West Sixth For A Cause Foundation
“From the very beginning we started West Sixth Brewing with the goal of not just making the best beer in Kentucky, but also having a positive impact on the communities we’re a part of.”
We are excited to expand our giving with the launch of The West Sixth For A Cause Foundation. In partnership with Blue Grass Community Foundation, we are expanding our outreach and bringing together all of are other wonderful programs under one, big, community umbrella. Programs like Sixth for A Cause, Pay It Forward Cocoa Porter, and our Wooden Nickel Program will live on — and expand — with our Foundation. We are also excited to give in new and exciting ways!
Press Release
West Sixth Brewing Launches West Sixth For a Cause Foundation and Announces $1,000,000 Given Since Brewery’s Opening
LEXINGTON, Ky. — March 24, 2022 — West Sixth Brewing, one of Kentucky’s largest craft breweries, is celebrating ten years of giving back to the state they call home. As part of a week-long celebration commemorating their ten year anniversary, the brewery hosted an event on Wednesday night to officially launch the West Sixth For a Cause Foundation, formalizing over a decade of supporting more than 300 different nonprofits statewide.
The launch of the Foundation was kicked off with the announcement of a major milestone: West Sixth Brewing has now donated over $1,000,000 total to the Kentucky-based organizations they've supported over the past ten years.
“We resolved from the very beginning that West Sixth was going to donate at least 6% of our proceeds to local nonprofits and charities. When we took the time to count it all out as a part of our 10 year celebration, it turns out we have given a lot more than that,” said Ben Self, co-founder, West Sixth Brewing. “The work is by no means done, of course - but this big number is an incredible testament to the spirit of our entire team and the great work that our non-profit partners have been doing over these past ten years.”
West Sixth For a Cause is made possible in part due to a partnership with Blue Grass Community Foundation, who has had a relationship with the brewery since the beginning.
“The Community Foundation enjoys working with companies that put a focus on doing good,” said Lisa Adkins, President and CEO of Blue Grass Community Foundation. “We have a long association with West Sixth Brewing Company and it’s the perfect reflection of their culture to celebrate their 10th birthday by creating the West Sixth For a Cause Foundation.”
The creation of the Foundation will bring together all of their other charitable programs, such as Pay It Forward Cocoa Porter and the Wooden Nickel Program, under one community umbrella. It will also allow West Sixth to focus on new initiatives, including a scholarship created in partnership with Kentucky-based colleges to support the education of typically underrepresented people in the craft beer industry, specifically women and persons of color.
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Quotes About The West Sixth For A Cause Foundation
“From the very beginning we started West Sixth Brewing with the goal of not just making the best beer in Kentucky, but also having a positive impact on the communities we’re a part of. One of our goals from the beginning was to support the great work being done by local non-profits, and we committed from the beginning of giving away at least 6% of all or our profits, although every year it has far surpassed that. Last year we gave away over $160,000 through 193 gifts -- and that doesn’t even include the small items we gave away for hundreds of auctions statewide”
“We’re excited to launch the West Sixth for a Cause Foundation to formalize, focus, and increase the giving we do through West Sixth. Through our partnership with the Blue Grass Community Foundation, we’ll be able to expand the giving in lots of creative ways. They’re a great community partner and we’ve worked with them for years -- and excited to expand that partnership”.
“Giving has been a part of West Sixth from the beginning -- through our programs like Sixth for a Cause, our Pay it Forward Porter and our wooden nickel program. We’re excited to bring all those programs together as a part of the West Sixth for a Cause Foundation”.