Since our inception, Melvin Brewing has been keen on giving back to our communities. By giving, we mean more than just beer to our roommates and free last-call pours. We support local nonprofits in Wyoming and beyond with financial support, beer for fundraising events, and of course, real life human volunteers. Below are some of our beneficiaries we partner with in our hometown and in our markets across the country. Through these relationships, we are able to support organizations all over the country. Beer: a great way to build better communities. We’ll cheers to that.
We love weird science. We love our Wyoming neighbors. And we’ll always make space for more space.
We teamed up with Wyoming Stargazing to help launch their first-ever World Above the Tetons Science Speaker Series—because science rules, space is metal as hell, and stargazing is dope.
Melvin was one of the first businesses to back the series, giving Wyoming Stargazing the boost they needed to kickstart their fundraising and make it happen. We also threw a proper party, where the Stargazing crew set up their Dark Sky Pavilion and outdoor digital planetarium. Folks from all over the region came out to get a little cosmic with us—and it was just the beginning.
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Melvin has been one of JHSC’s largest sponsors and a key component in JHSC’s ability to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to support our 500 student-athletes.
Our adult and community events allow thousands of Jackson Hole locals and visitors to try Melvin beer and experience the direct impact Melvin has on JHSC’s continued success.
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We partnered with Melvin in Denver for Enter The House of Flying Barrels during the Great American Beer Fest. Half of the proceeds benefited The Chill Foundation, specifically Chill youth in Denver. This opportunity was an excellent way to create visibility for The Chill Foundation within the Denver community and promote support for Chill’s life-changing programming for Denver youth.
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5% Revenue to Community Foundation of Jackson Hole Emergency Fund: Since our inception in 2009, we’ve always given back to our community whenever possible. As the COVID-19 pandemic escalated, we started considering ways to turn this crisis into opportunity. We collectively decided that for April 2020, 5% of canned beer revenue would be split between our taproom employees and The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. Our family is most important to us, so they were priority #1. Still, we also wanted to make a positive impact on our neighbors around us. The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole created an Emergency Response Fund focused on COVID-19 efforts and did great things in our area. Providing food and financial assistance, PPE for medical workers and first responders, art kits and more access to WiFi for kids stuck at home were just a few of the amazing facets of this program.
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In 2022 we took part in the Rising Hope campaign and raised over $3000 for the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Participating breweries made a hazy IPA with passion fruit, orange and guava and donated the proceeds to this great cause. We made three batches of our own taproom exclusive version of Rising Hope and the result was both incredibly tasty and rewarding.
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Our annual Wallpaper show brings together the valleys most original artists for an evening celebrating art. We are proud to partner on this event with Melvin, the most original, creative works of art ever brewed in our region.
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Melvin Brewing supports equality for all. During June 2021, Melvin Brewing celebrated Pride month by donating 2% of sales of our top-selling beer, Melvin IPA. We chose to donate to The Trevor Project to support the LGBTQ youth.
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“Melvin knows what makes Jackson tick. They were critical in the success of the Orijin Media Summer Concert Series, which benefits a local non-profit each week through beverage sales and gives the stage to one of our awesome town bands. Couldn’t have done it without them!”
PAWS, Teton Science Schools, Snake River Fund, Coombs Foundation, Energy Conservation Works, Teton County Search and Rescue, Jackson Hole Land Trust, G.T.N.P Foundation
Melvin Brewing reached out to Brigid Collins to host a Stewards of Children training for all their staff to raise awareness about the prevalence of child sexual abuse and how to prevent abuse from happening by learning how to identify and report suspicions. What is more, Melvin Brewing continued to support our mission with in-kind and financial support of our events, including our Major Donor Social and Annual Benefit Auction. Their support of our events and activities was a catalyst for others to learn about the important work we do and give generously as well.
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In October 2017, Water For People joined together with Melvin for an unforgettable evening. Aligned with the Great American Beer Festival, Melvin’s House of the Flying Barrels event brought hundreds of people together – with proceeds from ticket sales benefitting Water For People. This was a new experience and audience for our organization, and an excellent opportunity to meet new supporters and partners. The event was even bigger than we imagined – a multi-sensory experience that will surely never be beat!
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Melvin Brewing and Thai Me Up were founding investors of TFR’s Jackson Hole Trails Consortium. Melvin Brewing abated the program to focus on developing their business and this event marked the reengagement of Melvin Brewing’s support of Jackson Hole’s public trails while solidifying their commitment to the same. Our madness came from the synergy created by a community gathering of individuals to support our natural asset of public trails, through an opportunity provided by Teton Freedom Riders, Thai Me Up and Melvin Brewing. Our 2018 fundraising event help us reach our financial goal, enabling us to deploy our professional trail crew for the entire 2019 dig season! Teton Freedom Riders and Melvin Brewing share a common thread that have a natural union; rad trails and mad brews!
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