Organization:Keep Indianapolis Beautiful

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Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc. (KIBI)
Formation1976
Headquarters1029 Fletcher Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46203
CEO and President
Jeremy Kranowitz
AffiliationsKeep America Beautiful
Websitehttps://www.kibi.org/

Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc. (KIBI) is a non-profit organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1981 as an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. The non-profit company works towards building community in the Indianapolis area and supporting environmental growth by establishing parks and cleaning up the city. It is located at 1029 Fletcher Avenue in the Fountain Square neighborhood.[1][2]

Programs

KIBI has many programs to encourage environmental cleanliness.

Youth Tree Team

KIBI's Youth Tree Team is a crew of 60 students who work over the summer with the community to plant trees and preserve parks and natural areas. The position is paid and is an opportunity to develop skills such as compassion, cooperation, and diligence. Applications are open during the winter months, with the intent of a team being created by the summer months.[3][4][5][6]

Adopt-A-Block

The Adopt-A-Block program provides citizens, companies, and neighborhoods with free supplies to clean the city blocks that they adopted. The program results from a partnership with the city of Indianapolis and the Department of Public Works.[7][8][9][10]

Great Indy Cleanup

A Great Indy Cleanup is performed by the organizer providing volunteers and assisting with promotion, and KIBI itself providing supplies, media resources, and dumpsters (limited availability).[11][12]

Project Greenspace

Project GreenSpace was a program that, through AES Indiana, was designed to help make Indiana nature more "green" with grass, trees, and outdoor spaces in such places as parks, orchards and outdoor classrooms.[13][14]

Other information

KIB headquarters in 2013

Jeremy Kranowitz is the acting CEO and president of KIB.[15][16] The organization often needs volunteers to support events.[2] It collaborates with many universities in Indiana to procure student volunteers.[17][18]

In January 2025, the organization was given a $400,000 grant for Arbor Day to plant trees. In February 2025, the grant was taken back. The specific reasons for the retraction is unknown.[19][20][21]

See also

  • List of environmental and conservation organizations in the United States

References

  1. ↑ "Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. | Downtown Indianapolis". https://downtownindy.org/go/keep-indianapolis-beautiful-inc. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Keep Indianapolis Beautiful - Indy Ambassadors". https://www.indyambassadors.org/ongoing/keep-indianapolis-beautiful/. 
  3. ↑ LLC, Glass Web Projects; Brinkers, Audrey (2025-05-23). "Inside the Lives of Indy's Future Changemakers - Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc." (in en-US). https://www.kibi.org/2025/05/23/youthtreeteamleaders2025/. 
  4. ↑ Ditmire, Jill (2015-02-12). "KIB Recruiting For Summer Youth Tree Team" (in en-us). https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/kib-recruiting-for-summer-youth-tree-team. 
  5. ↑ Stullken, Lydia (2023-10-03). "Keep Indianapolis Beautiful" (in en). https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/19432de6491544298549a89491d76cc6. 
  6. ↑ "KIB's Youth Tree Team kicks off" (in en-US). 2013-06-24. https://indianapolisrecorder.com/1c56ad12-dce9-11e2-83fe-0019bb2963f4/. 
  7. ↑ Key, Jessica R. (2013-04-24). "Adopt your block" (in en-US). https://indianapolisrecorder.com/4796003e-ad48-11e2-bfb9-001a4bcf887a/. 
  8. ↑ LLC, Glass Web Projects. "Adopt-A-Block for Business & Schools | Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc." (in en-US). https://kib.gwpdev.com/sub-program/adopt-a-block-for-business-and-schools/. 
  9. ↑ Schneider, Karl. "Want to join the fight against litter? Here's how to get started and snag free supplies" (in en-US). https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2023/07/31/keep-indianapolis-beautiful-offers-free-supplies-to-pick-up-litter/70485389007/. 
  10. ↑ "Maintenance" (in en-US). https://www.fallcreekplace.com/maintenance. 
  11. ↑ "Neighborhood Cleanup". https://www.indy.gov/activity/neighborhood-cleanup. 
  12. ↑ LLC, Glass Web Projects (2023-04-27). "Great Indy Cleanup - Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc." (in en-US). https://www.kibi.org/program/great-indy-cleanup/. 
  13. ↑ "AES Indiana Project Greenspace | AES Indiana" (in en). https://www.aesindiana.com/aes-indiana-project-greenspace. 
  14. ↑ LLC, Glass Web Projects (2023-04-27). "Project Greenspace - Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc." (in en-US). https://www.kibi.org/program/project-greenspace/. 
  15. ↑ Adkins, Jay (March 6, 2025). "Keep Indianapolis Beautiful launches spring project season with tree planting". https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/keep-indianapolis-beautiful-inc-launches-spring-project-season-with-community-tree-planting/. 
  16. ↑ "Jeremy Kranowitz - Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc.". May 13, 2023. https://www.kibi.org/staff-profile/jeremy-kranowitz/. 
  17. ↑ "Keep Indianapolis Beautiful". https://www.butler.edu/student-life/volunteers/keep-indianapolis-beautiful/. 
  18. ↑ "Keep Indianapolis Beautiful | HoundsConnect". https://houndsconnect.uindy.edu/agency/detail/?agency_id=156840. 
  19. ↑ Zulkosky, Danielle (2025-02-28). "Keep Indianapolis Beautiful loses $400K grant during federal slashes" (in en-US). https://wishtv.com/news/local-news/keep-indianapolis-beautiful-loses-400k-grant-during-federal-slashes/. 
  20. ↑ WISH-TV (2025-02-27). Keep Indianapolis Beautiful loses $400K grant. Retrieved 2025-06-30 – via YouTube.
  21. ↑ Schneider, Karl. "Indianapolis program killed by federal government sought diversity ... among trees" (in en-US). https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2025/02/26/feds-pull-tree-planting-grant-from-keep-indianapolis-beautiful/80473693007/. 



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