Keep Ohio Beautiful Affiliate Updates

Sherwin-Williams is pleased again to announce their partnership with Keep Ohio Beautiful in support of the Keep Ohio Beautiful Paint Grant Program.  This wonderful grant is designed to provide affiliates & community groups with supplies enabling them to renew a community structure in need into something beautiful through the application of Sherwin-Williams paint along with supporting volunteers.  The grant-awarded community projects will have through October 1 to complete their projects.  The five (5) grant awardees (will be awarded one per Sherwin-Williams district in Ohio), along with their volunteers will be eligible for up to 40 gallons of Sherwin-Williams exterior paint.

The Keep Ohio Beautiful Painting Grant is available to any Keep Ohio Beautiful Certified Affiliate in good standing.  Sherwin-Williams will select winning projects from the applications submitted; private property owners and individual applicants cannot apply.

Applications must meet the following requirements to be considered:

• One building per application
• Proof of liability insurance
• Signed permission to paint from building owner, history of building
• Two before photos
• How this grant will have a positive impact on local community
• Agreement to provide a final report with “after” photos
• Must provide project plans (surface-prep plan, safety plan, communication/awareness plan)
• Must have a local budget of $300 or in-kind donations for tools and safety equipment
• Should include number of volunteers needed to complete project

Applications must be received by April 15, 2024, and grants will be awarded May 15, 2024.  The winners will be able to paint from June 1 through October 1, 2024.  A final reporting form with photos will be due on November 1, 2024.  Applications may be submitted electronically or by fax or by mail.  Photos must be submitted electronically.

Keep Ohio Beautiful empowers Ohioans to make our communities clean and beautiful.

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Click Here for the following 2024 Keep Ohio Beautiful Paint Grant Form to be submitted:
Introductory Letter, Application and Permission to Paint Form
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2024 Keep Ohio Beautiful Paint Grant Application & Dates – OPEN

Open: February 1, 2024
Deadline: April 15, 2024
Awarded: May 15, 2024
Painting Projects will be held from June 1 through October 1, 2024
Final Reports Due: November 1, 2024

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Keep America Beautiful has created: A Guide to the Affiliate Hub to assist with reporting. It includes a step by step process with screenshots of how to login to the Affiliate Hub, how to register events, and how to report on events. We also included a guide without screenshots for those wishing to have that route. There is also a list of activities they can collect data on throughout their events, and an FAQ page at the very end. As we go through the office hours, we will continue to update the guide, specifically the FAQ page. Please feel free to share this with your local affiliates in your own time. If I have been slow to respond to you over the last couple of weeks, this is why. I've been working very diligently with our staff to ensure this guide is simple, straight forward, etc.

Don't be shy! Check out the KAB Affiliate Hub YouTube channel to view training videos and resources to get you started.

Keep Ohio Beautiful is looking for Affiliate Photos for our new Website! We want to showcase all of our affiliates across the state.  Please email us photos of events, programs, and volunteers in action! Please also include your social media addresses in the email.

Thank you.