Anschutz Foundation

Christian P. Anschutz, Philip Anschutz's son, serves as foundation president and is the visible operational lead. Phil Anschutz remains the ultimate decision-maker given his controlling stake in the underlying operating businesses that fund the foundation. No separate professional staff or CIO is publicly identified.

The underlying fortune traces to Philip Anschutz's oil discoveries in the Rocky Mountain region during the 1970s, followed by investments in railroads, fiber optic networks (Qwest), and the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), which built or operated venues including the Crypto.com Arena and London's O2 Arena. He is currently the majority owner of the Los Angeles Kings and has held significant media and publishing assets.

The two foundations are legally distinct. The Anschutz Foundation functions as the primary grantmaking vehicle tied to the family's major institutional giving and assets. The Anschutz Family Foundation is a separate entity focused on broader family-directed philanthropy, including support for community-level organizations in Colorado. This bifurcation allows the family to segment large-scale institutional grants from more distributed family giving.

No. The foundation does not operate a public-facing grant application portal and does not appear to publish giving guidelines or accept unsolicited proposals. Grantmaking is directed by the Anschutz family and aligned with their personal interests, particularly conservative religious organizations, Western art and cultural institutions, and certain Colorado-based causes.

The foundation's portfolio includes high-value real assets held in the Anschutz corporate orbit: The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs (acquired 2011), the Sea Island Resort in Georgia (acquired 2016), London's O2 Arena, and the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project in Carbon County, Wyoming — one of the largest U.S. onshore wind installations.

The foundation does not publicly participate in third-party fund structures or co-investment clubs. Its assets are embedded in the family's operating businesses and real property holdings, not in a traditional endowment allocation model. This means it does not make LP commitments to venture or private equity funds in the conventional sense.

There is no published investment policy. The family's commercial holdings include significant oil and gas production alongside a major wind energy project, reflecting the founder's personal interests rather than a formalized ESG or impact framework. Grant decisions reflect Philip Anschutz's conservative political and religious affiliations.