legal Foundation: $255,000 (2009-2012)
 * National Center for Policy Analysis: $25,000 (2012)
 * Pacific Legal Foundation: $370,000 (2009-2012)
 * Reason Foundation: $50,000 (2012)
 * Southeastern Legal Foundation: $30,000 (2012)
 * State Policy Network: $50,000 (2012)
 * Independent Institute: $50,000 (2012)
 * Leadership Institute: $80,000 (2012)
 * Young America's Foundation: $30,000 (2012)

Additional Right Wing Funding
TOTAL to Additional Right Wing Organizations 2009-2012: $275,000, broken down as follows:
 * Philanthropy Roundtable: $75,000 (2012)
 * Institute for American Voices: $100,000 (2010)
 * Institute for American Values: $100,000 (2009)

990 Forms

 * Adolph Coors Foundation, 2012 Form 990, Foundations IRS Filing, March 26, 2013.
 * Adolph Coors Foundation, 2011 Form 990, Foundations IRS Filing, April 12, 2012.
 * Adolph Coors Foundation, 2010 Form 990, Foundations IRS Filing, March 18, 2011.
 * Adolph Coors Foundation, 2009 Form 990, Foundations IRS Filing, March 29, 2010.

Board of Directors and Trustees (2012)

 * Jack Johnson, 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
4100 E. Mississippi Avenue Suite 1850 Denver, Colorado 80246

Phone: 303-388-1636 Email: generalinfo AT acoorsfdn.org Web: http://www.coorsfoundation.org