Beautification
Together, We Keep America Beautiful
It’s in our name. It’s who we are.
In our most recent program year, volunteers logged
over 2.94 Million hours
- Planting over 3.2 Million plants, shrubs, and trees
- Cleaning up and creating over 3,000 green spaces & gardens
- Beautifying nearly 900 public spaces with murals and artwork
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Affiliate Network
Individual Action Center
Partners for Change
Everyone in America deserves to live
in a beautiful community
It’s very simple. We all deserve a beautiful home, and we all need to come together to create and maintain it.
Keep America Beautiful works across community, government, and business sectors to create beautiful spaces and places for all of us to share.
Keep Your Community Beautiful
Keep America Beautiful Kicks off the 2024 Great American Cleanup
Join the movement today! Keep America Beautiful is proud to kick off the 26th annual Great American Cleanup on March 19, 2024!
Keep Your State Beautiful
Keep America Beautiful Staff Spotlight: Erin Slaughter
Welcome to our Staff Spotlight series, where we shine a light on the incredible individuals driving positive change at Keep America Beautiful! Join us in celebrating their remarkable work!
Keep America
Beautiful
Colbie Jones, Director of Keep Arkansas Beautiful, Named Among Top 100 Women of Impact in Arkansas
STAMFORD, Conn. (June 29, 2023) – Keep America Beautiful® (KAB) proudly congratulates Colbie Jones, Director of Keep Arkansas Beautiful, for her inclusion in the list of Top 100 Women of Impact in Arkansas. This esteemed recognition celebrates her outstanding...
Our Signature Programs
Through educational programs and our ongoing efforts including the Great American Cleanup®, Community Impact Grants, and our inspiring #DoBeautifulThings initiative, our beautification work leads to native species plantings, establishing sustainable community gardens, and tree plantings, vacant lot transformation, graffiti abatement, and more.
We believe that service is beautiful. When we work together, we make a more beautiful environment for us all.
Great American Cleanup® (GAC)
Our signature program, the Great American Cleanup®is a nationwide effort spanning 3 months each year. Hundreds of thousands of people come together to take part in local volunteer opportunities, educating, cleaning and beautifying.
Together, our work cleans, greens and beautifies thousands of communities – and counting. Find a cleanup near you!
Community Impact Grants
As the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, Keep America Beautiful® is proud to offer our annual Community Impact Grant Program. This grant program supports communities and our nearly 700-member affiliate network in preventing littering, promoting recycling, and building clean, green, and beautiful neighborhoods.
The grants are designed to support our Affiliate network, other nonprofit organizations, and community groups in implementing programs or projects designed to build clean, green, and beautiful places for all to thrive and enjoy.
Keep America Beautiful is committed to fostering community diversity, unity, and environmental sustainability.
Beautification Resources
#DoBeautifulThings
People do beautiful things every day. We celebrate the beautiful work being done by our nearly 700 affiliates and the hundreds of thousands of dedicated volunteers who give their time and energy to serving their friends and neighbors. Learn more about the latest national award winners, and browse our gallery of amazing stories of beauty.
Educational Programs
We are proud to offer educational resources for teaching our youth about litter prevention, recycling best practices, and how to create a beautiful place wherever they live. Learn more about our Educational Programs and free downloadable resources.
YOUR DONATION IN ACTION
Your generosity allows us to expand our program offerings, fund community improvement projects from coast to coast, and provide the means needed to make meaningful and lasting impact in local communities across the U.S.