Keep Akron Beautiful
Keep Akron Beautiful
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Mission
KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CITY OF AKRON, OH RESIDENTS THROUGH THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY AND THROUGH RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. KAB COST BENEFIT THE AGENCY LEVERAGED COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO RETURN BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY 38.20 FOR EVERY 1 DONATED OR AWARDED TOWARDS PROGRAMMING. THIS FIGURE IS BASED ON THE 2018 VOLUNTEER SWEAT-EQUITY TOTALS (MAN HOURS DONATED) AND WORK COMPLETED. THE VOLUNTEER VALUE-OF-TIME INVESTED IN KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL HAD AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF 38.20. AWARD-WINNING PERFORMANCE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL RECOGNIZED KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE WITHIN THEIR AFFILIATE NETWORK IN 2018 BY BESTOWING THEIR PRESIDENTS CIRCLE AWARD. THE AWARD IS PRESENTED AT THE CURRENT YEAR NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL AGENCY HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT WINNER, SINCE THE HONOR WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2003. ENDOWMENT FUND IN 2016, THE AGENCY STARTED AN ENDOWMENT FUND AT AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THANKS TO 5,000
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LITTER CONTROL/GRAFFITI ERADICATION IN SPRING 2019 THE CITY OF AKRON WILL AGAIN DISPLAY KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFULS LITTERING IS WRONG TOO BANNERS PURCHASED WITH 2013 GRANT FUNDS FROM THE OHIO EPA AND KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AS PART OF A NATIONAL LITTER PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN OF HUMOROUS WRONGDOING ONE-LINERS, LIKE TATTOOED TYPOS, WHICH ARE COMPARED WITH LITTERING IS WRONG TOO THE BANNERS WILL BE DISPLAYED THROUGH SUMMER IN DOWNTOWN AKRON AND AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON. THE ANNUAL CLEAN UP AKRON MONTH OCCURS EACH APRIL AND COINCIDES WITH KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFULS GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP. IN 2018, ITS 37TH YEAR, THE AGENCY MOBILIZED 3,509 VOLUNTEERS (OF WHICH 937 WERE STUDENTS), WHO CLEARED 17.77 TONS OF LITTER AND DUMPING. NUMBERS INCLUDED RESULTS FROM THE ANNUAL EARTH DAY CLEANUP, IN ITS 6TH YEAR, AT SUMMIT LAKE WHERE 282 VOLUNTEERS REMOVED 3.47 TONS OF LITTER AND 20 TIRES IN 3 HOURS. VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL USING WADERS PURCHASED IN 2017 FOR WATER CLEANUPS. THE ANNUAL SUPER SATURDAY PICNIC WAS HELD, APRIL 28, 2018, AT THE AKRON ZOO FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO CAME FOR A FREE LUNCH AND AWARDS CEREMONY PLANNED BY OUR VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL SPONSORS. VOLUNTEER IN KAB WADERS REMOVING TIRE FROM SUMMIT LAKE AT EARTH DAY CLEAN-UP 2018 SHOWN RIGHT. COMPARATIVELY IN 2017, VOLUNTEERS TOTALED 3,221 CUAM VOLUNTEERS REMOVED 19.27 TONS OF TRASH, 14 BAGS OF RECYCLABLES AND 91 SCRAP TIRES FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY. CLEAN UP AKRON MONTH (CUAM) SUPPLIES PACKING IS DONE-IN-A-DAY EACH YEAR BY A GREAT GROUP OF STUDENTS AT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL LED BY INTERVENTION SPECIALIST, JEN LYLE. THIS GROUP AGREES TO TEST THEIR COUNTING SKILLS, ABILITY TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, COOPERATION SKILLS AND STAMINA IN ORDER TO STAND AT THE LONG TABLE LOADED WITH SUPPLIES AND PACK THEM UP ACCORDING TO THE VOLUNTEERS LIST SO ALL CUAM PARTICIPANTS CAN CLEAN UP AKRON, OHIO. PICTURED ARE THE 2018 VOLUNTEERS. KAB EARNED INCOME CONTRACTS TWO CONTRACTS PRESENT EARNED INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR LITTER PROGRAMMING REVENUE: ONE IS WITH THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT INSPECTORS TO HELP REMOVE POSTED DUMPING VIOLATIONS FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY AND A SECOND FOR BIWEEKLY LITTER SWEEPS AT 16 SELECTED AKRON METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY (AMHA) DEVELOPMENTS. THROUGH A BEAUTIFICATION SUBSIDY WITH THE DOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP (DAP), THE AGENCY HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE FLOWERSCAPES AT THREE SUMMIT COUNTY SITES WITHIN THEIR SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. KAB GRAFFITI WIPE-OUT IN 2018, KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL HANDLED THE PUBLIC GRAFFITI ERADICATION AT 79 