Keep Oakland Beautiful

What it reported doing in 2024

Because keeping Oakland beautiful is everyones businessKeep Oakland Beautiful is a 100% volunteer-led non-profit organization working to create and sustain a beautiful clean green and litter-free Oakland through education community engagement and volunteer action. The goal is to inspire people to take action every day to improve and beautify their communities. Keep Oakland Beautiful serves every resident of Oakland and dreams of improving environmental equity city-wide.To fulfill the mission of Keep Oakland Beautiful it takes dedicated individuals to play a critical role in this endeavor. For the last two decades the Keep Oakland Beautiful Board of Directors has been composed of 100% volunteer leaders who share their time and expertise. KOB board members run and support cleanup events annual programs and community initiatives. Keep Oakland Beautiful is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful KAB a national non-profit organization with a mission to engage citizens in taking personal responsibility for improving their community environments. KAB has established diverse highly effective programs that instill community pride and produce tangible local benefits for years to come.Learn more on www.keepoaklandbeautiful.org or social media Instagram: KeepOaklandBeautiful LinkedIn: Keep Oakland Beautiful.BeautificationKeep Oakland Beautiful hopes to increase beauty and green spaces across the city. KOB has sponsored public murals installed by local artists promoting art and storytelling all over Oakland including the most underserved area of East Oakland. KOB also distributes daffodil bulbs and native seeds to be planted and brighten up Oakland spaces an event that neighbors look forward to every year. ProgramsKeep Oakland Beautiful awards micro community grants to local projects across diverse Oakland neighborhoods. These grants make a big impact and help the community give back to their neighborhoods. These environmental projects increase public safety protect food production and sustainability create accessibility to public spaces for those with differing mobility restore native habitats connect youth with their community gardens and create incredible green spaces for all. In the last two years Keep Oakland Beautiful has awarded 28 grants totaling over $21,000.EngagementKeep Oakland Beautiful organizes and supports city-wide cleanups throughout the year activating direct community involvement and action. KOB provides cleaning supplies manages volunteers and tracks pounds of trash collected. In 2024 KOB held events that attracted over 500 volunteers picked up over 2,000 pounds of litter and planted 85 trees.EducationKeep Oakland Beautiful collaborates with the City of Oakland and other local non-profits who are aligned with the goal of providing helpful information to the community regarding best practices. Topics cover recycling sustainability and "Zero Litter". This information is shared via digital channels including social media newsletters and websites as well as through in-person interactions at community events and farmers markets.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 41.1%; rating input score 41
• Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 46.9%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.15; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: Limited
• Asset growth: Limited