Adolph Coors Foundation places a high priority on programs that help youth to prosper, encourage economic opportunities for adults and advance public policies that reflect our nation’s founding principles.

Grant Priorities

To ensure that your organization fits within our foundation’s funding criteria, please review the foundation’s funding priorities. All applicants must be classified as a 501(c)(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service. The Foundation will consider funding public policy requests from out-of-state organizations, all other organizations must operate in Colorado, and special consideration given to rural Colorado nonprofits.

Youth and Youth Development

• One-to-one mentoring

• Academic tutoring

• Character development

• Leadership

• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

• Financial literacy
  

Adult Work Programs

• Paid on-the-job training

• Vocational training

• Job placement

Entrepreneurship
Requests by invitation only

Integrative Medicine
Requests by invitation only

Public Policy

• Enhance 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

Preference is given to organizations exhibiting aspects of the following list:

• Year-round programming

• Transformational outcomes

• Total mission alignment, please don’t pull out one small program that might be a fit (exceptions for rural)

• Direct service organizations

• Organizations that strongly align with our foundation’s funding priorities

• Strong leaders, strong financial health

• Bereavement

• Pregnancy centers

• Community centers

There are three deadlines:

• Applications are accepted January 1 - March 1, for review at our July board meeting

• Applications are accepted May 1 - July 1, for review at our November board meeting

• Applications are accepted September 1 - November 1, for review at our March board meeting

Review typically takes about four months after the application deadline.