# Independence Institute A Golden, Colorado free-market think tank founded in 1985, part of the State Policy Network of state-level conservative policy shops. It was an early beneficiary of [[Coors Family]] philanthropy via the [[Adolph Coors Foundation]] and [[Castle Rock Foundation]], making it a piece of the regional infrastructure the Coors fortune built in Colorado alongside national vehicles like the [[Heritage Foundation]]. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to resolve inbound wikilinks. Expand with the State Policy Network ties, key personnel, and Colorado ballot-measure work.