The Castle Rock Foundation was an

American conservative Conservatism in the United States is a political and social philosophy based on a belief in limited government, individualism, traditionalism, republicanism, and limited federal governmental power in relation to U.S. states. Conservative ...

foundation started in 1993 with an endowment of $36.6M from the

Adolph Coors Foundation The Adolph Coors Foundation was founded in 1975 with funds from the Adolph Coors Jr. Trust. Adolph Coors II was the son of the founder of the Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Colorado. The foundation (charity), foundation has awarded $135.3 millio ...

. It ranked as

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's 15th largest foundation by assets at the end of 2001. The foundation gathered media attention during

Pete Coors Peter Hanson Coors (born September 20, 1946) is an American businessman and politician. He formerly served as the chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Company and chairman of MillerCoors. Coors was the Republican party nominee in the 2004 United S ...

' unsuccessful 2004 Senate run, when opponents pointed at the dichotomy between the

Coors Brewing Company The Coors Brewing Company started as an American brewery and beer company in Golden, Colorado. In 2005, Adolph Coors Company, the holding company that owned Coors Brewing, merged with Molson, Inc. to become Molson Coors. The first Coors brew ...

's attempt to appeal to a broad audience, in particular with minorities and gay customers, while the Castle Rock Foundation was used by the Coors family to fund several conservative initiatives intent on curtailing the rights of these same customers. The Castle Rock Foundation merged into the

on November 30, 2011.

Mission

* "Promote a better understanding of the free enterprise system" * "Preserve 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" * "Encourage personal responsibility and leadership" * "Uphold traditional American values"

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