Keep America Beautiful Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Great american cleanup - the keep america beautiful great american cleanup is the nation's largest community improvement program, which takes place annually during spring and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2023. In 2024, the great american cleanup began to evolve into the "greatest american cleanup for the country's 250th birthday." the great american cleanup prompts individuals to take greater responsibility for their local environment by conducting grassroots community service projects that engage volunteers, local businesses and civic leaders meeting needs the communities identify. The great american cleanup began as a litter cleanup initiative designed to aesthetically improve our environment by creating cleaner parks, streetscapes and public spaces through litter removal and elimination. To this day, community cleanups remain at the very heart of the campaign. In 2024, more than 42 million pounds of litter and recyclables were collected by volunteers throughout the country. They cleaned and improved over 73,000 parks, public lands, playgrounds, and trails in more than 34,000 events covering an area slightly larger than yosemite national park. Kab affiliate volunteers also cleaned over 21 thousand miles of streets, roadways, and highways, which equates to nearly half the length of the us interstate system. Our community greening and beautification planted more than 350,000 flowers, plants, shrubs and trees that cool heat zones and create vibrant gateways to shopping and entertainment districts; create community gardens that help feed the hungry and educate young gardeners. Keep america beautiful strives to motivate more americans to make informed decisions and take simple, everyday actions to reduce, reuse and recycle right through participation in the great american cleanup. Through programs such as the great american cleanup and the "greatest american cleanup for the country's 250th birthday", keep america beautiful transforms public places into beautiful spaces helping to make communities that are environmentally healthy, socially connected and economically sound.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 73%; rating input score 73
• Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 87.4%; rating input score 87; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 4.8%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings