Keep North Charleston Beautiful Coalition
Mission
Keep North Charleston Beautiful (KNCB) is an award-winning affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. KNCB is a non-profit organization that works to enhance the beauty and image of the City of North Charleston through hands-on beautification efforts, through education, and by supporting community cleanups. KNCB’s ultimate goal is to create a community where people want to live, work, and play.
Ruling year
2002
Principal Officer
Carmen Hanlon
Main address
4800 Park Circle c/o Felix Davis Community Center
N CHARLESTON, SC 29405 USA
EIN
57-1107432
NTEE code
Environmental Beautification (C50)
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The mission of Keep North Charleston Beautiful is to enhance the beauty of the City of North Charleston through hands-on beautification efforts and education, and to support community beautification and litter cleanups activities.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Bloom Kits
KNCB’s Bloom Kit program is where one volunteer or several volunteers complete landscaping tasks in a North Charleston public garden for a minimum of twice per month. Volunteers will receive training on proper gardening techniques along with all of the supplies that are necessary to complete gardening tasks in the garden.
Field Trips/Education
During the month of October, KNCB invites preschool classes to visit the Park Circle Butterfly Garden for an educational program created and presented by KNCB volunteers. Education is provided to the community (on topics such as environmental stewardship, beautification, taking care of the Earth, not littering, and recycling) throughout the year.
Flowerscape
The goal of the Flowerscape program is to plant colorful gardens in highly traveled locations that will positively impact the North Charleston community. Flowerscapes planted in City parks are maintained by volunteer groups.
Free Community Litter Cleanup Kits
KNCB provides free litter pickup kits to community volunteers who organize their own community cleanup. Some cleanup supplies are limited and are distributed on a first come, first served basis. Thank you to Keep America Beautiful and GLAD for providing trash bags for these cleanup kits!
Group Volunteer Projects
KNCB staff will help you organize a beautification event for your group in a public garden. This is a great team building project for your group that allows your team to work together to beautify the community through volunteer service.
Butterfly Gardens
Keep North Charleston Beautiful maintains two butterfly gardens in North Charleston. These gardens are located on the grounds of two community centers in North Charleston and are open to the public during normal park operating hours. The gardens are not enclosed, but are part of a natural garden setting. They are wonderful locations to observe and learn about butterflies and other pollinators along with some of the sustainable plants that attract them.
Where we work
Awards
Affiliate Recognition Award 2021
Keep South Carolina Beautiful
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total pounds of debris collected
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Free Community Litter Cleanup Kits
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Volunteer activities were limited in 2020-2021 due to mandatory closures and safety precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Number of trees or plants installed in North Charleston
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Butterfly Gardens
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Volunteer activities were limited in 2020-2021 due to mandatory closures and safety precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Keep North Charleston Beautiful is completing activities that enhance the beauty and pride in the public areas in North Charleston. Reducing the litter and enhancing the beauty in public areas of North Charleston are the goals. Education and hands-on events are two methods that are used to help accomplish these goals.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Keep North Charleston Beautiful (KNCB) provides free litter pickup supplies for community groups interested in doing litter pick-ups in public area. KNCB cares for two butterfly gardens at public parks in North Charleston. These gardens are maintained by volunteers and has several education components incorporated into the gardens. KNCB offers field trip through the gardens to help children understand the importance of taking care of their community.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
KNCB has been an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and a non-profit organization for more than 20 years. Staff have a combined total of more than 40 years of experience in the non-profit field. KNCB is able to meet goals through sustained partnerships with local community members, businesses, schools, neighborhoods, and organizations.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
KNCB has an award winning Clean Cities Sweep Program that is part of the Great America Cleanup. The participants in this programs plan activities each year and expand on the activities they started in year's prior. This has allowed the groups to create wonderful clean and beautiful areas to enjoy. KNCB has helped with the creation of many gardens in the North Charleston community. Most notably the Park Circle Butterfly and the Northwoods Butterfly Gardens. KNCB provides free litter pickup kits to groups who request them monthly. This allows groups with volunteers to be able to litter pickup in public spaces without having to worry about purchasing any supplies. KNCB plans to continue to provide programs and gardens that allow the community to come together to make North Charleston bloom with beauty!
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Keep North Charleston Beautiful Coalition
Board of directorsas of 03/07/2022
Veryl Sullivan
Nancy Gilbert
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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