annual report - Keep Cincinnati Beautiful

About
Us
Financial
Statement
Our Mission
Revenue
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Board
Contributions
Grants
Donated Materials, Services, Office Space
Interest Income & Miscellaneous
Total Re venue
Brad Lindner, Chairman
Abbot Thayer, Vice Chairman
Rick Holmes, Jr., Treasurer
Sandra Meyer, Secretary
Ex penses
Cleanup & Beautification
Thomas Ackermann
Dave Askam
Michael Benken
Cheryl Curtis
Alvin Dennig, Jr.
David Fox
Eliza Tassian Gantt
Ed Hatfield
Michael Kaplan
Amy Lutz
Dolores Moorman-Brown
Christine Schoonover
Mark Sims
Michael Tombragel
Heather Zaring Vecellio
Education & Public Awareness
Fundraising
Management
Total Ex penses
Net Assets, Beginning of Year
Change in Net Assets
Net Assets, End of Year
Le veraging
2011
217
$149,838
$807,059
$131,359
$60
Poles, parking meters,
and fire hydrants
painted by volunteers in
prepration for the 2012
World Choir Games.
$1,088,316
$830,912
$203,449
$15,068
$89,883 220
To educate and encourage individuals to
take greater responsibility for improving their
community environments.
The Year
At A Glance
$1,139,312
11,991
$156,564
(50,815)
$105,749
The total number
of volunteers seen
working around
Cincinnati with KCB.
Resources
Our annual operating budget for 2011-2012 was $1,164,527*. Part of this paid for eight fulltime employees and three part-time staff. While a majority of our funding comes from our
contract with the City (about 65%), our Executive Director and Board continue to submit grants
to private foundations and form partnerships that lead to increased corporate sponsorship.
We also have a “Friends” membership campaign that raised $18,023 for our organization.
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Staff
Linda Holterhoff, Executive Director
Marissa Burroughs, Environmental Educator
Claire Bryson, Future Blooms Program
Manager
Adam Curry, Graffiti Coordinator
Katie Ferncez, Future Blooms Program
Manager
Jenna Hudson, Environmental Educator &
Future Blooms Vacant Lot Manager
Alicia Kravitz, Resource Manager
Brooke Lehenbauer, Public Awareness &
Volunteer Coordinator
Liz McEwan, Event Coordinator
Nancy Stockhauser, Bookkeeper
Barb Wriston-Ruddy, Education Program
Manager
This year, our cost benefit ratio was $1: $29.07 (a $9 increase)!! That means, for
every administrative dollar we received, we gave an additional $29 back to the
community where they leveraged it even further!!
*Number discrepancies are due to differences between program year and calendar year .
489
13,524
The number of flowers and bulbs planted this program year.
The number of volunteers that helped their
community earn a Safe & Clean grant from KCB.
This year, we funded 10 projects that leveraged
over $275,000.
The number of graffiti tags removed.
1,154
28,224
The number of volunteers that utilized
our SuperCan dumpster program for
community cleanup events.
The number of students impacted by KCB’s
educational programming.
ANNUAL REPORT
Donors and
Sponsors
Thomas & Terri Abare
Matthew Ackermann
Sherman Alter
Andrew Arken
Karen Aronoff - Holtmeier
MaryLou Aufmann
John Barrett, Western Southern Life
Insurance
Robert & Kathy Bennett
CW & Charlotte Bercaw
Fred & Gail Berger
Greg & Julie Bishop
Bren Blaine, The Blaine Group, LLC
Earl Blanks, Findlay Business Tower, LLC
Marie Blersch
Carolyn Bloomfield
Manfred & Katrin Bohlke
Janet Borcherding
Gerald Breen
Susan Brenner
Gary & Jackie Bryson
Joanne Buchman
Otto Budig, Budco Group
James & Carole Burke
J. Buse, Jr., LOTH Inc.
Clifton Child
Edwin Coleman
Charles & Barbara Colvin
Raymond Cooper II, The Myers Y. Cooper
Co.
