Connecticut · Public charity
Keep America Beautiful Inc
Keep america beautiful, the nation's leading community improvement nonprofit, inspires and educates people to take action to improve and beautify their community environment. See schedule o for additional information.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 51
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $14,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $277,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 83
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 21
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Keep America Beautiful Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $287k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 51 | $1.2M | 49% |
| FY2023 | 48 | $816k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $498k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 83 | $739k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 64 | $814k | 72% |
| FY2018 | 82 | $1.3M | 61% |
| FY2017 | 74 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep Virginia Beautiful | $298,704 | 8 | 30% |
| Keep Austin Beautiful Inc | $277,500 | 1 | 25% |
| Keep Ohio Beautiful Inc | $226,358 | 8 | 30% |
| Pa Cleanways Inc | $202,892 | 8 | 3% |
| I Love A Clean San Diego County Inc | $165,259 | 8 | 3% |
| Keep Alachua County Beautiful Inc | $129,350 | 5 | 31% |
| Keep Golden Isles Beautiful Inc | $120,200 | 8 | 23% |
| Keep California Beautiful Inc | $119,659 | 2 | 43% |
| Keep Pinellas Beautiful Inc | $111,480 | 3 | 6% |
| Keep Cobb Beautiful Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 43% |
Show all 257 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep Virginia Beautiful | $298,704 | 8 | 30% |
| Keep Austin Beautiful Inc | $277,500 | 1 | 25% |
| Keep Ohio Beautiful Inc | $226,358 | 8 | 30% |
| Pa Cleanways Inc | $202,892 | 8 | 3% |
| I Love A Clean San Diego County Inc | $165,259 | 8 | 3% |
| Keep Alachua County Beautiful Inc | $129,350 | 5 | 31% |
| Keep Golden Isles Beautiful Inc | $120,200 | 8 | 23% |
| Keep California Beautiful Inc | $119,659 | 2 | 43% |
| Keep Pinellas Beautiful Inc | $111,480 | 3 | 6% |
| Keep Cobb Beautiful Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 43% |
| United Way of Genesee County | $96,510 | 3 | 1% |
| Oklahoma City Beautiful Inc | $90,137 | 8 | 3% |
| The University of Memphis | $89,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Keep Indian River Beautiful Inc | $88,500 | 6 | 29% |
| Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc | $87,500 | 5 | 0% |
| City of Port St Lucie | $86,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Keep Phoenix Beautiful Inc | $82,020 | 4 | 8% |
| Keep Delaware Beautiful Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 25% |
| Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful | $79,500 | 4 | 22% |
| Keep Texas Beautiful Inc | $75,156 | 3 | 3% |
| Keep Philadelphia Beautiful | $74,000 | 2 | 28% |
| Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce | $69,625 | 3 | 2% |
| Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Keep Lee County Beautiful Inc | $55,750 | 4 | 9% |
| Keep Jackson Beautiful | $55,193 | 3 | 70% |
| Keep Blair Beautiful | $51,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Boise City Public Works Solid Waste Dept | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful | $49,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Youngstown | $44,480 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington | $43,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundationinc | $41,100 | 3 | 4% |
| Highway Park Neighborhood Preservation & Enhance Dist Inc | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Firstar Fiber Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ada County | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful Services | $39,750 | 4 | 16% |
| Shreveport Green | $39,250 | 5 | 2% |
| Keep America Beautiful System of New Hanover County | $36,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Keep Putnam Beautiful Inc | $36,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful | $35,290 | 4 | 12% |
| Keep Oakland Beautiful | $34,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Douglas County Board of Commissioners | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Beatrice Beautiful Inc | $33,830 | 2 | 29% |
| Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful | $33,309 | 2 | 2% |
| Keep Fort Smith Beautiful | $33,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lexington Pal | $33,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Inc | $32,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Bakersfield Foundation | $32,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Metro Nashville Parks and Recreatio | $32,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep the Midlands Beautiful | $31,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Keep Smyrna Beautiful | $30,460 | 3 | 23% |
| City of Charleston South Carolina | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Surfrider Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pine Bluff-Jefferson County Clean & Beautiful Commission Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Green Team Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Keep Pcb Beautiful Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grandmont Rosedale Development Corp | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Akron Beautiful | $29,250 | 4 | 3% |
| Houston Clean City Commission Inc | $29,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Inc | $28,750 | 3 | 8% |
| Council on the Environment Inc | $28,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dickinson Beautiful Inc | $27,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Norwalk Beautiful | $26,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Dallas Beautiful | $26,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Blount Beautiful | $26,000 | 5 | 6% |
| City of Pittsburgh | $25,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Prince William Beautiful Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Keep the Reservoir Beautiful | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Maryland Coastal Bays Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| City of Miami | $24,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Oxford | $24,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Parks Foundation of Miami-Dadeinc | $24,275 | 4 | 4% |
| Keep America Beautiful-Topekashawnee County | $24,080 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful Commission | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wilberforce University Wilberforce University | $23,972 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep College Park Beautiful | $23,740 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Southwest Virginia Beautiful | $23,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Beach Coalition | $23,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Keep North Charleston Beautiful Coalition | $23,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Columbus Public Health | $22,790 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of the Virgin Islands | $22,618 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep America Beautiful of Rome Ny Rome Clean and Green | $22,520 | 3 | 6% |
