Kegs for a Cause · LiveSwellCommunity events and surplus conversion
Toolkit · Attorney brief · Draft v0
One intake, four topics
A single consolidated question list to bring into the first attorney engagement — spans both K4C and LiveSwell. Batching these is materially cheaper than piecemeal questions across separate calls.
Ideal counsel profile
Oregon-licensed attorney with dual experience: (1) craft-beverage / OLCC licensing and (2) nonprofit and charitable-promotion rules. Solo practitioners or small firms typically price better than full-service alcohol-beverage practices for this scope.
Topic 1 — Entity choice
How we should be organized
- 1.1 LLC vs. C-corp vs. benefit corp for LiveSwell given the give-back model and eventual outside investment.
- 1.2 Should K4C be a separate LLC, a DBA, an unincorporated program of LiveSwell, or its own 501(c)(3)?
- 1.3 If separate entities: intercompany agreement structure, IP flow (recipes, brand), and management overlap.
- 1.4 Oregon vs. Delaware formation trade-offs at our stage.
Topic 2 — Give-back promotions
Oregon rules for sales that benefit a charity
- 2.1 Does Oregon require registration, a filed contract, or reports when a for-profit promotes sales as benefiting a charity? Does our template (see the disclosure draft) meet it?
- 2.2 If filings are required, one per campaign or one umbrella when the beneficiary rotates quarterly?
- 2.3 Written agreement template with each beneficiary nonprofit (K4C nights + LiveSwell can donations).
- 2.4 Recordkeeping requirements (10-yr retention) — minimum documentation per event / per SKU batch.
- 2.5 Multi-state exposure: if LiveSwell cans ship outside Oregon, which states' rules apply?
Topic 3 — OLCC licensing
What we can and cannot do at each stage
- 3.1 K4C events at existing licensed taprooms — do we need any OLCC license as the organizer, or does the venue's license cover us?
- 3.2 Tip-jar / donation-collection rules at a licensed premises when a third party (K4C + nonprofit) is on-site.
- 3.3 LiveSwell as a contract-brewed brand — do we need a Type-01 (beer manufacturer) license, a Type-17 (beer + wine wholesaler), or can we operate under the contract brewer's license with a proper agreement?
- 3.4 Advertising restrictions on tying alcohol sales to charitable giving under Oregon rules.
- 3.5 Trade-practice rules if a K4C event promotes both a specific brewery and LiveSwell products.
Topic 4 — Sponsor + partner agreements
Templates we need reviewed once, reused forever
- 4.1 K4C brewery-host agreement (venue, kegs donated, tally + payout terms, IP + photo release).
- 4.2 K4C beneficiary nonprofit agreement (written contract, deliverables, timelines).
- 4.3 LiveSwell contract-brew agreement — review our term checklist (see /liveswell/contract-brew-checklist) against local craft-bev norms.
- 4.4 Corporate / brand sponsor agreement for event-level or annual sponsorship, including logo use and non-endorsement disclaimers.
- 4.5 Volunteer / photo-release language for event attendees (short-form on sign-in, long-form on website).
Materials to send with the intake
Attach these to the first email
From this site
Concept sheet · give-back disclosure draft · contract-brew checklist · event one-pager · donation-report template.
From founder
Any existing formation docs, EIN, and the working budget for year-1 K4C events + LiveSwell contract-brew launch.
Scope + fee expectations
What to ask for up front
- · Flat fee for entity formation + first give-back filing, if any (fee range TBD).
- · Hourly rate for agreement templates, with a not-to-exceed on the batch.
- · Ongoing retainer option once the first give-back cycle closes.
- · Clear conflict check — many alcohol-beverage firms already represent breweries we'd contract with.