2025-11-10T14:00:25-06:00 2024-12-31 992277914 EAG NEW ENGLAND LLC 160 FEDERAL STREET 9TH FLOOR BOSTON MA 02110 990 2024-01-01 743250377 MASSACHUSETTS BREWERS GUILD INC MASS 5084059115 PO BOX 2096 FRAMINGHAM MA 01701 JOHN PAUL GALLAGHER PRESIDENT 5084059115 2025-11-10 1 0 EUGENE BORGONZI P01269879 6172276161 2025-11-10 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JOHN PAUL GALLAGHER PO BOX 2096 FRAMINGHAM MA 01701 251398 0 X HTTPS://MASSBREWERSGUILD.ORG X 2008 MA TO PROMOTE CRAFT BREWING AND TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF CRAFT BREWERS IN MASSACHUSETTS. 7 7 1 8 0 0 5843 3011 234052 245235 0 0 86 2977 239981 251223 0 5000 0 0 138056 144317 0 0 0 110791 99818 248847 249135 -8866 2088 337986 340074 0 0 337986 340074 X THE MASSACHUSETTS BREWERS GUILD IS A 501(C)(6) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROMOTING CRAFT BREWING AND PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF CRAFT BREWERS IN MASSACHUSETTS. MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ALL MASSACHUSETTS BREWERS LICENSED BY THE FEDERAL TAX AND TRADE BUREAU AND THE COMMONWEALTH'S ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE OVER 230 BREWING LICENSES ISSUED, WHICH INCLUDES BREWPUBS, FARM-BREWERIES, AND MANUFACTURERS. 0 0 TO PROMOTE CRAFT BREWING AND TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF CRAFT BREWERS IN MASSACHUSETTS. TODAY, THERE ARE MORE THAN 230 OPERATING BREWERIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH INCLUDING BREWPUBS, FARM-BREWERIES, AND MANUFACTURERS 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X ELIZABETH L'ETOILE 4138240314 PO BOX 2096 FRAMINGHAM MA 01701 ZUZANA ZVAROVA DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOHN PAUL GALLAGHER VP/DIRECTOR 0.50 X X 0 0 0 DANI BABINEAU DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 CALEB HILIADIS DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER SELLERS DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 SARAH LEE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 ADAM ROMANOW PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBET BABINE TREASURER 0.50 X 0 0 0 KATIE STINCHON OLIVIERI CLERK/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 133656 0 0 133656 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3011 3011 EVENT REVENUE 722410 125827 125827 MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 119408 119408 245235 3152 175 2977 2977 251223 248212 0 0 5000 133656 10661 2030 4840 15336 11612 2430 1802 2745 EVENT EXPENSES 51047 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 7215 BANK & TRANSACTION FEES 761 249135 336739 339002 1247 1072 337986 340074 0 0 X 337986 340074 337986 340074 337986 340074 2088 0 X 0 0 0 5000 0 0 5000 5000 1 COMMITTEE TO PROTECT TIPS 160 E MAIN ST 2 WESTBOROUGH MA 01581 991721595 5000 0 0 0 0 119408 5000 0 5000 0 0 5000 PART I-A, LINE 1: THE ORGANIZATION DONATED TO COMMITTEE TO PROTECT TIPS, A SECTION 527 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TO OPPOSE A MASSACHUSETTS BALLOT INITIATIVE REGARDING MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES. THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO PROTECT THE TIPS OF SERVERS, BARTENDERS, AND OTHER TIPPED WAIT STAFF. IF THE BALLOT HAD PASSED, IT WOULD HAVE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED THE GUILD'S INDUSTRY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS TWO CLASSES OF MEMBERS, KNOWN AS "VOTING MEMBERS AND "ASSOCIATE MEMBER". 1) VOTING MEMBERS CAN BE ANY BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL: (I) HOLDING A "BREWERS NOTICE" ISSUED BY THE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU ("TTB") AND A MASSACHUSETTS LICENSE TO MANUFACTURE, A FARMER BREWER'S LICENSE, OR A BREWPUB LICENSE, (CHAPTER 138 SECTIONS 19, 19C, AND 19D) ISSUED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION; OR (II) CONTRACTING BREWING IN MASSACHUSETTS, SELLING BEER COMMERCIALLY IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND HAVING ITS PRIMARY PLACE OF BUSINESS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND TO DESIGNATE A REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH ORGANIZATION TO SERVE AS A VOTING MEMBER OF THE GUILD. THE BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL MUST ALSO QUALIFY AS A "CRAFT BREWERY OR "BREWER" AS DEFINED BY THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION WITH AN ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF SIX (6) MILLION BARRELS OF BEER OR LESS (APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) PERCENT OF U.S. ANNUAL SALES). BEER PRODUCTION IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE RULES OF ALTERNATING PROPRIETORSHIPS. LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE (25) PERCENT OF THE CRAFT BREWERY IS OWNED OR CONTROLLED (OR EQUIVALENT ECONOMIC INTEREST) BY AN ALCOHOL INDUSTRY MEMBER THAT IS NOT ITSELF A CRAFT BREWER. A BREWER THAT HAS A MAJORITY OF ITS TOTAL BEVERAGE ALCOHOL VOLUME IN BEERS WHOSE FLAVOR DERIVES FROM TRADITIONAL OR INNOVATIVE BREWING INGREDIENTS AND THEIR FERMENTATION. FLAVORED MALT BEVERAGES (FMBS) ARE NOT CONSIDERED BEERS. 2) ASSOCIATE MEMBERS CAN BE ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE MISSION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BREWERS GUILD AND DESIGNATE A REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH ORGANIZATION TO SERVE AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE GUILD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A EACH VOTING MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING IS ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE IN ANY ELECTION, REFERENDUM, OR ON ANY OTHER MATTER PROPERLY PRESENTED AT A MEMBERSHIP MEETING, WHICH VOTE MAY BE MADE EITHER IN PERSON OR BY WRITTEN PROXY EXECUTED AND EXERCISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MASSACHUSETTS LAWS AND FILED WITH THE CLERK BEFORE BEING VOTED. EACH VOTING MEMBER SHALL DESIGNATE ONE (1) INDIVIDUAL TO VOTE ON BEHALF OF THAT VOTING MEMBER. A MATTER MAY ALSO BE PRESENTED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE GUILD AND VOTES MAY BE CAST ELECTRONICALLY IN ADVANCE THROUGH EMAIL OR AN ELECTRONIC FORM, WITH THE FINAL TALLY OF SUCH VOTE TAKEN AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDITIONAL MEETINGS AS MAY BE CALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE BYLAWS. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO VOTE IN ANY ELECTION, REFERENDUM OR MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS AND MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM ATTENDING MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B SEE RESPONSE TO LINE 7A ABOVE FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TREASURER REVIEW A DRAFT FORM 990 AND RAISES ANY QUESTIONS HE MAY HAVE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX PREPARERS BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE GUILD OWE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO THE GUILD TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH AND IN A MANNER THAT THEY REASONABLY BELIEVE TO BE IN THE GUILD'S BEST INTERESTS. THIS DUTY OF LOYALTY REQUIRES THE GUILD'S DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS TO EXERCISE INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT ON BEHALF OF THE GUILD, PLACING THE GUILD'S BEST INTERESTS AHEAD OF PERSONAL INTERESTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY, THE GUILD SHALL HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY; PROVIDED, THAT SUCH POLICY SHALL REQUIRE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES TO DISCLOSE ANY PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION BEING CONSIDERED BY THE GUILD, INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL REMUNERATION, AND THAT UNLESS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THAT SUCH PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST IS IMMATERIAL, SUCH DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR KEY EMPLOYEE SHALL RECUSE HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM DISCUSSION AND VOTING ON THE MATTER AND SHALL NOT BE COUNTED FOR PURPOSES OF A QUORUM FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND INTERNALLY PREPARED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.