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

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has awarded $135.3 million

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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 Conservatism in the United States, 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 ...

, which awards grants to causes throughout the

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. In part, the organization states that "All Americans are educated, particularly in the wisdom of the free enterprise system, traditional Judeo-Christian values and the rule of law."Our Vision.
Website. Retrieved: May 27, 2019.

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Adolph Coors Foundation website
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