The '''Castle Rock Foundation''' was an American conservative foundation started in 1993 with an endowment of $36.6M from the Adolph Coors Foundation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/31/us/vote-lifts-conservative-land-groups.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Vote Lifts Conservative Land Groups|last=Risen|first=James|date=2001-01-31|work=New York Times|accessdate=2009-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67558635.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025120922/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67558635.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-25|title=COORS FUNDS TAKE ON CLINTON FAMILY'S FOUNDATION PROVIDES $403,500 TO ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSING PRESIDENT|last=Kilzer|first=Lou|date=1998-08-23|publisher=Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)|accessdate=2009-05-05}}</ref> It ranked as Colorado's 15th largest foundation by assets at the end of 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27288738_ITM|title=Largest Colorado Foundations: (Ranked by total assets)|date=2001-12-15|publisher=Denver Business Journal|accessdate=2009-05-05}}</ref> The foundation gathered media attention during Pete Coors' unsuccessful 2004 Senate run, when opponents pointed at the dichotomy between the Coors Brewing Company'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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/conason/2004/10/22/coors/index.html|title=The Coors campaign's deceptive advertising|last=Conason|first=Joe|date=2004-10-22|work=Salon.com|accessdate=2009-05-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210110435/http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/conason/2004/10/22/coors/index.html|archivedate=2009-02-10}}</ref>
The Castle Rock Foundation merged into the Adolph Coors Foundation on November 30, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Return of Private Foundation |date=2010 |publisher=Economic Research Institute |url=http://207.153.189.83/EINS/841243301/841243301_2010_0816b9ff.PDF |page=15 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== 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"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castlerockfoundation.org/|title=Castle Rock Foundation|accessdate=2009-05-05}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051104061256/http://www.mediatransparency.com/recipientsoffunder.php?funderID=14 List of recipients] {{Authority control}} Category:Coors family Category:Political and economic research foundations based in the United States Category:Promise Keepers Category:American organizations established in 1993 Category:Conservative organizations in the United States
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