Terrence Cosgrove
Robin Cotton
Tom & Mary Croft
Chris & Janice Cubbison
Mark Dauner
Louis Dauner
Jean Dennig
Alvin Dennig, Jr.
Sally Dessauer
Joyce Dill
Dennis & Mary Ann Dotson
Charles Drackett
G.N. Egner
James & Leatha Ferncez
Justin Flamm
Charles & Judy Foster
Carolyn Fovel
David Fox
Dennis & Bobbie Foy
Jean Frolicher
Shelly Fuller
Gary Gaffney
Neil & Linda Gartner
Marjorie Gebhart
Ann Gehrum
Kathryn Gibbons
Ramona Gillock
Ralph Ginocchio
Carl & Jane Hafer
Priscilla Haffner
Kimberly Hale
Bruce Hamilton
Lori Hartman
Reid & Patricia Hartmann
Ed Hatfield
Donald Heimbrock
James Helmsworth
Catherine Herring
Ann Ramsey Hill
Jon Hoffheimer
Martha Holland
Jillian Holt, Studio Art Services
Chip & Linda Holterhoff
Nancy Holterhoff
Thomas & Laurie Holubeck
James & Erin Hulefeld
John A Johnston
Laurie Johnston
Mark & Elza Jonas
Kaldi’s Catering*
Carl & Kris Kalnow
Michael Kaplan
Jon & Ann Keeling
Arleene Keller
Jim Kennedy
Key Bank National Assoc.
Elizabeth Knodel
Judy Koehn
Dan Korman
Neil & Lynn Kravitz
Roy & Susan Kulick
Stan & Janice Kummer
Polk Laffoon IV
Richard Lamping
Keith Lee
Samuel Lieberman
Jennifer Loggie
Erik & Amy Lutz
Tim Macconnell
William Mackey
June Magrish
Jeff Mahaffey, Glycos, LLC
Morita Marmo
Mary Maxwell
Jim & Cathy McNair
Messer Construction
Sandra Meyer
Pat & Kathy Michel
Pam Middendorff
John & Eileen Murphy
Peter Muskat & Debra Moorman
Jan Neumann
Mark Norman
Lee Oberlag
Jenny O’Donnell
Debbie Oliver
Carl Parrott
Roxanne Qualls
Brahama Ramineni, Downtown Property
Management
Rempke Biggs
Beth Robinson
Doug & Terry Robinson
John & Sylvia Roth
Steve Roth
Victor & Barbara Roth
Rick Rothfuss, Lerner, Sampson &
Rothfuss
Avima Ruder
Chris Ryan
David & Mary Ann Schmalz
Julie Schmitz
Christine Schoonover
Tamara Schwarting
Gail Silverstein
John & Janet Simpkinson
Mark Sims
Donna Stahl, M.D.
Alan Statman
Judy Stewart
Judy Stober
Stogirl Enterprises, College Hill Coffee
Co.
Elizabeth Stone
Nancy Stoughton
Stefanie Sunderland
Norma Tassian
William Tedford
Abbot Thayer
Anne Thomas
2011 - 2012
Scott Tieke
Helga Tillinghast
Michael Tombragel, Hyde Park Painting
& Carpentry
Linda Ulrey
Susan VanAmerongen
Rick Vogel
Cindee Walsh
Joseph & Marty White
Phyllis Wintzinger
Matt & Jennifer Wirtz
Virginia Wittmer
Peg Wyant, Grandin Properties
Joyce Yock
Robert L. Zierolf
$500 - $999
Heather Byer
Cincinnati Museum Center*
Crossroads*
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group*
Ernst & Young*
Give Back Cincinnati*
Kiss 107 FM*
Pepsi Co.*
Zelma Schulman
Ellen Sole
$1,000 - $4,999
2TRG*
Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield*
Best Buy
Contract Sweepers & Equipment*
Currito*
Frost Brown Todd
Glad*
Groupon
Heidelberg Distributing
Alan B. Lindner
David Lindner
Nestle*
Netherland Rubber Co.*
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Peck, Schafer, & Williams*
Perfection Landscaping*
Perfetti Van Melle*
Rumpke*
Solo*
T. R. Gear*
University of Cincinnati*
William P. Anderson Foundation
Heather Vecellio, Zaring Family
Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
89.7 FM WNKU*
Charles H. Dater Foundation
Cincinnati Bulk Terminals
Michael Benken, H. J. Benken Florist &
Greenhouse*
Lawn Systems*
Robert D. Lindner
Lowe’s**
Ohio Department of Transportation*
$10,000 - $19,999
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden*
Great American Insurance Group
Procter & Gamble**
Sunny Delight Beverages Co.**
United Dairy Farmers**
$20,000+
3CDC
City of Cincinnati**
City Gardens
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Hamilton County Recycling & Solid Waste
District
Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, Fifth Third
Bank, Trustee
Uptown Consortium
* In-Kind
** Cash and In-Kind
Donations of $25 or more will be listed on our
website. We sincerely apologize if we mistakenly
omitted any contributions.
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Community
Improvement
Beautification
The Great American Cleanup
With the highways clean and green, we
turned our attention to neighborhood business
districts, parks, recreation centers, and major
thoroughfares for the 2012 Great American
Cleanup (GAC). In Cincinnati, we have a
long-standing tradition of hosting the GAC on
one day in April where communities across
the region can concentrate their efforts and
resources. We provide logistical support,
supplies, promotional materials, and trash
pickup for each organized event thanks to
The World Choir Games
In 2012, Cincinnati was the proud host of the our title sponsors, United Dairy Farmers
7th Annual World Choir Games. It was also the and Great American Insurance Group.
first time in history that the Games were held
in the United States. With tens of thousands of On April 21st, 7,567 volunteers from 110
international travelers and volunteers coming communities and schools joined forces to
to Cincinnati over a two-week period, we pick up 87,800 pounds of bagged trash and
were eager to help the city and our country over 9 tons of littered debris. We also cleaned
make an unforgettable first impression. and beautified 328 acres of greenspace,
67 playgrounds, and 42 illegal dumpsites.
Our spotlight GAC event took place in Kennedy
Heights, one of the neighborhoods selected for
the Neighborhood Enhancement Program.
Over 100 volunteers from Give Back Cincinnati,
the University of Cincinnati, and Kennedy
Heights beautified the Cultural Arts Center
and a nearby community center by painting,
mulching tree beds, removing overgrown brush,
and distributing safety information to residents.
Our preparations began with the State
Roadway Cleanup on March 31st. We
partnered with KISS 107 FM and the Ohio
Department of Transportation to clean up
the city’s dirtiest highway ramps. We also
sent volunteers to our Daffodils & Daylilies
sites to mulch and pull weeds. In just three
hours, 230 volunteers picked up 668 bags
of trash and beautified exit and entrance
ramps along I-75 and I-71. We gave away
trendy t-shirts, raffle prizes, and free tickets
to the Cincinnati Zoo as incentives. This year,
volunteer participation increased by 35%!
10,384
Illegally dumped tires collected for
recycling.
Litter Pre vention
Aside from our annual cleanup events, we
continue to provide resources like SuperCans
in order to sustain what is accomplished
during the GAC. SuperCans are 30 cubic
yard dumpsters that we are able to provide
to community groups for cleanups thanks
to our partnership with the City of Cincinnati’s
Department of Public Services. This year,
908 volunteers filled over 26 dumpsters
with litter and debris from illegal dumpsites,
business districts, vacant lots, and community
greenspace.
By May, we had a lot to sing about! Corporate
groups were lining up to help us prepare for
the 2012 World Choir Games. Volunteers from
Procter & Gamble, Fifth Third Bank, General
Electric, and Lowe’s gave a fresh coat of paint
to over 75 fire hydrants and 200 poles in the
downtown business district. Other volunteers
helped to weave recycled pieces of colorful
nylon through a massive chain link fence near
Cincinnati’s Reds and Bengals stadiums. We
also planted thousands of flowers and two
nine foot musical note topiaries around several
music venues. Everything was in place by
June 30, and Cincinnati was ready to welcome
its international guests the following week.
Daffodils & Daylilies
We also continue to monitor the cleanliness
of our city using Keep America Beautiful’s
Community Appearance Index. Even though
the city improved its score by 12% overall, we
did see a spike in illegal dumpsites. This spike
led us to develop an illegal dumping abatement
program that utilizes strategically placed deer
cameras to catch criminals and deter dumping.
We monitor the cameras on a weekly basis
to stop dumping and aid police investigation.
For several years, we have planted bulbs along
the highway to prevent litter and welcome
visitors. This fall, we provided hundreds
of daylilies to communities participating in
our annual Make A Difference Day cleanup
event, and landscapers naturalized an
additional 12,000 daffodil bulbs on our behalf.
Waste Reduction
and Recycling
Zero Waste Challenge
This was truly a record year for us in the realm
of recycling and waste reduction. We had two
new school programs that, when combined,
diverted over 37,000 pounds of recyclable
material from the landfill and composted
another 208,900 pounds of food waste!!!
The “Zero Waste Challenge” was the next
step in our partnership with Sunny Delight
Beverages Company (SDBC). It was
designed to help three Cincinnati schools
achieve zero waste to landfill. With the help
of SDBC employees as well as students and
faculty, each school began with a waste audit
in order to establish a baseline measurement.
We calculated how much waste each school
generated as well as how much could have
been recycled or composted. Beginning in
November, each school implemented food
sorting stations in the cafeteria. After breakfast
and lunch, students sorted their trash into
bins for compost, recycling, and landfill. The
results? Each school diverted 60-93% of their
waste every week. One group of students even
built their own compost pile and vegetable
garden on school grounds.
439,995
Total pounds of recyclables and food
waste we diverted from the landfill. That’s
over 1,200 pounds a day!
Sustainability In Action
Almost simultaneously, our pilot program
Sustainability In Action (SIA) began to
take off. We secured funding from the City
of Cincinnati’s Office of Environmental
Quality, Procter & Gamble, and Hamilton
County Recycling & Solid Waste District.
The goals of this program were similar to
those of the “Zero Waste Challenge” but
SIA took it a step further by incorporating
energy and water conservation as well.
The idea for SIA came from years of witnessing
little to no “green” behavior among students and
faculty, in particular in schools that had been
renovated or built with LEED certification. After
meeting with the Chief Operating Officer for
Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS), we designed
a three-year approach to reduce waste, energy,
and water consumption through recycling,
composting, and other initiatives identified by
CPS. Schools that wanted to participate in the
program had to meet certain requirements.
For example, schools had to have or establish
a “Green Team” for student engagement.
Graffiti
In June of 2012, we received a $5,000 grant
from Lowe’s to implement graffiti-free zones in
four of Cincinnati’s hardest hit business districts.
In partnership with the City’s Department of
Public Services, a baseline was established
in each zone, and one neighborhood alone
had more than 550 tags in just half a mile!
We can’t wait to reveal the positive outcomes
of this pilot program in next year’s report!
4,090
Bags of litter collected during this
program year.
Future
Blooms
Vacant Lots
Future Blooms has also stabilized another 78
vacant lots (a total of 253,092 square feet!)
by seeding, fencing, and planting 67 trees.
Once we exceeded 100 lots, it was time to
create a more comprehensive maintenance
plan. To help us with mowing and weeding,
we partnered with Lawn Life, a nonprofit
organization that provides youth coming out of
the juvenile justice system with an opportunity
to gain real work experience. From April to
June, 42 youth were employed on KCB sites.
The positive effects of this program have
been felt by residents, police, and business
owners alike. In many cases, what was once
an overgrown lot full of needles, broken
glass, and trash is now a viable greenspace
for kids to play in and for neighbors to meet.
Environmental
Education
Public
Awareness
14%
The amount of buildings
painted by Future Blooms
that are now renovated or
under development.
In November, we held the first annual “One
Stop Drop” recycling event at Whole Foods
Market. The idea for “One Stop Drop” came
from the realization that the recycling rate
in Hamilton County was still less than 15%.
We wanted to encourage curbside recycling,
but also raise awareness about recycling in
general. We partnered with 2TRG, a local
electronics recycler, and invited Cincinnati
residents to participate by bringing hard-torecycle items like electronic waste and #5
plastics to one convenient drop off location for
free recycling. 2TRG took a variety of electronic
waste including computer monitors, audio
equipment, printers, and more. The Cincinnati
Zoo collected cell phones and accessories for
their Saving Species program. KCB collected
used pens, Sharpies, and highlighters for our
Terracycle brigade. Lastly, Whole Foods took
everything else from plastic bags to batteries.
Representatives from Rumpke Recycling,
Hamilton County Recycling & Solid Waste
District, and the Office of Environmental Quality
were on hand to share new recycling initiatives
with participants as well. Each organization
had a booth at the event for handouts,
giveaways, and displays. Overall, we had a
Both programs wrapped up in May with great turnout from the community and diverted
many lessons learned and 123 tons of well over 10 tons of waste from the landfill.
waste diverted from the landfill. CPS has
expressed a strong desire to incorporate this
program into its every day curriculum and
plans to take on the associated costs if the
pilot succeeds. Next year, we’re excited to
Pounds of electronic
be merging the “Zero Waste Challenge” with
waste collected for
SIA and expanding into two more schools.
safe recycling.
Outreach
Throughout the year, we maintain a website
jam-packed with the latest information on
events and resources. We are always adding
content to our website to increase visibility,
facilitate donations, educate and expand
our volunteer base, track visitor information,
eliminate paper forms, and engage through
social media. For example, we recently
created a YouTube video to spotlight our new
Sustainability In Action program, and we also
continue to promote Littering Is Wrong Too.
During the 2011-2012 school year, 28,224
students were impacted by our classroom
programs, field trips, and assemblies (a 24%
increase)! Our outreach included field trips to
the Rumpke Landfill and Materials Recovery
Facility, plays and assemblies about litter, and
classroom lessons on community pride. For
example, The Wings of Wonder: How Litter Hurts
Animals assembly, sponsored by the Anderson
Foundation in cooperation with the Cincinnati
Zoo, brings live birds and animals to the school
that make the anti-litter lesson more interactive.
Recognition
Programs
Our events and programs were featured in
countless newspapers including The Enquirer
and City Beat. We also write and record a
weekly “Green Tip” segment on 89.7 WNKU,
an award-winning radio station voted “Best of
Cincinnati” in 2011. Nearly all of our programs
were highlighted multiple times across
Cincinnati’s local TV stations, especially in the
weeks leading up to the World Choir Games.
1,548
“Likes” on Facebook
1,204
Followers on Twitter
29
Building Enhancement
Our Future Blooms program continues to
address vacancy in creative and affordable
ways. Funded in part by the Department of
Community Development, Future Blooms is a
high-impact, low-cost initiative that encourages
economic development, restores identity,
and improves quality of life for Cincinnati
residents. In less than three years, we have
improved 500 abandoned buildings by
enhancing the plywood barricades with painted
representations of doors, windows, awnings,
and flower boxes. This process not only changes
the perception of safety and cleanliness in
the area, but it also makes the properties
more inviting to investors. To date, litter has
decreased by 27%, blight has dropped by
14%, and calls for service have gone down
by an impressive 24% in our target areas.
14 Findlay Street
Murals
This year, Future Blooms incorporated a new
approach to beautification by designing a
mural depicting a simple landscape of grass,
sky, and clouds. We continue to use the same
color palette as our doors and windows and
strategically choose where to paint each
mural based on a variety of factors. One
indicator is graffiti. We have painted over
several retaining walls and buildings that
were frequently tagged. Once we put up a
mural, graffiti vandals very rarely came back.
2300 Vine Street
“ By altering building facades and sprucing up littered
vacant lots, Future Blooms gave a whole new look and
feel to Over-The-Rhine. This look and feel is more than
just aesthetics, it is a physical change that shows that
someone cares and that crime is not welcome here.
It is no wonder that the stats you reported indicate
a significant drop in crime as well as blight. As you
well know, Future Blooms’ approach to improve the
environment is a key component of the Crime Prevention
Through Environmental Design (CPTED) philosophy, and
your results are evidence that this strategy does work. ” i
- Sgt. Steve Saunders
Cincinnati Police Department
America Recycles Day
32,000
After
Before
In its pilot year, SIA served six schools, and
each participating school received a $1,000
stipend to hire a Sustainability Coordinator
to assist students and faculty with the
implementation of “green” practices. We
conducted waste and energy audits to help
students understand the correlation between
their actions and cost savings. We also tested
students’ environmental literacy prior to
starting the program. The next step was to set
up waste sorting stations in each cafeteria to
recycle food waste. In addition to providing our
regular educational programming, we brought
in a representative from Duke Energy and
Marvin’s Organic Gardens to talk to students
about energy consumption and composting.
We held a total of nine energy and compost
assemblies reaching 2,030 students! By the
end of the pilot, evidence of environmental
literacy increased by 6.2% as indicated in
post test results, and students verbalized
a sense of accomplishment in reducing
the amount of resources they were using.
We also present The Wartville Wizard, a litter
prevention and service learning play sponsored
by the Charles H. Dater Foundation. High
school actors tell the story of a man who is
fed up with litter in his neighborhood and
enlists the help of Mother Nature to teach
the townspeople a lesson. Each student is
made an honorary litter patrol officer at the
end of the play by a Cincinnati Police officer. Every month we send an e-Newsletter that
reaches 1,768 teachers, community leaders,
and other supporters. We advertise our mission
by posting YouTube videos, news articles, green
Students impacted by Growing
tips, photos, wall posts, interactive contests,
Green Habits, our service learning
and surveys that engage our readers. Our
program sponsored by Best Buy.
followers are volunteers, Council Members,
County Commissioners, Cincinnati Mayor Mark
Mallory, and other people interested in keeping
Earth Day
This year, we assembled and distributed 301 their environments clean, safe, and strong.
“Earth Day” teacher kits through Crayons
to Computers, a nonprofit organization
that provides free school supplies to
teachers of needy kids. Each kit included
lesson plans and activities geared towards
the 3 Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle.
1,042
The number of parades, fairs, and expos
we participated in (including the Reds
Opening Day Parade)! Our message was
simple: Let’s take care of our home base!
Just Desserts
We believe that our volunteers deserve a
special “sweet” treat for their hard work,
and because we know that recognition
and positive reinforcement are essential
for recruiting and retention, we honor them
each year with an awards ceremony called
Just Desserts. Utilizing our long-standing
partnerships with United Dairy Farmers and
H. J. Benken Florist & Greenhouse, we
once again designed this event especially
for our best volunteers and community
leaders. 250 business leaders, community
members, and elected officials attended
and enjoyed free drinks and appetizers, ice
cream sundaes, and a “Littering Is Wrong Too”
photobooth for guests to “write their wrongs”.
We presented awards and cash prizes totaling
$3,800 for the best community projects. Our
Five Star Volunteer Award was presented to
10 individuals who were nominated by local
organizations. Our Iron Eyes Cody Award, which
is the highest honor bestowed by KCB, was
awarded to Sunny Delight Beverages Co. for
promoting recycling and overall environmental
sustainability on school campuses.
We could not expand our programs, improve
city streets, educate Cincinnati students,
increase recycling, or beautify abandoned
properties without the support of our
volunteers and sponsors. We continue to be
the go-to organization in Cincinnati, from City
departments to corporate groups looking to
The combined publicity value of our media
invest in their community, because we
coverage this year.
understand the value of developing meaningful
relationships with our partners. These
partnerships enable us to maximize our
resources and sustain positive results year
after year.
$374,400