Keep Austin Beautiful’s history and mission
Proudly serving Austin for over 40 years
Keep Austin Beautiful was founded in 1983 by Austin Mayor Ron Mullen. Since then, our organization has changed, but our mission and vision haven’t – we’ve been working tirelessly for almost half of a century to ensure that our community stays safe, clean, and beautiful.
We do what we do with the vision for Austin to be the cleanest, most beautiful community. Want to join us?
Serving our community
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Our values drive us
As lifelong stewards of Austin’s green spaces and waterways, we promote continued education, growth, and learning about our environment, as well as a passion for keeping our city clean, safe, and usable.
Our values drive us
As lifelong stewards of Austin’s green spaces and waterways, we promote continued education, growth, and learning about our environment, as well as a passion for keeping our city clean, safe, and usable.
We believe that all Austinites have a right to clean, safe, and beautiful green spaces.
We believe that when people have clean, beautiful green spaces, they enjoy and maintain them, and experience a better quality of life and improved health.
We believe in supporting individuals, community groups, businesses, and neighborhoods to volunteer through leadership training, tools, and information.
We believe that Austinites are responsible for keeping our green spaces and waterways clean and beautiful each day.
We believe that when people learn about the impact of their actions on the environment, they will reduce their waste.
We believe that people who volunteer together outdoors are more connected to nature, and to each other.
We believe that children and teens who experience the outdoors and learn about reducing waste will become stewards of Austin green spaces and waterways.
Our commitment to Austin
Keep Austin Beautiful empowers people to care for the environment by providing community resources, education, and volunteer opportunities.
Our commitment to Austin
Keep Austin Beautiful empowers people to care for the environment by providing community resources, education, and volunteer opportunities.
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Financial responsibility
Annual reports
We pride ourselves on the quality of our programming – that’s why we reinvest the most of every dollar back into the community. We are also responsible stewards in managing our financial resources, including having effective and efficient operations, comprehensive audits, and extensive oversight from the Board of Directors.
Keep scrolling to view our annual reports.
Keep Texas Beautiful Gold Star Affiliate
Keep Austin Beautiful is a proud affiliate of Keep Texas Beautiful. We have also been designated a Gold Star Affiliate of Keep Texas Beautiful.
To achieve this status, Keep Austin Beautiful must submit impact reports, attend training sessions, complete a KTB-endorsed activity, and participate in the Governor’s Community Achievement Awards program.
2023 Annual Report
2022 Annual Report
2021 Annual Report
2019 Annual Report
2018 Annual Report
