Open Foundations · Colorado

Adolph Coors Foundation

Denver, Colorado · EIN 510172279. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $10.3M across 128 grants in 2024, a median of $40K each.

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$10.3M
paid in 2024
128
grants paid
$40K
median grant
39%
to first-time recipients
$204.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
MS CARRIE TYNAN CEO
Address
215 SAINT PAUL STREET SUITE 300, DENVER, CO, 80206
Phone
3033881636
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE FOUNDATION USES AN ONLINE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED ON THE WEBSITE AT WWW.COORSFOUNDATION.ORG. INFORMATION REQUIRED WITH THE APPLICATION IS DETAILED ON THE WEBSITE BUT INCLUDES, AMONG OTHER ITEMS, TAX EXEMPTION LETTER AND TAX IDENTIFICATION
Submission deadline
THERE ARE THREE SUBMISSION DEADLINES DURING THE YEAR - MARCH 1ST, JULY 1ST AND NOVEMBER 1ST.
Restrictions on awards
THE FOUNDATION HAS LISTED ON ITS WEBSITE THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES/PROGRAMS FOR WHICH IT WILL NOT MAKE A GRANT.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202641059349100019. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

specificcapital

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 128 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1FutureriseCO$500,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
2Colorado School of Mines FoundationCO$437,500PROGRAM SPECIFIC GRANT
3National Constitution CenverPA$400,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
4University of Arizona FoundationAZ$350,000PROGRAM SPECIFIC GRANT
5DonorstrustVA$300,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
6Junior Achievement Rocky MountainCO$300,000GENERAL OPERATION GRANT
7University of VermontVT$300,000PROGRAM SPECIFIC GRANT
8Hillsdale CollegeMI$275,700PROGRAM SPECIFIC GRANT
9Step DenverCO$270,000CAPITAL GRANT
10Academic Consortium for IntegrativeOR$250,000PROGRAM SPECIFIC
11Colorado SucceedsCO$250,000PROGRAM SPECIFIC GRANT
12CrosspurposeCO$250,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
13Donorstrust-a4oLA$250,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
14Emergent Order FoundationTX$250,000PROGRAM SPECIFIC GRANT
15Libertas InstituteUT$250,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2019142$7.6M
2020141$7.9M
2021117$10.6M
2022143$9.9M
2023146$8.9M
2024128$10.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Colorado63%
District of Columbia7%
Virginia6%
Arizona3%
Texas3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Benjamin R WindsorTREASURER · 2024
Carin Coors BremerTRUSTEE · 2024
Carrie Coors TynanCEO/SECRETAR · 2024
Cecily Coors GarnseyVICE CHAIR · 2024
Christina Coors WilliamsTRUSTEE · 2024
Jeffrey H CoorsASST TREAS · 2024
Melissa Coors OsbornVICE CHAIR · 2024
Michael L GarnseyTRUSTEE · 2024
Peter H CoorsCHAIRMAN · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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