Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD
MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being WOMENVENTURE ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $679k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $48k
What Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild does
Mission
Mcbg exists to promote, protect, and grow a robust minnesota craft brewing industry by building a healthy beer culture and community that allows for independent brewers, industry stakeholders, and craft beer fans to thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Festivals: the guild sponsors two festivals during the year. The objective of these festivals is to support our broader educational and marketing program and to further our mission. It is also an opportunity for the public to learn more about our local industry and sample our craft beer. It is an opportunity to meet the people who make the beer and bring it to market too. The guild was founded to promote minnesota breweries, create an open line of communication between brewers, and showcase local craft beer at our events throughout the year. Each festival is a great example of that and fully supports our mission. Anyone can attend the events with a paid ticket. Revenue is made mainly through ticket sales and somewhat through sponsorships sold. The audience is minnesota craft beer fans and people curios about our member products and industry. Each guild event is an engagment opportunity for our organization to push forward the message and support the broader educational and marketing program that is our foundation. Our mission is to promote our member beer and eductate the public about our product and industry. The two festivals are: 1. All pints north takes place in duluth and the…
State fair: the state fair exhibit is a 12 day event that takes place during the state fair in st paul. The audience is minnesota craft beer fans and people curious about our member products and industry. The exhibit is free and flights of our member beer are sold. The objective of the state fair exhibit is to support our broader educational and marketing program and to further our mission. It is also an opportunity for the public to learn more about our local industry and sample our craft beer. Its an opportunity to meet the people who make the beer and bring it to market too. The exhibit includes daily programs which include brewer panels and presentations about craft beer and the industry. The guild was founded to promote minnesota breweries, create an open line of communication between brewers, and showcase local craft beer at our events throughout the year. The state fair exhibit is a great example of that and fully supports our mission.
Membership: our members (regular members, associate members, allied trade members) pay annual membership dues to participate in the guild. Dues help the guild provide ongoing educational opportunities and services for all members. It is an opportunity for brewery owners and staff along with organizations and fans who support the mn craft beer industry to connect and collaborate.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $184k to $317k (+73%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 12% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jess Talley
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD?
- MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being WOMENVENTURE ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD?
- WOMENVENTURE is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA CRAFT BREWERS GUILD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing