2024-04-15T17:28:31-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 474329549 KEEP IT REAL BEAUTIFUL KEEP 5129838599 PO Box 831 Leakey TX 78873 Jeff Carter Treasurer 5129838599 2024-04-14 Jeff Carter 999009999 1 0 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X keepitrealbeautiful.org X X 130227 X 31351 0 530 0 0 0 0 0 98346 70246 28100 0 0 0 0 59981 1500 0 0 0 0 0 29715 31215 28766 9767 0 38533 9767 38533 0 0 0 0 9767 38533 0 0 9767 38533 Our mission is to keep Real County beautiful day and night. Our focus is collection of cardboard, aluminum cans, and plastics for recycling, trash cleanups along Highway 83 and 55, trash collection on the Frio and Nueces Rivers, and preservation of the night sky through education on how to limit the effects of lights on our dark skies. We organized the first Frio River trash cleanup in five years. We had approximately 45 volunteers take sections of the river to collect trash. We then had a celebratory BBQ with small awards. 1500 725 Each quarter we collected trash along Highways 83 and 55 in Real County. Volunteer numbers ranged from 32 for the 2nd quarter when we had students from the local high school help to earn service hours to as few as 6 for Q3 0 0 We pulled our recycling trailer to the local Food Bank distribution 10 times, (every month except July and August). We collected cardboard, aluminum cans, and plastics and then drove the trailer to the Utopia Texas recycling center. 0 0 We participated in Earth Day activities at The Springs resort. We hired a face painter and distibuted information on recycling. 0 150 875 Amanda Griffin President 10 0 0 0 Jeff Carter Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Patti Berkstresser Board Member 5 0 0 0 Laurie Reagan Secretary 6 0 0 0 Kelli McLaughlin Board Member 2 0 0 0 Victoria Towers Board Member 2 0 0 0 X 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TX Jeff Carter PO Box 831 Leakey TX 78873 5129838599 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 110869 110869 19389 19389 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130258 130258 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130258 0 0 0 0 130258 130258 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED July Jubilee Street Dance 98346 1500 96846 0 0 0 1467 12000 56779 0 0 98346 1500 96846 0 0 0 1467 12000 56779 70246 26600 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 We donated $1500 to the Frio Canyon Garden Club toward expenses to establish a native plant garden at the north entrance to the Cioty of Leakey on Highway 83 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Recycling shed construction $12,180, River Bash Trash Cleanup $949 Star Party $499 Eclipse glasses $6900 Insurance $1176 Member Appreciation Mixer $415 Street Dance seed money $2000 Advertising $1098 Supplies Utilities $276 Rental of electric hookup for recycling shed $1486 AEP Utility work and hook up $2380. Dues, postage, office supplies, bank fees, post office box rental, misc. $1855 Form 990-EZ, Part V, Line 33 We managed the July Jubilee Street Dance and were the beneficiaries of net proceeds for the first time.