PUBLIC PROPERTIES WITH THE HELP OF 44 COURTORDERED WORKERS. KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFULS GRAFFITI REMOVAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO PRIVATE CITIZENS FOR A NOMINAL FEE OF 50. KAB LITTER AND ILLEGAL DUMPING COLLECTION PROGRAMS KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL HAS MANAGED A LITTER AND ILLEGAL DUMPING COLLECTION PROGRAM FOR 37 YEARS. OUR 2 SUPERVISORS CANVASS THE CITYS EXPRESSWAYS, ROADSIDES AND PARKS DAILY, YEAR ROUND. AS OF DECEMBER 2018, THE KAB STAFF SUPERVISED 818 COMMUNITY SERVICE-SENTENCED CREWMEMBERS, WHO SPENT 3,552 HOURS REMOVING 36.65 TONS OF LITTER AND 54.5 TONS OF DUMPING FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY, WHILE SOURCE SEPARATING 310 BAGS OF RECYCLABLES AND 716 SCRAP TIRES, A SLIGHT DECREASE OF 5.47 TONS OVERALL FROM 2017. IN 2017-2018, KAB WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE AND THE HELP FOUNDATION WHO PROVIDED GROUPS FOR LITTER CLEANUP HOURS IN NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS IN THE SUMMER. PARTICIPANTS WERE PAID THROUGH THEIR ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS AND ALLOWED OUR LITTER CREWS TO FOCUS ON THE HEAVIER TRAVELED STREETS. KAB PORTABLE TRASH RECEPTACLES ARE AVAILABLE FOR LOAN OUT THROUGH KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL FOR USE DURING CIVIC EVENTS. FROM JULY 2017 THROUGH JUNE 2018, A TOTAL OF 2,101 LITTER RECEPTACLES WERE USED TO CONTROL PUBLIC LITTERING FOR EVENTS LIKE THE AKRON OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS, SOAP BOX DERBY, LOCK 3 AND STAN HYWET HALL EVENTS, PORCH ROKR AND MORE. KAB LITTER PREVENTION AND RECYCLING LOAN PROGRAMS USING VOLUNTEERS, KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL CONDUCTED THEIR 17TH COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT INDEX SURVEY, A REQUIREMENT OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL, INC. NETWORK FOR CLOSE TO 564 STATE AND LOCAL AFFILIATES. ON A SCALE OF 0 - 4, A DRIVE-BY TOUR OF ALL 10 WARDS RATED AKRON AN OVERALL LITTER INDEX OF 1.13. VOLUNTEERS ALSO RATED THE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI AT 1.00. TEMPORARY ILLEGAL SIGNAGE RATED A 1.28. ALL TEN WARDS SCORED EXTREMELY LOW, WITH THE HIGHEST LITTER INDEX SCORE BEING ONLY 1.37. WARD 6 AND WARD 8 HAVE WORKED ESPECIALLY HARD THEY SCORED THE LOWEST POSSIBLE SCORE OF A 1.00.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's mission is outlined in the filing as being “Keep akron beautiful improves the quality of life for city of akron, oh residents through the beautification of the city and through responsible environmental management.”.
When outlining its responsibilities, they were referred to as: “Keep akron beautiful improves the quality of life for city of akron, oh residents through the beautification of the city and through responsible environmental management. kab cost benefit the agency leveraged community resources to return back into the community 38.20 for every 1 donated or awarded towards programming. this figure is based on the 2018 volunteer sweat-equity totals (man hours donated) and work completed. the volunteer value-of-time invested in keep akron beautiful had an estimated value of 38.20. award-winning performance keep america beautiful recognized keep akron beautiful for high performance within their affiliate network in 2018 by bestowing their presidents circle award. the award is presented at the current year national conference for the previous year. the keep akron beautiful agency has been a consistent winner, since the honor was established in 2003. endowment fund in 2016, the agency started an endowment fund at akron community foundation, thanks to 5,000”.
- The state in which the non-profit operates has been officially reported as OH.
- The filing reveals the non-profit's address in 2019 to be 850 EAST MARKET STREET, AKRON, OH, 44305.
- As per the non-profit's form for 2019, they have 11 employees on their payroll.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is $32,965.
- The CEO salary policy within the organization is subject to review and endorsement by an impartial party.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 20 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1981.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization's financial statements were compiled or reviewed by an accountant.
- The organization pays $372,829 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $40,066 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
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