Since 2004, Keep Louisiana Beautiful has awarded over $4.7 million in grants to local communities in the areas of litter abatement, waste reduction, recycling, and environmental education.
Grant Description
Grant Purpose: The KLB Healthy Communities Grant (HCG) provides funding for local projects and programs bringing about behavioral changes needed to improve the appearance of communities in Louisiana. Grant projects should focus on litter removal, prevention, and education, best practices for waste management, waste reduction, recycling, reusing, and refusing, litter enforcement, and other related efforts. KLB seeks to fund projects with diverse community support and community benefits. Projects should also promote volunteer involvement and collaboration with stakeholders.
Grant Type:
- $2,500-$10,000 Reimbursement grant that funds projects and programs as described above
- Minimum 15% cash match, in-kind donation or volunteer hours value required
This grant is made possible with funding from the State of Louisiana and Office of the Lt. Governor.
Eligible to Apply
- Louisiana parishes, municipalities, state agencies, governmental entities, political subdivisions, schools, colleges, universities, non-profit organizations, KLB Community Affiliates who are current Circle of Excellence recipients, KLB University Affiliates, and KLB Community and University Affiliates in formation
- Non-profit organization applicants must submit IRS Determination Letter
- All applicants must submit Form W-9
- All applicants must be in good standing with the Secretary of State
- All applicants must be a State Certified Vendor. Register: doa.la.gov/doa/osp/vendor-resources/
- Application must be submitted by the deadline and be completed in its entirety
Funding Guidelines: Projects and programs with measurable goals and sustainable impacts in one or more of the following areas:
ELIGIBLE for Funding:
- Litter removal
- Litter prevention
- Waste management and reduction
- Recycling, reusing, reducing, and repurposing
- Litter and illegal dumping enforcement
- Education on litter prevention, recycling and environmental stewardship
NOT Eligible for Funding:
- Gardening projects and tree planting
- Computers, electronics, and printers
- Travel expenses, rental of motorized vehicles and fuel
- Food and beverage
- Registration fees
- Cash awards, insurance and salaries, employee compensation
- Expenses associated with fundraising activities
- Projects or activities conducted on private property
- Excessive disposable materials or activities producing excess waste/litter (e.g. balloon release)
Terms and Requirements: Failure to abide by all the requirements and/or submit the completed final report by May 1, 2025, will result in non-reimbursement for this grant and ineligibility during the next grant cycle. To be awarded a grant, applicants agree to the following:
- A Grant Agreement (Agreement) must be signed between KLB (Grantor), the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (DCRT) and the grant recipient (Grantee) before reimbursable work can begin on the grant project. Grantees must abide by the approved grant budget as documented in the Agreement.
- All Grantees must attend a mandatory informational webinar before KLB will issue an Agreement.
- A minimum 15% cash match, in-kind donation or equivalent volunteer hours value is required.
- Community engagement and volunteer support are required.
- Grant projects must be completed on or before May 1, 2025.
- A grant award acknowledgement letter must be sent to the Grantee’s state representatives and senator. A copy must be submitted with the Final Report.
- A press release announcing the award of the KLB grant must be sent to the local media. A copy must be submitted with the final report.
- Two social media posts must be made:
- Within 30 days of the Agreement being executed, announce on Grantee social media channels the award of a KLB Healthy Communities Grant and how the grant will help the community. Tag Keep Louisiana Beautiful – on Facebook and Instagram tag @keeplouisianabeautiful and – on Twitter tag @keeplabeautiful.
- At the grant project’s end, Grantees must make a second social media post with photographs highlighting its impact.
- Photos of both media posts must be uploaded in the Final Report.
- KLB’s logo must be printed on all grant related print materials, t-shirts, signage, banners and other marketing and educational materials funded by this grant.
- A Mid-year Monitoring Report must be submitted by December 1, 2024.
- Changes in the grant scope and/or budget as outlined in the Agreement must be pre-approved by KLB.
- A completed Final Report including photographs, press release, acknowledgement letters, social media posts and reimbursement request with proper receipts and documentation must be submitted to KLB by May 1, 2025. The report may be submitted before the deadline upon project completion but will not be accepted after May 1, 2025.
- Grantees must register for, conduct, and submit a report for a KLB Love the Boot Week event tentatively scheduled for April 18-27, 2025.
- The grant cycle begins once the Grantee attends the mandatory webinar and the Grant Agreement is signed by the Grantee and executed by the Executive Director of KLB and the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism’s Appointing Authority. The grant cycle ends for all Grantees on May 1, 2025.
Timeline
- May 15, 2024: Deadline to submit application
- July 2024: Grant awards announced. Mandatory webinar for all grant recipients. Grant Agreement sent, signed and returned.
- August 2024 – April 2025: Projects implemented including all grant requirements
- May 1, 2025: Projects completed. Final Report including reimbursement requests and documentation due.
