Giving Tuesday
$4,055.64 81.11% of $5,000 goal
Goal End Date: December 31, 2024 41 Supporters
Year Founded
1959
EIN
47-0536460
Local Leader/Exec. Director
Christie Abdul-Greene, Executive Director
Primary Contact Name
HelloKOB@cityofomaha.org
Main Address

Keep Omaha Beautiful
1819 Farnam Street
Suite 306
Omaha, NE 68183
United States

What We Do

The mission of Keep Omaha Beautiful (KOB) is to foster environmental and community stewardship through education, service, and advocacy.

KOB's core programming, community engagement, and advocacy efforts contribute to a healthy urban ecosystem. Your donation supports the following:

Environmental Education
KOB believes that environmental education is an essential part of connecting people to the natural world.

  • Annually, more than 8,000 youth and adults engage in KOB’s school and community-based education programs and service-learning projects.
  • Every year, 400 K-12 teachers and early childhood educators take part in our certification workshops and reach over 9,000 students with this content.

Pollution Prevention
KOB coordinates with thousands of volunteers and partners each year to provide education, equipment, and service opportunities that ensure Omaha is a safe and healthy place for everyone to enjoy.

  • Annually, KOB works with over 5,000 volunteers to clean up litter and storm drains, which helps to prevent pollution in public spaces and local waterways.
  • We coordinate neighborhood cleanups and community events that involve service-learning and behavior change information to help reduce land, air, and water pollution.

Waste Reduction & Recycling Education
KOB conducts the Reduce. Reuse. Recycle Right.  campaign, which helps residents learn how to reduce waste and recycle correctly.

  • OmahaRecyclingGuide.org offers residents a searchable tool to answer recycling questions, and includes local resources for hard-to-recycle items.
  • Engaging content and tips for sustainable living, waste reduction, and recycling help residents understand the everyday impacts their actions can make.

Tree Canopy Improvements
KOB engages local residents and organizations in tree planting and stewardship activities. Every year, we plant diverse tree species in public spaces to help improve our city's tree canopy. 

  • KOB’s Trees for Tomorrow initiative strengthens our city’s tree canopy by planting underrepresented native species in public parks, trails, and other public spaces.
  • Additional tree planting programs are being developed to help mitigate heat island effects and improve access to green spaces in priority locations throughout the city.

In addition, our Community Engagement & Advocacy Efforts involve community partnerships, education, thought leadership, planning, and consulting for positive, sustainable environmental impacts. 

To learn more about Keep Omaha Beautiful, visit KeepOmahaBeautiful.org.

Interesting Info
  • Keep Omaha Beautiful was founded in 1959, making it one of the oldest environmental nonprofits in Nebraska.
  • Since 2018, KOB has planted over 4,000 diverse trees throughout our community's public spaces, including Omaha parks, trails, and school grounds
  • Annually, KOB works with over 5,000 volunteers to clean up litter and storm drains, which helps to prevent pollution in public spaces and local waterways
Geographic Location

Omaha

Volunteer Opportunities
Office Volunteer
Repeats daily, 10:30am - 12pm for 365 times
Flexible Timing

Litter Cleanups
Repeats daily for 365 times
Anytime

Volunteers clean up in downtown Omaha
educators atttending a professional development workshop
students help plant a tree
youth experiment with a water table
volunteers plant a tree
litter cleanup volunteers show the bags of trash removed
volunteers plant a tree
KOB educators talk with youth at an event booth
a smiling man puts compostable items into a zero-waste container
a KOB educator teaches a classroom of early elementary students
a group of volunteers picks up litter in a park
two volunteers smile as they place a no-dumping decal on a storm drain
a young girl holds up a magnifying glass to a tree branch