Keep Tennessee Beautiful is the state level affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, and serves as a state resource for litter prevention, community greening, and recycling & waste reduction education.

Keep Tennessee Beautiful is housed by the University of Memphis as an independent department within the College of Professional & Liberal Studies as a community engagement program. Keep Tennessee Beautiful is a grant funded organization sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Transportation with funds from special taxes levied on malt beverage and the soft drink industries (57-5-201 and 67-4-402).