Does Dogfish Head donate to fundraisers?

Beer & Benevolence is how Dogfish Head gives back to its home communities in coastal Delaware, working with nonprofit organizations that support the arts, the environment and community building.

Dogfish Head can only donate beer to groups in Delaware that have a 'gathering license' from the DE State ABC Office.

Requests for events less than 30 days away are automatically declined.

Dogfish Head chooses not to donate to motorsports groups, children's groups, bands, or athletes and sports teams (aside from a few local, family and brewery teams).

Tips from the program page: Sort out your gathering license before you apply, since beer can only go to licensed Delaware groups. · Arrange pickup in advance: all donations are collected at the Milton brewery, and pickup times must be prearranged. · Bands are not eligible for donations, but Dogfish Head notes it books live music at its pub every weekend.

What Dogfish Head donates

Dogfish Head has typically donated: Beer, picked up at the Milton, Delaware brewery.

Who can apply

Dogfish Head limits donation requests by area: Delaware groups holding a gathering license from the DE State ABC Office.

How to apply

Dogfish Head asks every request to include the following.

• A gathering license from the Delaware State ABC Office.
• A request submitted through the Apply for a Donation page at least 30 days before the event.
• Someone to collect the donation at the Milton brewery during prearranged pickup hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

What Dogfish Head will not fund

Dogfish Head states in its own published guidelines that it will not fund the following.

• Motorsports groups
• Children's groups
• Bands
• Athletes / sports teams, aside from a few local, family and brewery teams

This covers only what Dogfish Head states. A request can still be turned down for reasons a company does not publish.

When to ask

Dogfish Head states a lead time of 30 days. Count back that far from your event date and send the request no later than then.

Across more than 25,000 fundraising events in our own records over fifteen years, March, April and May are the busiest months for fundraisers, October is the next busiest, and July and December are the quietest.

Work backwards from your event rather than forwards from today, and if your event falls in the spring peak, ask earlier than the stated lead time rather than later.

Common questions

Can a school, team, or individual apply to Dogfish Head?

Dogfish Head states that it will not fund: Motorsports groups; Children's groups; Bands; Athletes / sports teams, aside from a few local, family and brewery teams. Check your organization and your event against that list before you apply — those are the restrictions Dogfish Head publishes itself.

How far ahead should we ask Dogfish Head for a donation?

Dogfish Head's stated lead time is 30 days. Work backwards from your event date: count back that far from the day of the event and send your request before that point.