| City of Tyler Parks | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Baltimore Tree Trust Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Aiken County Animal Shelter | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Lewisville Beautiful | $22,250 | 3 | 11% |
| Keep Lake Jackson Beautiful | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Tempe Beautiful | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Winter Park | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Midland | $20,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Las Vegas Beautiful | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lets Thrive Baltimore | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Keep Chaves County Beautiful | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Franklin County Beautiful Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermont Community Garden Network Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Honors Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Keep Denton Beautiful Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Ganna Walska Lotusland | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Omaha Beautiful Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Tipton County Government | $19,999 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Diamondhead Beautiful | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizens for the Beautification of Somers Inc - Keep Somers Beautiful | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Iowa Beautiful | $18,820 | 1 | 2% |
| Spelman College | $18,095 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Hammond | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Loggerhead Marinelife Center Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridging the Gap Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Keep Mobile Beautiful Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 85% |
| Keep Terrabonne Beautiful Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lafayette Animal Shelter & Care Center | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clark Atlanta University Inc | $16,964 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful Inc | $16,964 | 1 | n/a |
| West Orange Health Dept | $16,964 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Corps of Long Beach | $16,393 | 1 | 0% |
| Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Keep Florida Beautiful Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Stoddard County Public Health Cente | $15,720 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Knoxville Beautiful Inc | $15,500 | 1 | 11% |
| City of Chesapeake VA | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Seeds Grow | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Potomac Conservancy Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Keep Port Aransas Beautiful LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Proud Louisiana LLC | $14,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute | $14,000 | 1 | 9% |
| City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Copiah County Beautiful | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep East Point Beautiful | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Environmental Council | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful | $14,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Wicomico Enviornmental Trust | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Montgomery | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hartford | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Slidell Beautiful | $13,800 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Guntersville | $13,580 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Brown County Beautiful | $13,310 | 1 | 55% |
| Carmel Cares | $12,726 | 2 | 2% |
| City of Casper Wyoming | $12,330 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Beach City Public Schools | $12,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Port Aransas Community Theatre | $12,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Huntington Bch Ca | $11,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Vermilion County Beautiful | $11,760 | 1 | 34% |
| Color The Block | $11,581 | 1 | 11% |
| Keep Camden Beautiful | $11,400 | 1 | n/a |
| California State University Bakersfield Foundation | $11,309 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Leake County Beautiful | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizens Concerned for a Cleaner County Incoporated | $10,470 | 1 | n/a |
| Greensboro Beautiful Inc | $10,250 | 2 | 2% |
| City of Pittston | $10,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberty County Animal Services | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rabun County Chamber of Commerce | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Baltimore Civic Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lorain County Board of Elections | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Downtown Grand Rapids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wasatch Advocates for Livable Communities | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chester County Government Dba Chester County Solid Waste & West Tn Recyclin | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Carter County Beautiful | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sky Lakes Medical Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dearborn County Solid Waste Management District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Newark | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Matthews | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Wadmalaw Beautiful | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beautify Bonney Lake | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Woodland Park Beautiful | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco Beautiful | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Mentor | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Downtown Akron Partnership | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cigarette Pollution Solutions | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Tangipahoa Parish Government | $9,750 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Morth Miami | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Canton Beautiful | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pride in McAlester Inc | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| People Against Litter | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful Inc | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Chicago Beautiful | $9,500 | 2 | 15% |
| Keep Copiah County Beautiful | $9,070 | 1 | n/a |
| Dona Ana County Clerk | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Lancaster County Beautiful Co Lcswma | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asheville Downtown Association Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Keep Laredo Beautiful Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Springfield Beautiful Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colfax Culture & Community Collab | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kern River Conservancy | $8,963 | 1 | 8% |
