Ways To Support Keep America Beautiful

Keep America Beautiful inspires and educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. We envision a country in which every community is a clean, green, and beautiful place to live. Your support will help us in our effort to transform public spaces into beautiful places.

Advance Our Mission

All Keep America Beautiful® programs and services are made possible through the generosity and commitment of corporations and their employees, foundations, and people like you — caring individuals from all across our beautiful land.

Your financial support allows us to expand our program offerings, fund community improvement projects from coast to coast, and provide the means needed to make a meaningful and lasting impact in local communities across the U.S. Help Keep America Beautiful advance its mission and continue to build on its legacy of education, behavior change, and collective action by supporting us today.

MAKE A PLANNED GIFT

Thanks to individuals like you, Keep America Beautiful is the nation’s nonprofit leader in improving and beautifying communities across America.

Your legacy gift will support efforts to build and maintain clean, green, and beautiful spaces for generations to come.

WAYS TO GIVE A LEGACY GIFT

Below are the most common ways to leave a legacy gift:

Bequest:  A bequest from either a will or trust lets you pass any amount you wish to Keep America Beautiful or an affiliate, free of the estate tax.  You can choose to leave cash, a percentage of your estate, or a percentage of a specific asset.  Because bequests do not come to Keep America Beautiful or an affiliate until after your lifetime, you can leave a legacy without giving up assets today.

If you would like to make a bequest, please consult your attorney.  Here is sample language for consideration: “Keep America Beautiful (or the name of an affiliate) is to receive the sum of $_________ and/or _______percent of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate.  This bequest is unrestricted.”

If there is a restriction, please describe the restriction.
Your attorney may ask for the Tax ID number for Keep America Beautiful and it is 13-1761633. Each affiliate has its own Tax ID number, which they can easily provide.

Beneficiary Designation of a Retirement Plan, such as an IRA, 401(k), or 403(b):  Most retirement plan assets are costly for heirs to inherit because they may face double taxation.  Qualified retirement plan funds can be designated to Keep America Beautiful or an affiliate tax-free.  You can make Keep America Beautiful or an affiliate a partial or full beneficiary of your retirement plan.

These gifts are simple to complete, requiring only a beneficiary designation form that can be obtained from your plan administrator.

Beneficiary Designation of a Life Insurance Policy:  You can designate Keep America Beautiful or an affiliate as a partial or full beneficiary of a life insurance policy and, as a result, make a considerably larger gift than if you were to donate the cash equivalent of the policy’s premiums.
These gifts are simple to complete, requiring only a beneficiary designation form that can be obtained from your life insurance company.

MAKE A GIFT OF STOCK

There are several advantages to making a donation of appreciated stock to Keep America Beautiful. You will not incur capital gains tax and you may receive a charitable tax deduction for the full value of the stock.

MAKE A QUALIFIED CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION (QCD)

Keep America Beautiful accepts QCDs from your Individual Retirement Account (IRA). If you are required to make annual withdrawals from your IRA, the QCD can satisfy your Required Minimum Distribution and exclude the funds from your taxable income.

Contact Becky Lyons at blyons@kab.org for details on how to make a QCD.

GIVE FROM YOUR DONOR-ADVISED FUND

Keep America Beautiful accepts gifts from your donor-advised fund (DAF). A DAF is like a charitable savings account created by an individual or family through which money can be sent to charities like Keep America Beautiful. DAFs are growing in popularity and they provide an immediate tax benefit to the donor.

Do you have a specific question on ways to give?

DONATE A VEHICLE

Keep America Beautiful envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green, and beautiful place to live. We focus on thriving communities. Safer neighborhoods. New businesses. We don’t clean up communities just to keep America beautiful. We clean up so Americans can do beautiful things. Donate your old car, truck, boat, motorcycle, or motor home to Keep America Beautiful and help support vital programs, lifting people out of poverty and into meaningful careers.

We accept all types of vehicles:

cars, boats, trucks, scooters, even airplanes!

CONTACT OUR VEHICLE DONATION PROGRAM

Toll Free: 855-500-RIDE (855-500-7433)

Hours of Operation
8:00am – 10:00pm (EST), Mon – Fri
9:00am – 8:00pm (EST), Saturday
11:00am – 7:30pm (EST), Sunday

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