The Adolph Coors Foundation was founded in 1975 with funds from the Adolph Coors Jr. Trust.
Adolph Coors II
Adolph Herman Joseph Coors Jr. (January 12, 1884 – June 28, 1970) was an American businessman. He was the son of Louisa (Webber) and brewer Adolph Coors, and the second President of Coors Brewing Company.
Life and career
Coors was a graduate of ...
was the son of the founder of the Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Colorado. The
foundation
Foundation may refer to:
* Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization
** Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S.
** Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cau ...
has awarded $135.3 million
USD
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since 1975. It focuses its efforts generally within the state of
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
. In 1993 it provided the endowment funds for the creation of the
Castle Rock Foundation The Castle Rock Foundation was an American conservative foundation started in 1993 with an endowment of $36.6M from the Adolph Coors Foundation. It ranked as Colorado's 15th largest foundation by assets at the end of 2001. The foundation gathered m ...
, which awards grants to causes throughout the
United States
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. In part, the organization states that "All Americans are educated, particularly in the wisdom of the
free enterprise
In economics, a free market is an economic system in which the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand expressed by sellers and buyers. Such markets, as modeled, operate without the intervention of government or any ot ...
system, traditional Judeo-Christian values and the rule of law."
Our Vision.
Website. Retrieved: May 27, 2019.
See also
* Donors Trust
Donors Trust is an American nonprofit donor-advised fund. It was founded in 1999 with the goal of "safeguarding the intent of libertarian and conservative donors". As a donor advised fund, Donors Trust is not legally required to disclose the i ...
References
External links
Adolph Coors Foundation website
Foundations based in the United States
Organizations based in Colorado
Organizations established in 1975
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