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Tax Status Governance Fund Raising Financial

Name:	Keep Houston Beautiful
Address:	3000 Richmond Avenue, Ste. 350
	Houston, TX 77098
Phone:	713-839-8855
Web Address:	www.houstonbeautiful.org

Keep Houston Beautiful meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Keep Houston Beautiful’s main programs involve beautification, litter reduction and recycling education. Since its beginning, Keep Houston Beautiful has been reaching out to all segments of the community to educate and empower individuals to take greater responsibility for beautifying and enhancing Houston’s environment. For the year ended June 30, 2010, 13,185 volunteers representing 190 community organizations attended 595 Saturday morning cleanup and beautification workdays during which they removed in excess of 660 tons of debris, planted more than 3,000 plants and 1,000 trees. Under a contract with the City’s Neighborhood Protection Corps, Keep Houston Beautiful has a program to facilitate neighborhood volunteer efforts to maintain lots by providing equipment and organizing support. Volunteers mowed 930 lots, and removed 3,336 illegally dumped tires. Keep Houston Beautiful hosted the national kick-off of the Great American Cleanup at Sam Houston Park for Keep America Beautiful. A new Adopt-A-Ditch initiative to help keep the adopted area free of litter and debris was launched in partnership with the City. Keep Houston Beautiful educates the public about the important role healthy and attractive communities play in the overall safety and welfare of its citizens. Maintaining quality of life is key to economic resiliency.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, Keep Houston Beautiful's program expenses were:

Total:	381,604
Total Program Expenses:	$381,604

Chief Executive : Robin Blut, Executive Diretcor

Compensation*:

$69,300

Chair of the Board: Dan Sullenbarger
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Marathon Oil Company, VP of Ethics & Complaince

Board Size: 11

Paid Staff Size: 3

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

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals

Fund raising costs were 20% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $355,124, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization 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.

The following information is based on Keep Houston Beautiful's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Source of Funds
In-kind revenue	163,836
Contributions and grants	136,535
Fundraising	110,078
City of Houston grant	108,511
Interest income	42
Total Income	$519,002

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 72%  Fund Raising: 13%  Administrative: 15%

Total income				$519,002
	Program expenses			$381,604
	Fund raising expenses			69,565
	Administrative expenses			77,214
Total expenses				$528,383
Expenses in Excess of Income				(9,381)
Beginning net assets				201,252
Ending net assets				191,871
Total liabilities				5,301
Total assets				$197,172