The NYC Big Spring Clean: A Signature Program of the Sanitation Foundation
This spring, the Sanitation Foundation led one of the largest volunteer cleanup efforts in New York City history. As a signature program of the Foundation, the NYC Big Spring Clean mobilized thousands of New Yorkers across all five boroughs in a united mission to clean up our streets, parks, and public spaces.
With more than 150 cleanup events taking place citywide, the Big Spring Clean turned civic pride into real, visible impact. From neighborhood blocks to waterfronts, New Yorkers rolled up their sleeves to make their communities cleaner, brighter, and more cared for.
More than just a seasonal initiative, the Big Spring Clean sparked a growing movement—one that continues to inspire collective action and civic responsibility in neighborhoods across the city.
Step up and clean up!
Community Groups
Become a member of our Community Stewards network of neighborhood cleanup groups caring for their corner of the city.
Individuals
Join a cleanup event and work with your community to clean and beautify your neighborhood.
Sign up for a neighborhood cleanup event on our Volunteer Hub
Join Adopt Your Spot and pledge to care for a special spot on your schedule
Schools + Afterschool Programs
Are you leading litter cleanups with youth to address local pollution in your communities?
Corporate
Sponsor a cleanup in the community or engage your team in a cleanup event! Sponsor cleanups or support employees who stepped up to volunteer in communities across the city.
Support a Big Spring Clean event or organize one for your team
THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 PARTNERS
We are so proud to host NYC Big Spring Clean with the support from our incredible partners.
Bloomberg
Target
International Center of Photography
NYC Service
2025 COMMUNITY HEROES
140 E 28th Street Block Improvement
7th Street Bock Association
9/11 Memorial & Museum Visionary Network
Abuela Neighborhood Maintenance
AD54 County Committee Members
Always Giving Season
Bay Street and Beyond
Bed-Stuy Clean Ups
Big Reuse
BQE Clean Up
Bridge Street Development Corp
Brooklyn New Lots Lions Club
Brooklyn Org
Clayton & Co. Merchant Association
Clean Up Greenwood
Clean Up Sunset Park
Club Canned
Columbia street waterfront clean up crew
Community Cleaning Initiative
Community Cleanup PLG
Corona Mutual Aid
Cosmic Clean Up Crew
Department of Sanitation
Dogs of Mott Haven
East New York Farms!
Florisol 641 East 11th Street HDFC
Flying 3Sixty
Forest Hills Green Team
Fort Greene Big Spring Clean
Forth on Fourth Avenue (FOFA)
Friends of Hutchinson River Greenway
Friends of McGolrick Park
Friends of Raymond Bush Playground
Friends of the QueensWay
Friends of Tompkins Square Park
Friends of WNYC Transmitter Park
Gates & Monroe Street-Big Spring Clean
Going Deeper LLC
Greenpoint Trash Club
Guaranteed Karma
Hamilton Heights, West Harlem Business Alliance
Harlem Clean up
Humane
It's not my rush, It's our planet
Jackson Lorimer Neighborhood
Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy
La Colmena Street Clean Up
Little Manila Park
Malcolm X Boulevard Beautification Group
Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board
Marine Park Alliance
Materials for the Arts
Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corporation
Neighbors of West 300 21-22-23 Street Block Association
NSTAT Team Brownsville/Van Dyke Houses
Pineapple Ride
Projekt NYC
PS184 Lions Litter Clean Up
Ridgewood Runners
Rosedale Preservation Society
Sanitation Foundation Hosted Events
St. George Civic Association
Str8OuttaBklyn Media
Sunnyside & Woodside Mutual Aid
The Groundskeeper Club
Uptown Grand Central
Volunteers for Springfield Park
West 55th
West 80s Neighborhood Association
Wilder Avenue 4300 Block Association
Woodside Neighborhood Association