2024-05-08T15:21:54-05:00 2023-12-31 030327374 McSoley McCoy & Co 118 Tilley Drive Ste 202 South Burlington VT 05403 990 2023-01-01 030347544 Vermont Brewers Association Inc VERM 9733036739 PO Box 701 Richmond VT 05477 Emma Arian Executive Director 9733036739 2024-04-30 1 Emma Arian XXX-XX-XXXX 0 Colleen Montgomery P00038392 8026581808 2024-04-30 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z PO Box 701 Richmond VT 05477 617762 0 X www.vermontbrewers.com X 1995 VT Promote and strengthen the culture of craft brewing in Vermont. 8 8 8 15 0 0 66908 26831 571639 583487 262 405 2628 -2829 641437 607894 0 0 0 0 189322 161832 0 0 0 475601 437306 664923 599138 -23486 8756 194776 199250 9380 5098 185396 194152 X The Vermont Brewers Association was founded in 1995 to promote and strengthen the culture of craft brewing in Vermont through marketing, education, and advocacy for Vermont made beer. 1 0 The VT craft brewing industry has an estimated economic impact of $384 million, supports 2,593 jobs at an average wage of $38,887. Current membership size is 60, with 15.6 breweries per 100,000 21+ residents (ranks #1 in the nation) producing 324,505 barrels of craft beer annually. We have 5 active committees focused on executive our strategic plan in the areas of advocacy, marketing, education, sustainability, and diversity equity and inclusion. The Vermont Brewers Festival in Burlington has been running for 31 years and is one of the premier beer festivals in the world attracting over 7,000 people and is the major fundraiser for the VBA. Our technical and education committee's goal is to provide education and training to member brewers with the goal of improving and maintaining the highest quality standard of beer brewed in Vermont. We have 1 technical and educational day a year planned by the committee and hosted the first annual Vermont Craft Brewers Conference in November of 2023 which was a 2 day educational event focusing on sustainability & safety, technical brewing, and business development. We also launched a new public facing website with a brewer member only portal which allows for a comprehensive brewery directory, events calendar, announcement board, job board, and resource page. In November of 2023 we hosted the first annual Vermont Craft Brewers Conference at the Hilton Burlington. We had around 300 registered attendees, 55 exhibitors, 24 break-out sessions, and 2 keynote speakers. We worked with Delaney Event Management on the logistics side and Brothers Malloy on the sponsorship and exhibitor side. The expenses were $96,243 and the income was $123,147 netting a profit of $26,904. We will host the second Vermont Craft Brewers Conference on November 11-12, 2024 at the DoubleTree by Hilton and continue to work with Delaney Event Management.We launched our brewer portal and public facing website this year which was partially funded by a grant. The brewer portal technology is $420/year and the development of both cost $19,992the grant covered $15,000 of this. The brewer portal allows for our brewers to log-in and have access to job boards, announcement boards, a directory, calendars, and a resource list. 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X Emma Arian 9733036739 PO Box 701 Richmond VT 05477 Joe Lemnah President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Bob Grim Vice President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Seth Howard Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Heather Kraemer Secretary 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Scott Gawitt Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Geoff Sewake Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Matt Cohen Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Kara Pawlusiak Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Melissa Corbin Executive Director (End 03/2023) 40.00 X 33272 0 998 Emma Arian Executive Director (Start 03/2023) 40.00 X 61511 0 4500 94783 0 5498 0 0 0 0 0 17171 9660 9550 26831 Brew Fest Burlington 900099 393557 355641 37916 Vermont Craft Brewers 900099 123147 82897 40250 Membership Dues 900099 66783 66783 583487 405 405 6689 9868 -3179 -3179 Miscellaneous 900099 350 350 350 607894 502492 0 78571 100282 49733 3000 8817 711 3950 32084 39874 47013 27378 11699 11392 161 5397 Brew Fest Expenses 111632 Vermont Craft Brewer Co 96243 Security 18761 Brewers Education & Net 12302 18709 599138 149737 140356 32892 45790 10587 11704 6438 6438 160 0 1400 1400 194776 199250 9380 5098 9380 5098 X 0 0 0 0 185396 194152 185396 194152 194776 199250 8756 0 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 66783 32084 30677 62761 62761 6035 6035 0 403 403 0 0 Form 990, Part III, line 2 Vermont Craft Brewers Conference. See line 4c Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1a Line 1a Explanation - 2.Powers of Executive Committee: a.The Executive Committee shall have the power to appoint such subordinate officers (which subordinate officers shall not include the President, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer), employees or agents, as may be necessary in its judgment of the conduct of the business of the Organization, and designate their titles and compensations, if any. b.To the extent permitted by law, the Executive Committee shall have and may exercise all powers and authority of the Board of Directors, except the powers prohibited under Article V., Section A.4. 1.The Board shall authorize and define the powers and duties of all standing and special committees. Committee appointments and chairs of such committees shall be at the will and pleasure of the President and in no event shall exceed the term of the appointing president. The President of the Organization is an ex-officio member of all Organization Committees without vote. 2.It shall be the function of the Committees to make investigations, conduct studies and hearings, make recommendations to the Board of Directors and to carry on such activities as may be delegated by the Board. 3.No Committees shall take or make public any formal action or make public any resolution or in any way commit the Organization on a question or policy without first receiving approval of the Board of Directors. 4.No Committees shall: a.Authorize distributions; b.Approve or recommend to members dissolution, merger or the sale, pledge or transfer of all or substantially all of the Organizationb Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 Line 6 explanation - MEMBERSHIP: Any business or individual holding a U.S. Department of the Treasury, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau issued Brewers Notice and a Vermont License to Manufacture Malt Beverages issued by the Vermont Department of Liquor Control shall be eligible to apply for membership in the Organization (each, a b Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Line 7a explanation - Each Member in good standing is entitled to one vote in any election, referendum, or membership meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Line 11b Explanation - Review will be conducted by the Executive Director Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c annual review at the board meeting Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Documents available to the public upon request and on the Guidestar website.