Funding search · EIN 510172279 · Denver, CO

Adolph Coors Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

534
grants reported
$39.6M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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7 grants matching “sense · $1.4M

  • $165,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $300,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $100,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023

    Coors fellowship

  • $300,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022

    Expansion grant

  • $200,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022

    Expansion challenge grant

  • $100,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022

    Coors fellowship grant

  • $200,000

    Common Sense Policy Roundtable · Greenwood Village, CO · 2021

    General operations

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Donorstrust7 grants · $6.7M
  • Colorado School of Mines Foundation10 grants · $1.6M
  • Common Sense Institute6 grants · $1.2M
  • Hillsdale College4 grants · $1.0M
  • Libertas Institute4 grants · $864,000
  • Greenhouse Scholars4 grants · $850,000
  • Steamboat Institute3 grants · $850,000
  • Step Denver3 grants · $840,000
  • Uc Regents4 grants · $834,069
  • Illinois Policy Institute4 grants · $830,000

Giving over time

$10.6M
2021
$9.9M
2022
$8.9M
2023
$10.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 534 grants.

  • $2.6M

    Donorstrust · Alexandria, VA · 2021

    Program specific

  • $2.3M

    Donorstrust · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Excellence first special project

  • $700,000

    Donorstrust · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    Excellence first education

  • $550,000

    Step Denver · Denver, CO · 2023

    Colorado springs expansion

  • $500,000

    Futurerise · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $500,000

    Donorstrust · Aleandria, VA · 2021

    Program specific

  • $500,000

    Western Stock Show Association · Denver, CO · 2021

    General operations

  • $437,500

    Colorado School of Mines Foundation · Golden, CO · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $400,000

    National Constitution Cenver · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $365,000

    Uc Regents · Davis, CA · 2021

    Program specific

  • $350,000

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tuscon, AZ · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $350,000

    Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Center for poverty solutions grant

  • $325,000

    Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022

    Campus liberty tour grant

  • $300,000

    Donorstrust · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $300,000

    Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024

    General operation grant

  • $300,000

    University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $300,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $300,000

    Crosspurpose · Denver, CO · 2023

    Operations and programming

  • $300,000

    Libertas Institute · Lehi, UT · 2023

    Talent pipeline

  • $300,000

    Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2023

    Campus liberty tour grant

  • $300,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022

    Expansion grant

  • $275,700

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $270,000

    Step Denver · Denver, CO · 2024

    Capital grant

  • $260,000

    Uc Regents · Davis, CA · 2022

    Eye center grant

  • $252,600

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023

    Center for constructive alternatives

  • $250,000

    Academic Consortium for Integrative · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024

    Program specific

  • $250,000

    Colorado Succeeds · Denver, CO · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $250,000

    Crosspurpose · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Donorstrust-A4o · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $250,000

    Libertas Institute · Lehi, UT · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Venture

  • $250,000

    Join Freeworld · Austin, TX · 2023

    Colorado operations grant

  • $250,000

    National Cowboy and Western · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

    Capital project

  • $250,000

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Nov 2023 grant - im

  • $250,000

    Greenhouse Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2022

    Young leaders program grant

  • $250,000

    Join Freeworld · Austin, TX · 2022

    Colorado operations grant

  • $250,000

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Donorstrust · Alexandria, VA · 2021

    Program specific

  • $250,000

    Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2021

    Program specific

  • $250,000

    Greenhouse Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2021

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Join Freeworld · San Jose, CA · 2021

    Program specific

  • $243,100

    Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    Program specific

  • $236,200

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022

    Center for constructive alternatives

  • $236,200

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2021

    Program specific

  • $225,000

    Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $222,000

    Libertas Institute · Lehi, UT · 2021

    Program specific

  • $220,750

    Colorado School of Mines Foundation · Golden, CO · 2023

    Herman coors chair endowment

  • $215,000

    Foundation for Individual Rights · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $206,500

    Colorado School of Mines Foundation · Golden, CO · 2022

    Herman coors chair endowment

  • $206,500

    Colorado School of Mines Foundation · Golden, CO · 2021

    Program specific

  • $200,000

    Bill of Rights Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $200,000

    Greenhouse Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Young leaders program grant

  • $200,000

    Hands of the Carpenter · Golden, CO · 2023

    Scaling special project

  • $200,000

    Change Please · Aurora, CO · 2022

    Special project grant

  • $200,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022

    Expansion challenge grant

  • $200,000

    Center for American Liberty · Alexandria, VA · 2021

    General operations

  • $200,000

    Common Sense Policy Roundtable · Greenwood Village, CO · 2021

    General operations

  • $190,000

    Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $190,000

    Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $175,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $175,000

    Cafe Momentum Denver Corp · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $175,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $175,000

    Cafe Momentum Denver Corp · Denver, CO · 2023

    Denver expansion project

  • $175,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $175,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    General operating

  • $165,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $150,000

    Change Please USA · Aurora, CO · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $150,000

    Greenhouse Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $150,000

    Hands of the Carpenter · Golden, CO · 2024

    Program specific grant

  • $150,000

    Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022

    November 2023 grant - venture

  • $150,000

    Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain · Denver, CO · 2021

    Capital grant

  • $125,000

    Becket Fund for Religious Liberty · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $125,000

    The Becket Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $125,000

    The Becket Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $125,000

    The Becket Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    General operations

  • $120,000

    Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023

    Venture

  • $111,100

    Colorado School of Mines Foundation · Golden, CO · 2023

    Wkc chair endowment grant

  • $105,783

    Uc Regents · Davis, CA · 2022

    Eye center grant

  • $104,000

    Colorado School of Mines Foundation · Golden, CO · 2022

    Wkc chair endowment grant

  • $104,000

    Colorado School of Mines Foundation · Golden, CO · 2021

    Program specific

  • $103,286

    Uc Regents · Davis, CA · 2021

    Program specific

  • $100,000

    Center for the Rights of Abused · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $100,000

    First Southwest Community Fund · Alamosa, CO · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $100,000

    Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $100,000

    Other Side Academy · Denver, CO · 2024

    Capital grant

  • $100,000

    Camp Id-Ra-Ha-Je · Bailey, CO · 2023

    Wastewater treatment facility

  • $100,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023

    Coors fellowship

  • $100,000

    Lemonade Day · Houston, TX · 2023

    Colorado program launch

  • $100,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023

    Disaster recovery

  • $100,000

    Black Canyon Boys and Girls Club · Montrose, CO · 2022

    Capital campaign grant

  • $100,000

    Center for the Rights of the Abused · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $100,000

    Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022

    Coors fellowship grant

  • $100,000

    Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $100,000

    People United for Privacy · Washington, DC · 2022

    Special project grant

  • $100,000

    Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $100,000

    Colorado Succeeds · Littleton, CO · 2021

    Program specific

  • $100,000

    Generation Justice · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Team Rubicon · El Segundo, CA · 2021

    General operations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.