Keep America Beautiful Grants

Keep America Beautiful Grants: Apply Online Keep America Beautiful's Grants Program provides opportunities for KAB certified affiliates in good standing to apply for and receive a variety of grants. In 2012, over $1 million dollars is available for community improvement, beautification, greening, waste reduction and recycling through KAB grants. There are no more restrictions on the number of grants you can receive so be sure to apply for a grant today!

"While these grants may not fund an entire program, they do allow us to do really significant projects that essentially give us something to take to local corporate groups and other potential funders. We can say, 'Look what we can do with $5,000.' It’s nice to have those 'spotlight' projects to use as a leveraging tool. People see that, and they want to know how they can get involved." Brooke Romaniw Public Awareness & Volunteer Coordinator Keep Cincinnati Beautiful

Grant Applications open to KAB Certified Affiliates ONLY: 2012 UPS/KAB Community Improvement Grants (closed) 2012 Lowe's Community Improvement Grants (Phase 1, closed. Phase 2, see below.) 2012 Solo Cup Company Foodservice Packaging End-of-Life Education Grants(closed) 2012 Waste Management/KAB Think Green Grants (deadline June 15)

Grant Applications open to KAB Affiliates & Non-Affiliates: 2012 Coca-Cola Public Space & Collegiate Bin Grants (closed)  2012 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP) Grants (closed) 2012 Lowe's Community Improvement Grants (Phase 2, deadline April 27) - update: applicants will be notified of status on or before May 25 2012 Graffiti Hurts® National Grant Program (deadline June 15) Before you get started... Is your affiliate in good standing and eligible to apply for the grant? WATCH YOUR FILE SIZE! No one file should be larger than 1MB! The ideal application is one document (either Word doc or PDF) with pictures embedded within the document. Click here for a sample application. Plan and prepare, don’t rush.Give yourself enough time (1-2 weeks if possible) to prepare the grant application. Deadlines. Will you be able to meet the program due date/execute the project on-time? Grant writing. Who in your organization is best suited to effectively write the grant proposal? Edit and proof. Arrange with colleagues, department heads or mentors to review a first draft to make sure you are on the mark. Questions? Contact Grace Massinello: gmassinello@kab.org or 203. 659.3032