Craft brewers give millions of dollars in donations to charities

American craft brewers are not just making beer, they also use their beer sales as a force for good. Craft brewers donated an estimated USD 73.4 million to charitable causes in 2016, up from USD 71 million in 2014.

The most recent figure is from the 2016 Brewery Operations Benchmarking Survey (BOPS) and was released by the Brewers Association (BA) on 25 September 2017.

The Brewers Association’s biennial comprehensive survey of US craft brewers compiles brewery operations information to establish and share industry benchmarks.

As says the BA, not many business communities can say they give throughout the year, week in and week out, to charities and non-profit organisations.. Craft brewers should excel in sharing this mantra: “Craft brewers use craft beer as a cause for other causes.”

Today there are more than 5,600 breweries in thousands of communities which seem to share this common theme.