Anschutz Family Foundation


The Anschutz Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Denver, Colorado. It was founded in 1982 by Fred and Marian Pfister Anschutz, the parents of Colorado rancher Sue Anschutz-Rodgers, who serves as chair and president, and of Philip Anschutz, a billionaire businessman. From 1982-2022, the foundation distributed 10,964 grants to nonprofit organizations for a total of $63.3 million of giving.

The foundation has EIN 74-2132676 as a 501(c)(3) Private Nonoperating Foundation; in 2024 it claimed $5,012,867 in total revenue and $63,611,207 in total assets. Its mission is "Giving primarily for civic, community and capacity building, economic development, neighborhoods, crisis intervention, disabled people, food, shelter and the homeless, low income housing, self-sufficiency, families, literacy, senior programs, and youth development and children."

The Foundation for a Better Life is funded solely by the foundation.