KIB'S AWARDS

Awards & Recognition

2011:
National Arbor Day Foundation: Award for Excellence in Volunteer Management

2010:
NonProfit Times: Best Nonprofit Organization to Work for
ACT, The Home Depot Foundation, NeighborWoods Award.
The Indiana Arborist Association: awarded KIB’s campus tree planting partners on Arbor Day 2009
IUPUI Center for Service and Learning: Spirit of Philanthropy
US National Roadside Vegetation Management Association: Roadside Excellence Award, Holt Road interchange, LDOS

2009:
Governor’s Award:Energy Renewable Resources
NUVO's Best Place to Volunteer: in their Best of Indianapolis issue
AIA Indianapolis, Excellence in Architecture: Merit Award, Interior Architecture, KIB Headquarters.
Keep America Beautiful: National First Place Award, Beautification and Community Improvement: Business / Professional Organization, Southeast Neighborhood Development, Inc. (Fab for Less/S. NJ Median project)
Keep America Beautiful: National Innovation Award for Beautification, Youth Tree Team
Keep America Beautiful: President’s Circle Recognition Award, KIB

2008:
NUVO's Cultural Vision Award: One of ten organizations in Indianapolis selected (out of 80 nominees)
Keep America Beautiful: National Second Place Award: Best affiliate of KAB in a city with a population over 200,000 people.
Keep America Beautiful: National First Place Award, Beautification and Community Improvement: Business / Professional Organization, Eli Lilly & Co., Lilly Day of Service
Keep America Beautiful, Partnership Award: Indiana Department of Transportation, for partnership on KIB’s Daffodils! project.
The Indianapolis Coalition for Neighborhood Development: Winner of the Inspiring Places Award for 2008: Fab For Less (SEND home, median, and neighborhood revitalization)
Lacy Leadership Association: Service Award for 2008 to David Forsell
Mayor’s Neighborhood Awards: Honor: Fab for Less: Building Blocks for Affordable Living,
Southeast Neighborhood Development
Mayor’s Neighborhood Awards: Merit: Dearborn Gardens, RMS10 Neighborhood
Guinness World Records: Largest Painting by Numbers Mural (14,300 sq. ft.) Created by 2,409 volunteers on May 15, 2008
Indianapolis Monthly, Dec 2008, Best of Indianapolis: Arts and Media Category: Best Mural
Sycamore Foundation: Honorable Mention in the 2008 Indiana Achievement Awards  Indiana Urban Forestry Council: Business of the Year, Eli Lilly & Company, for Lilly Day of Service trees planted 2008.
Midwest Construction Magazine: Renovation/Restoration (Small Projects) (KIB new HQ) Best of 2008. The annual contest recognizes excellence in commercial construction and design in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Eastern Missouri. (out of 128 nominees)
International Interior Design Association: IDEA Award, First Place for Corporate/Commercial projects, interior design
Monumental Affair: Community Development: Honor (First Place), Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. Headquarters, Southeast Neighborhood Development
Monumental Affair: Community Development: Merit (Second Place), Fab for Less: Building Blocks for Affordable Living, Southeast Neighborhood Development
Monumental Affair: Construction: Achievement (Third Place), Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. Headquarters, Shiel Sexton
Monumental Affair: Innovative Reuse: Honor (First Place) Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. Headquarters, RATIO Architects, Inc.
Monumental Affair: Interior Design: Merit (Second Place), Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. Headquarters, RATIO Architects, Inc.
Monumental Affair: Landscape Architecture: Achievement (Third Place), Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. Headquarters, Synthesis Incorporated

2007:
Mayor’s Neighborhood Award Second Place, Paige Linn Booker Park, won by the RMS10 Neighborhood Association.
The Indianapolis Foundation Inspiring Places Award, Paige Linn Booker Park, won by the RMS10 Neighborhood Association.
4-star rating by Charity Navigator, 2nd year in a row
Indianapolis Monthly: KIB noted as one of ten "Most Effective Nonprofits in Indianapolis!" 
Indianapolis Monthly: KIB noted as one of "Best Organization for which to volunteer”

2006:
Keep America Beautiful National First Place Award, Beautification and Community Improvement: Non-profit or community group, 2006, Binford Boulevard Gateway Beautification.
Keep America Beautiful National First Place Award: Beautification project for a school, 2006, Garden City Elementary School.
Mayor’s Neighborhood Award First Place, Binford Boulevard Beautification, won by BRAG, Binford Redevelopment and Growth (multi-neighborhood association).
Mayor’s Neighborhood Award Second Place, McCord Park Renovation, won by the Watson McCord Neighborhood Association.
The Indianapolis Foundation Inspiring Places Award, McCord Park Renovation, won by the Watson McCord Neighborhood Association.
4-star rating by Charity Navigator