Keep Akron Beautiful

“Form 990 is reviewed by the finance committee of the board of directors. It is then filed after that review.”

“Board members are asked to sign a conflict of interest policy annually. The policy and all disclosures are monitored by the board as a whole.”

“The board of directors approve the compensation of the president and ceo based on current market studies and available resources.”

“Documents are available on request.”

“1)26,027 service hours from 6,417 volunteers - a dedication to beautification 2)41.10 of value for every 1 donated based on volunteer hours - sweet, sweet sweat equity.”

“Litter control & graffiti eradication litter collection program litter & illegal dumping removal five days a week: keep akron beautiful litter and illegal dumping removal is performed monday through friday throughout the year by an in-house litter crew who supervises court-ordered community service workers. In 2019, we removed 204,940 lbs. Of litter and dumping and cleared 93 illegal dumpsites graffiti wipeout services kab removes graffiti all over the city of akron: keep akron beautiful operates the graffiti wipeout system, a graffiti removal service for public property within the city of akron. Kab removes graffiti on public property. The requests for removal service can be made by calling 3-1-1 or 330-375-2311. Keep akron beautiful will also remove graffiti from private property at a cost of 50 (sometimes more for larger jobs). Please call 330-375-2116 for private property graffiti removal. In 2019, 33 graffiti sites were eradicated clean up akron month our largest volunteer impact of the year: clean up akron month is kab's largest volunteer effort of the year. Every april, thousands of volunteers from all around the area take the initiative to get involved and help clean up their city. In 2019, 2,632 volunteers took time to help make akron a cleaner and healthier place to live for all this april. These volunteers cleaned up a total of 17.84 tons of trash and 53 tires from 108 sites, including 20 schools. Loan-a-receptacle litter & recycling receptacles for public events: keep akron beautiful loans out 50-gallon litter and/or recycling receptacles to assist with public litter control at public space events. These 50-gallon wax-coated cardboard trash and recycling containers are borrowed for use at downtown festivals, lock 3 concerts, city park events, soap box derby, stan hywet hall events, movie night at glendale steps, etc. And returned for others to use. Our receptacles are graciously funded by the ohio environmental protection agency.”

“Sustainability & solid waste management trailer programs trailers filled with supplies for community projects: kab has two trailers that can be used by community members to complete community projects. The community pride trailer is filled with supplies for any kind of project such as installing a new playground or preparing a community garden for the season. The litter & illegal dump trailer is filled with supplies for large litter cleanups. The trailers are free to use and can be rented for three days maximum. Our trailer program makes a huge difference in our community and has been made possible thanks to generous donors citizens bank and dominion energy recycle right: keep akron beautiful spearheaded a grant program, funded by the ohio epa & recycling partnership with the city of akron in the summer of 2019, entitled "recycle right". The city of akron's recycling contamination rate in early 2019 was 39% and we were in jeopardy of losing the ability to recycle in akron. Recycling contamination-meaning incorrect or soiled materials placed into the recycling system-increases costs, decreases recovery of recyclable materials and threatens the sustainability of the city's recycling program. The recycle right campaign is designed to reduce the contamination in akron's recycling stream through educational efforts across akron. The service director and kab ceo knew that we needed to do something- so we applied for newly released grant funding, to fund the program. Once funded, keep akron beautiful acted as the program manager, managing all of the recycling inspectors. The city of akron managed all of the routes that the inspectors visited daily, the initiative mobilized specially-trained personnel to conduct curbside cart observations, each day for twelve weeks, june-august. Residents who had non-recyclable material in their recycling carts received informational "oops" tags on their carts with direct feedback designed to improve compliance with proper recycling guidelines. The recycle right campaign yielded significant results - with the quality of akron's recyclables improving considerably. The city of akron's contamination rate went from 39% to 27.2%, which represents a 30% overall reduction in contamination. The city and kab hope that recycle right and other education efforts will reduce that rate even further, in the future. Keep akron beautiful was recognized nationally, at the keep america beautiful national conference, winning the "2019 community improvement award" in the recycling category, for the amazing change in contamination recycle-bowl recycling competition amongst akron schools: the recycle-bowl competition is a program that helps to recognize the importance of america recycles day on november 15 and the importance of recycling. Keep akron beautiful and river valley paper company join forces to host an annual mixed paper drive competition between public and private high schools, middle schools, multi-grade schools, and elementary schools in akron.”

“Beautification flowerscape program beautiful & functional urban flower gardens: flowerscapes are beautiful and functional flower bed installations placed throughout the city of akron. We have 32 urban flowerscape sites throughout the city that are planned, planted and maintained by our flowerscape crew. They focus on creating functional gardens that are not only beauty to the community, but are also habitat for wildlife. They also try to use many plants that are indigenous species from this bio region. In 2019, we planted 34,041 flowers adopt-a-sites beautify public land in your neighborhood: the adopt-a-site program is a long-term volunteer project that helps beautify public lands in akron. Volunteers commit to prepare, plant, and maintain a flower garden in their approved site for the entire season. Kab assists with the sites to ensure success. There are currently over 60 adopt-a-sites throughout akron. Beautification watch awards a "thank you" for taking pride in your property: beautification watch awards are kab's way of saying "thank you" to residents and businesses who take pride in keeping their properties clean and beautified. Every july, volunteers drive an assigned route and nominate all of the addresses that they think should win the award, based on assigned criteria. Green the scene - a dreamscape auction fundraiser returned in 2019 for the third year and exceeded the goal of 30,000 for beautification programming. This fundraiser replaced the 14-yr. Dreamscape makeover raffle in 2017.”

“Cleanup supplies 12,489 0 0 sprinkling 11,588 0 0 telephone 7,574 2,209 736 fertilizer and supplies 8,682 0 0 other materials/supplies 6,000 0 0 printing 3,983 1,162 387 private property cleanup 4,625 0 0 miscellaneous 2,764 1,462 270 equipment rental 2,266 661 220 disposal fees 2,638 0 0 other special event costs 0 0 2,599 repairs and maintenance 0 2,430 0 trashbags and receptacles 625 0 0 graffiti project 554 0 0 education awareness 0 100 0 total 63,788 8,024 4,212”