Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, today announced that Dogfish Head has been named a BCA 10: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America honoree for 2016!

Presented every year by the Business Committee for the Arts (BCA), a division of Americans for the Arts, the BCA 10 awards honor 10 U.S. companies for their exceptional commitment to the arts through grants, local partnerships, volunteer programs, matching gifts, sponsorships, and board membership.

“Art is an essential component to good living," says Dogfish Head founder and president Sam Calagione. “And we’re proud to support the people who are making Sussex a better place to live and work.”

Big thank you to the Delaware Division of the Arts for the nomination!

Other 2016 honorees include:

- Austin Energy (Austin, TX)
- Badger Meter (Milwaukee, WI)
- CopperPoint Insurance Companies (Phoenix, AZ)
- Dealer.com (Burlington, VT)
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Milton, DE)
- Dunlap Codding (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ)
- M Powered Strategies, Inc. (Washington, DC)
- Northern Trust (Chicago, IL)
- Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati, OH)

"We are grateful to honor these businesses for their exceptional involvement in ensuring that the arts thrive in their communities," said Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts. "These businesses provide the arts with significant financial and in-kind support, and they incorporate meaningful arts-related programs into their employee, customer, and community relations activities. They enrich the lives of millions of Americans and truly set a standard for other businesses to follow."