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KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL

KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $74,000 to it, the largest being KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INC ($74,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$2k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$74k
Net assets
$0
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What Keep Philadelphia Beautiful does

Mission

Keep Philadelphia Beautiful convenes, equips and empowers people to use community beautification to achieve vibrant neighborhoods. We collaborate, educate and provide resources to ignite collective action and neighborhood pride.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Programs

  1. (1) education: we provide in-classroom workshops on litter, recycling & composting for philadelphia students in partnership with the school district and city government. Last year, we reached approximately 4,500 young philadelphians through this program. We also provide civic education for residents of all ages, focused on accessing municipal programs and resources, and how to recycle correctly.

  2. (2) convening: we work with the philadelphia assoication of community development corporations and city government to convene neighborhood leaders quarterly to work together to combat litter and promote recycling / civic engagement. We have had approximately 40 community development and environmental professionals attend each of our sessions.

    $6,401 spentof which $6,401 as grants
    100% of program spending
  3. (3) community cleanups: in partnership with neighborhood based organizations, we plan community cleanup opportunities throughout philadelphia. Last year alone, we engaged close to 500 volunteers and removed approximately 14,500 pounds of debris from our public spaces.

The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,401.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($153k) Expenses 100 ($133k) Net assets 100 ($106k)2018 Revenue 89 ($136k) Expenses 96 ($128k) Net assets 107 ($113k)2019 Revenue 47 ($72k) Expenses 93 ($124k) Net assets 59 ($62k)2020 Revenue 67 ($103k) Expenses 81 ($107k) Net assets 54 ($58k)2021 Revenue 16 ($25k) Expenses 48 ($64k) Net assets 18 ($19k)2022 Revenue 1 ($2k) Expenses 15 ($20k) Net assets 0 ($0)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (1)Expenses (15)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $113k to $62k (−45%).

$106k
$113k
$62k
$58k
$19k
$0
201720182019202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 72% · 2018 75% · 2019 90% · 2020 99% · 2021 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$20k
’17
$7k
’18
−$51k
’19
−$4k
’20
−$39k
’21
−$19k
’22
3.1
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.

201720182019202020212022
Listed889676
Joined·+2+3+2+3+0
No longer listed·22521
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $36k → $38k.

Funder
'17
'18
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.

CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Pennsylvania

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

31% of spending goes to programs.

Program 31%Management 69%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL?
KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $74,000 to it, the largest being KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INC ($74,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $74,000 in grants to KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL?
KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INC is the largest funder on record, with $74,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KEEP PHILADELPHIA BEAUTIFUL find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing