2026-05-13T13:01:18-07:00 2025-06-30 942329070 John Waddell & Co CPAs 3416 American River Drive A Sacramento CA 95864 990 2024-07-01 680224415 Keep California Beautiful Inc KEEP 9165384505 10265 Rockingham Dr 100 PMB 6137 Sacramento CA 95827 Cecile Carson Executive Team Lead 2026-05-13 true true Deborah F Ask CPA P00052634 9164882460 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Barry Edwards 10265 Rockingham Dr 100 PMB 6137 Sacramento CA 95827 493260 false X www.keepcaliforniabeautiful.org X 1990 CA Working to ignite individuals, state and local government, community, and corporate responsibility through strategic initiatives and volunteer action to preserve and protect California's beautiful resources for generations to come. 7 7 0 1905545 0 224534 493260 0 0 262 0 224796 493260 164689 0 51575 126079 0 0 38590 125665 90165 416433 134631 76827 184594 214045 0 184594 214045 Bring communities and individuals together to focus on preventing litter and preserving precious natural resources that make California the most beautiful state in the nation. false false 310848 164689 Clean California KCB manages the community and youth programs statewide for Clean California, an initiative of the Governors Office managed by Caltrans. We are a subcontractor with Sagent Marketing and a group of media partners developing awareness of litter prevention and community beautification. As part of a multi-pronged marketing campaign, KCB has recruited over communities to take the pledge to become designated communities and to guide them in completing at least 10 of 15 criteria to achieve the designation. The goal is to have up to 200 communities pledge by June 2026 and 100 complete the process. KCB created extensive outreach lists of potential partners, including cities, towns, counties, municipal districts, military bases, neighborhood groups, school districts, houses of worship areas, community group service areas, business improvement districts, watershed groups, and other unincorporated entities. KCB developed training materials, workshops, networking opportunities, online tools, and reporting to assist communities. The team provides ongoing opportunities for engagement and recognition. KCB developed K-12 educational materials and managed a $125,000 microgrant program, distributing funds to 750 educators and schools. Additionally, KCB created and managed a 2-year K-12 multimedia contest to encourage youth to design posters or videos to boost the Clean California message that Zero Litter is the Goal and Just One Piece Can Ruin the Picture. KCB also designed and implemented a research project to determine the effectiveness of litter infrastructure interventions, such as trash cans, recycling bins, ash receptacles, landscaping, and community gardens, in changing littering behavior. KCB distributed funding to the sites to purchase the intervention and conducted year-long monitoring, recording an overall reduction in litter across all sites. Project Highlights202 Pledged Communities and 83 Completed as of 4.1.26Distributed 750 microgrants to educators to educate over 50,000 youth in litter prevention and 12 infrastructure grants to communities. (April 2024 - April 2025)1000+ community-based organizations engaged.With funding received from KAB for reimbursement from Caltrans and Iheart. 35303 SacState Partnership - EPA TRADE grant KCB is partnering with Sac State on our 2nd national grant. The non-profit conducts trash rapid assessments throughout the state and has been engaged in multiple projects, including a project to collect and analyze data for MS4 permittees in the American River watershed. KCB trains community-based groups involved in cleanup activities to conduct citizen science, including ranking the overall presence of litter, identifying the sources and types of litter, and documenting area conditions that may contribute to the accumulation or relocation of trash. By providing consistent training, appropriate technology, and quality assurance, the citizen science partners deliver frequent, ongoing data to reduce and manage waste entering waterways. KCB initially designed a litter assessment application in 2019, which became the base tool for the Trash Rapid Assessment Data Exchange (TRADE) dashboard created with the first EPA grant, which helps achieve trash-free waters by connecting Citizen Science to the monitoring and reporting needs of Municipal Storm Water (MS4) Permittees. The current project in the East Bay expands on the knowledge base KCB has developed through the TRADE and Department of Water Resources American River Basin grants, partnering with Earth Team and UC Berkeley on participatory science activities. Project Highlights:Conducted over 3,000 litter research projects using app designed by KCB team.Developed partnerships with watershed organizations, local and state government, youth, and community leaders to demonstrate the effectiveness of litter prevention education, cleanup, and intervention. 32723 Citizen Science Project KCB managed the planning, organization, outreach, and execution of a series of Climate Action Days in 12 rural counties. These events were conducted in counties that had not participated in California Volunteers projects. KCB conducted research to identify volunteer organizations and government entities to partner on developing a minimum 2-hour climate action event focused on wildfire resilience, native planting, composting, or food recovery. Once a lead organization was identified, which included local non-profits, local governments, and community associations, KCB met weekly for 6 weeks leading up to the event, assisting the local leaders in developing volunteer management skills and planning their event. KCB created promotional materials and set up online registration through Golden Volunteers. Along with the local partner(s), the team promoted the event through social media, digital advertising, and stakeholder networks to drive attendance. During these events, KCB conducted registration, assisted or led educational discussions on community engagement, volunteerism, and impacts of native planting, invasive species or brush removal, tree maintenance, composting, gardening, and food recovery. KCB engaged over 1,839 volunteers through climate action events across California, involving over 87 organizations in the planning process.Project Highlights30 events organized and executed.6,000+ volunteer hours 62,000+ square feet of area improved, 4653 native plants, 13+ acres of wildfire resiliency, and 53 structures protected. 378874 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 12 0 true 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false CA X X Cecile Carson 9165384505 10265 Rockingham Dr 100 PMB 6137 Sacramento CA 95827 Cecile Carson Exec Team Lead 30.00 0.00 X 84912 0 0 Erin Duckhorn Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rhonda Stevenson Secretary/Treas 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ray Scott Board Emeritus 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Sam Engel Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Barry Edwards President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Terri Cardwell Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Greg Popejoy Vice President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 84912 0 false false false 0 38183 455077 493260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 493260 X 84661 84661 80028 80028 0 0 126079 96255 29824 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3226 3226 0 0 0 108298 108298 1922 1922 3180 173 3007 837 837 0 0 1069 1069 0 5031 5031 0 0 0 1502 1502 Awards 600 600 0 416433 378874 37559 0 184594 214045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 184594 214045 0 0 X 184594 214045 184594 214045 184594 214045 76827 -47376 X false false false X 28932 22193 123580 224534 493260 892499 0 0 28932 22193 123580 224534 493260 892499 7145 885354 0 262 262 0 892761 32240 0.99170 0.95400 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true Citizens Caring for Clearlake PO Box 1026 Clearklake CA 95422 923180631 501(c)(3) 7660 0 Reduction Research City of Lemon Grove 3232 Main Street Lemon Grove CA 91945 333910781 City 7125 0 Reduction Research City of Ventura 336 Sanjon Road Ventura CA 93001 956000807 City 11892 0 Reduction Research Gateway UCVHS 4066 La Mesa Ave Shasta Lake CA 96019 261575650 501(c)(3) 7683 0 Reduction Research Huntington Beach Wetlands 21900 Pacific Coast HWY Huntington Bch CA 92646 330145660 501(c)(3) 10000 0 Reduction Research 5 0 CRRA grants 10 2000 Educator incentives 506 78028 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used We require various supporting documents and photographic evidence. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b No committee has the authority to act on behalf of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The form is reviewed by the Executive Team Leader. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The governing documents are available on the Attorney General's website.