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Name:	Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, Inc.
Address:	801 Plum Street, Room 16
	Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone:	(513) 352-4380
Web Address:	www.keepcincinnatibeautiful.org

Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, Inc. (KCB) is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and was incorporated in June 1978 as a 501(c)(3) organization by the City of Cincinnati. Keep Cincinnati Beautiful focuses on education and public awareness. The charity works on a grassroots level to educate residents and students in an effort to change behaviors and attitudes regarding the need to be a good steward toward the environment. KCB offers many programs to meet the principles of Keep America Beautiful. The following is a description of each program: Littering is Wrong Too - This program is a multi-media litter prevention advertising campaign created to instill a sense of community pride and to convice people not to litter. Neighborhood Cleanups - This program provides the community an opportunity to work together through cleanup programs such as the Great American Cleanup, SuperCan (dumpsters for outdoor cleanups), Adopt-A-Spot, litter-free events, Project 180 and graffiti prevention and abatement. Daffodils & Daylillies - This program brings flowers to Cincinnati highways. This beautification program reduces litter along exit and entrance ramps and in median strips throughout the city. Future Blooms - This program takes abandoned buildings and enhances their appearance by painting on the boarded up doors and windows in an effort to reduce blight and crime and bring a sense of hope to those living and working in the community. Neighborhood Enhancement Program - KCB joins forces with City agencies to address areas with extreme blight and crime issues. Working in defined focused areas on code enforcement, crime prevention and enforcement, cleanup, beautification, amd community greening. Sheriff's Inmate Work Detail - This program uses inmates to clean and mow lots in Over the Rhine, Downtown Cincinnati, and eight major corridors throughout the city and eight areas outside the city limits. KCB monitors the program, collates reports, and specify sitations to be addressed in the detail. Outreach Programs - These programs center on litter prevention, recycling, composting, and proper solid waste management and are available to schools and adult groups throughout the year. Environment Curriculum - Guides are available for kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Environmental Field Trips - These are offered to school groups for a hands-on experience. Mini Grants - These are awarded to Cincinnati schools and community groups to fund environmental projects.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful's program expenses were:

Program Expenses	1,128,587
Total Program Expenses:	$1,128,587

Chief Executive : Ms. Linda Holterhoff, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$65,000

Chair of the Board: Mr. Brad Lindner
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President, United Dairy Farmers

Board Size: 18

Paid Staff Size: 9

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, print advertisements, grant proposals, Internet, membership

Fundraising costs were 20% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $100,821, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This charity is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

Source of Funds
Grants	1,077,622
Donated Materials, Services, and Office Space	121,316
Contributions	100,821
Interest and Dividend Income	102
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments	49
Other Income	33
Total Income	$1,299,943

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 88%  Fund Raising: 2%  Administrative: 10%

Total income				$1,299,943
	Program expenses			$1,128,587
	Fund raising expenses			19,900
	Administrative expenses			121,558
Total expenses				$1,270,045
Income in Excess of Expenses				29,898
Beginning net assets				126,665
Ending net assets				156,563
Total liabilities				130,228
Total assets				$286,791