Become a Keep america beautiful Affiliate
Working together for a better tomorrow: the KAB Affiliate Network
Thinking about becoming a member of our 700-strong affiliate network? We’d love to have you join us!
Why become an affiliate?
Since 1953, Keep America Beautiful has provided a proven, successful replicable framework for neighborhoods, municipalities, and organizations across the nation that seek to End Littering, Improve Recycling and Beautify America’s communities. This framework is used by our affiliates to effect positive, long-lasting, meaningful change in their communities, whether small or large.
Our affiliates deliver innovative, locally-focused programs that address individual community needs. We provide a state-of-the-art communications and resource platform for our affiliates to share learning and best practices. The cloud-based hub allows affiliates to easily contact each other, upload and download resources, or reach out to our dedicated support staff members.
Keep America Beautiful Announces 24th Annual Great American Cleanup, the Nation’s Largest Community Improvement Program
The 24th annual Great American Cleanup® (GAC) begins Monday, March 21. GAC takes place annually with an estimated 500,000 volunteers taking part in 15,000 community events nationwide, thanks to the work done by the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) network of 700 affiliates and KAB partner organizations. GAC runs through June 22.
“If it’s being said in Gwinnett, it’s being said in every community across the country.” – Virtual conversation March 23 to spark nationwide conversation on litter
Keep America Beautiful and Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful invite everyone to a virtual conversation about litter. Happening March 23 from 8 to 10 a.m. EST, “Connecting People and Places: A Community Conversation About Litter” is intended to address the issue of littering.
KAB Volunteer Spotlight: One Woman’s Work to Clean Up Her Alabama Neighborhood Inspires Annual Event In Her Name
ATHENS, Alabama (February 28, 2022) – Keep America Beautiful loves to highlight the people across the country who are doing great work to clean up the environment, and it’s our pleasure to get to know Mrs. Laverne Gilbert of Athens, Alabama. KAB learned about Mrs....
Keep Santa Fe Beautiful: Keep America Beautiful’s Affiliate of the Month for March 2022
Our first Affiliate of the Month is Keep Santa Fe Beautiful. Keep Santa Fe Beautiful received an Innovation Award for their work in adding a Santa Fe city sign to the entrance of America’s second oldest city.
The Giant Company Partners with Keep Centre County Beautiful & Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
In celebration of Earth Day 2022, the GIANT Company partnered with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and Keep Centre County Beautiful to refurbish the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority’s compost demonstration site. Working together, the team beautified the area,...
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Completes Adopt-A-Road Cleanup
April 2022 The Great American Cleanup is in full swing! We are excited to share special moments from your cleanup efforts! Thank you to Alison Sinclair from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Piedmont Office for sharing photos from not one, but two...
Top reasons to partner with Keep America Beautiful
National Credibility
Keep America Beautiful’s community-based affiliates represent urban, suburban, and rural communities ranging in geographic area, population and budget. They all share the same desire to engage their citizens in building and sustaining vibrant communities through litter prevention, recycling and waste reduction, beautification and greening.
Networking Opportunities
As an affiliate, you will be able to tap into the resources, knowledge and experience of thousands of peers who are implementing Keep America Beautiful’s behavior-change methodology and programs.
Training Opportunities
In addition to our regularly scheduled training meetings and webinars, Keep America Beautiful holds an annual National Conference, as well as many State Affiliate led Conferences where training opportunities are abundant.
Online Collaboration Tools
Keep America Beautiful affiliates are always in action, and often look for ongoing support in the form of easy-to-use and share toolkits, educational materials, and event how-to’s. The online collaboration tool suite developed exclusively for KAB’s affiliates allows for easy access to hundreds of resources and the opportunity to learn more about litter, recycling, beautification and restoration programs.
Community Grants, In-Kind Donations, and Special Initiatives
Keep America Beautiful’s partnerships with businesses provide significant funds and products to our affiliates that can be used for creating and expanding local community improvement programs. Recent national partner initiatives include grants for beautification, community greening, litter prevention, recycling (including bins), and more. In the last several years, KAB affiliates, through a competitive process, have received grants and in-kind services valued at more than $12 million. Get more information on our grant programs.
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