| Winyah Rivers Foundation Inc | $8,921 | 1 | 3% |
| Pemaquid Watershed Association | $8,840 | 1 | n/a |
| Newport News Green Foundation Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Flickinger Center | $8,470 | 1 | n/a |
| Points of Light Foundation | $8,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Pa Cleanways of Allegheny County Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Englewood | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Miles City Beautiful | $7,580 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Keep Savannah Beautiful Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fourth Ward Neighbors Association | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nancy Wheless Community Volunteers | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Tallahassee | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Jackson County Beautiful Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palmettopride the Governor's Council on Beautification & Litter | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of City Beautiful | $7,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Bluegrass Greensource Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| West Broad Street YMCA Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mobridge Community Development Co | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Keep Brooklyn Beautiful | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Modesto | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Newberry County Beautiful | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rock Hill | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Coral Gables | $6,348 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Durham Beautiful Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 5% |
| Ak-Chin Indian Community | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| The City of Palmer | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Meridian and Lauderdale County Beautiful | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Wellness Texas | $6,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Green Project Inc | $5,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce | $5,737 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Resources Council Inc | $5,675 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Cocke County Beautiful Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Cass County Beautiful | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Pickens Beautiful | $5,500 | 1 | 17% |
| Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Irving Beautiful | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation Inc | $5,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Rivers Inc | $5,103 | 2 | 1% |
| Forest Preserve Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Keep the Hawaiian Islands Beautiful | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| City of Crystal River Florida | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Coffeyville | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Savannah Beautiful (Ga) | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Petals Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Shamokin | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizens Committee for New York City Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Village of Midlothian | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Deridder | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dodge Count Board of Commissioners | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Lincoln Parish Beautiful | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Brunswick County Beautiful Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberation Programs Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knox Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Hallandale BeachAustin Hepburn Senior Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep San Saba Beautiful | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Oakland Beautiful | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| New Albany Main Street Association | $3,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Keep Charlotte Beautiful Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Little River Watershed Association | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Nebraska Beautiful | $3,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Downtown Boston Business Improvement District Corporation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Thomas County Beautiful Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| State of Washington | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hocking County | $1,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Alabama Beautiful | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Alliance Beautiful | $790 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Pensacola Beautiful Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Keep Bossier Beautiful | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Covington Beautiful Inc | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Keep Etowah Beautiful Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($131k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Keep America Beautiful Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 120 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Arbor Day Foundation · Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc · National Recreation and Park Association · Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundationinc · Palmettopride the Governor's Council on Beautification & Litter · American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America · Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Inc · The Recycling Partnership Inc · Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · American Forests · Patagoniaorg
How this is measured
About Keep America Beautiful Inc
- How much does Keep America Beautiful Inc give?
- Keep America Beautiful Inc reported 51 itemized grants totaling $1,240,199, out of $1,418,471 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 83 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Keep America Beautiful Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (81%), Community Improvement (6%), Public Benefit (3%).
- Who are Keep America Beautiful Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Keep Virginia Beautiful ($299k), Keep Austin Beautiful Inc ($278k), Keep Ohio Beautiful Inc ($226k).
- Does Keep America Beautiful Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Keep America Beautiful Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Arbor Day Foundation, Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc, National Recreation and Park Association.
- Where is Keep America Beautiful Inc based?
- Keep America Beautiful Inc is based in CT.
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