Directions: Before beginning an application, download the sample application below, gather information and prepare responses. Return here and click below to reach the online application. After starting the online application, a link will be provided to return to and complete the application, if necessary. Save the provided link, as KLB cannot provide this.
2024-25 SAMPLE Healthy Communities Grant Application
2024-25 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT APPLICATION
2023-24 Healthy Communities Grant Recipients
Allen
Organization: Town of Oberlin
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Litter education program
Officials in the Town of Oberlin are launching an educational program designed to educate the public about their environmental responsibilities and how carelessness can have a direct impact on community development.
Ascension
Organization: City of Donaldsonville
Grant Amount: $5,500
Project: Litter prevention education program
The City of Donaldsonville will implement a litter prevention program for school-aged children. Youth will create “citations” or “citation books” to use when their family or friend is littering. This will promote environmental stewardship by empowering children to act as “litter law enforcement professionals.”
Assumption
Organization: Assumption ARC
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Recycling campaign
Assumption ARC will implement larger, wind-safe recycling bins throughout the parish to allow for more items to be recycled and to minimize the amount of litter that ends up around citizens’ receptacles.
Caddo
Organization: Shreveport Community Church
Grant Amount: $2,505
Project: Litter and Waste Removal
The Shreveport Community Church intends to improve and increase community involvement in its program called “I Love West Shreveport,” which is focused on trash and waste removal throughout the community. Funds will go to waste removal and litter cleanup supplies.
East Baton Rouge
Organization: CACRC
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Technological Recycling
In efforts to raise awareness for the importance of proper technology and computer disposal, the Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council is working to implement a public awareness campaign regarding E-waste via digital interstate billboards and digital surface billboards throughout the East Baton Rouge area.
Organization: City of Baker
Grant Amount: $4,000
Project: Traffic Cams for illegal dumping and Trash Receptacles
To reduce the occurrence of illegal dumping, the City of Baker will implement trap cams around areas that experience high levels of illegal dumping. The City of Baker has also recognized a need for larger trash receptacles and will implement these receptacles in various retail areas throughout the city.
Organization: City of Central
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Education and law enforcement litter program
The City of Central plans to purchase 60 signs to discourage illegal dumping and five solar-powered cameras for litter enforcement. The City of Baker also plans to launch a media campaign to stress the importance of proper trash disposal and to report on the progress of the program.
Organization: Clean Pelican
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Environmental Education Expansion
Clean Pelican plans to expand their current “Map It Clean” educational program to three additional schools in the East Baton Rouge area including Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School, Franciscan High, and the Brighton School.
Organization: Mid-City Redevelopment Alliance
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: FixUp! Program
The Mid-City Redevelopment Alliance will launch its FixUp Program to prevent surface trash and encourage residents to create and implement cleanups within their community by eliminating the financial barriers hindering people to do so.
Organization: The Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Cleanup supplies distribution
The Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership is purchasing litter grabbers, gloves, vests, and contractor-sized garbage bags which will be given to businesses, schools, churches, and any individual willing to commit their time every day to pick up litter wherever they are.
Organization: The Walls Project
Grant Amount: $7,150
Project: Green Art Community Workshops
The Walls Project will be hosting a free accessible “green art” community workshop to teach participants how to reduce the environmental impact of their art practice. The Baton Roots farm staff will also be working to assist in the growth and harvesting of indigenous plants which will be processed and used as natural paint pigment.
Evangeline
Organization: Town of Mamou
Grant Amount: $2,600
Project: Custom Anti-litter signs and public relations campaign
Officials within the Town of Mamou are working to promote their anti-litter campaign with the instillation of custom anti-litter signs throughout the community. Officials are also working to launch their public relations campaign which will be focused on promoting litter abatement and beautification projects.
Jefferson
Organization: Academy of Our Lady
Grant Amount: $2,500
Project: The Penelope Composting Project
Academy of Our Lady will reduce food waste by implementing a sustainable composting program on campus led by the Environmental Science class. The Composting Network will come to the school three times a week and return composted soil back to the school garden.
Lafayette
Organization: City of Scott
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Trash trailer
The City of Scott will purchase a new trailer dedicated to litter collection for use by city personnel and volunteers for the upcoming campaign event, the “Sweep Scott Litter Campaign.”
Organization: Lafayette Consolidated Government
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Mardi Gras recycling & litter prevention campaign
Lafayette consolidated government plans to launch a marketing campaign to raise awareness of the importance of proper trash disposal and recycling during the Mardi Gras season with the goal of positively impacting the mindset of krewe members and patrons when it comes to littering.
Organization: Parish Proud
Grant Amount: $7,980
Project: Cleanup supplies
Parish Proud will purchase additional supplies for their Parish Proud Troops Litter Mitigation Program to meet the growing volunteer need for supplies. The troop bags will consist of 20 grabbers, vests, trash bags, and a retractable flag to increase volunteers’ visibility and safety.
Livingston
Organization: City of Denham Springs
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Purchase of litter collection trailer
In order to maintain clean roadways and keep up with the increasing number of people on the road resulting in increased litter, the City of Denham Springs will purchase a covered trailer to be able to collect and carry larger amounts of litter.
Organization: Keep Livingston Beautiful
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Additional litter trailer
In order to keep up with the mass influx of people on major interstates within the past years, Keep Livingston Beautiful will purchase an additional litter trailer to reduce litter and promote waste reduction within the community.
Orleans
Organization: Glassroots
Grant Amount: $6,639
Project: Glass recycling expansion and accessibility
Grassroots is opening a new glass drop-off location in the Treme/Seventh Ward area to make glass recycling more accessible to lower-income areas that do not currently have sustainable recycling options.
Organization: Grounds Krewe NOLA
Grant Amount: $6,665
Project: Litter trailer
The Grounds Krewe will purchase an enclosed cargo trailer to increase the operational efficiency of transporting its sustainable throws and recycling equipment/waste. The trailer will also serve as a “rolling advertisement” for the non-profit’s mission to provide waste prevention, recycling, and sustainable products for New Orleans events.
Organization: St. Michael Special School
Grant Amount: $3,150
Project: Bead Recycling Program
The St. Michael Special School is continuing its bead recycling program and plans to purchase two heavy-duty tilt trucks for transport. The recycled beads will be sorted, packaged, and given out to krewe members for the upcoming Mardi Gras season.
Organization: The Academy of the Sacred Heart
Grant Amount: $4,268
Project: Waste diversion and Recycling
The Academy of Sacred Heart will continue its food waste, recycling, and diversion programs, which are provided to all campus community members. Additionally, they plan on adding onsite glass recycling bins at both campuses to increase glass recycling throughout the community.
Organization: Thrive New Orleans
Grant Amount: $3,850
Project: Litter cleanups and stormwater waste reduction campaign
Thrive New Orleans will organize community cleanups to support litter/waste reduction following the Mardi Gras season with goals to reduce the amount of litter that ends up in our waterways and promote the sustainment of clean catch basins. They will also launch a media campaign to educate community members on the importance of waste reduction to stormwater management.
Ouachita
Organization: Town of Sterlington
Grant Amount: $7,500
Project: Dump trailer
The Town of Sterlington will purchase a large dump trailer for hauling litter and large debris following cleanups.
Organization: University of Louisiana at Monroe
Grant Amount: $3,167
Project: Recycling bins surrounding the campus bayou
ULM will be purchasing five recycling bins to place around the popular bayou running through the center of the university grounds. The bins will help promote recycling and keep litter out of the bayou.
Rapides
Organization: Glass Act Recycling
Grant Amount: $7,000
Project: “Bottles Up” Glass Recycling Campaign
The grant will support Glass Act Recycling in offering its commercial glass pickup program. The program will engage local businesses and restaurants in glass recycling, diverting tons of glass from landfills.
St. Landry
Organization: Schools of the Sacred Heart – Grand Coteau
Grant Amount: $2,592
Project: Recycling and landfill campaign
To improve recycling on campus and reduce landfill waste, Schools of the Sacred Heart – Grand Coteau will purchase 20 recycling receptacles and strategically place them throughout the campus. The school community will be educated on proper waste disposal and recycling practices to ensure students, faculty, and staff understand what goes in the provided bins.
St. Mary
Organization: City of Patterson
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Patterson Beautiful Inside and Out Campaign
The City of Patterson will launch “Patterson Beautiful Inside and Out,” a program dedicated to maintaining a healthy community through litter prevention education and proactive activities including a multimedia education campaign and purchase of a litter collection trailer.
St. Tammany
Organization: Recreational Fisheries Research Institute
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: Glass Recycling Project
The Recreational Fisheries Research Institute will promote its glass recycling program through community engagement and volunteer opportunities. The collected and recycled glass will be used to restore St. Tammany and Louisiana coastlines.
Organization: St. Tammany Parish Government
Grant Amount: $4,000
Project: Adopt-A-Road
St. Tammany Parish Government will be launching a new Adopt-A-Road program that will utilize community volunteers to pick up litter on local roadways throughout the parish.
Webster
Organization: Village of Dixie Inn
Grant Amount: $8,000
Project: New litter trailer
The Village of Dixie Inn will purchase a new litter trailer better equipped for taking care of their litter problem. The Village will also purchase anti-litter signage.
Resources for Previously Awarded Grant Recipients
- Healthy Communities Grant Mid-Year Report
- Healthy Communities Grant Final Report
- Healthy Communities Grant Request Change Form
Questions about reporting?
Please contact grants@keeplouisianabeautiful.org