- BlueCross BlueShield of Mississippi
- Mississippi Public Broadcasting
- Cultivation Food Hall
- Mississippi State University
- University of Mississippi
- Jackson State University
- University of Southern Mississippi
- Visit Jackson
- Downtown Jackson Partners
- Mississippi Museum of Art
- The Clarion-Ledger
- The Eudora Welty Foundation
- Holly and Alan Lange
- Mike McRee
- National Book Foundation Literary Fund
- Carol Puckett and John Palmer
- Diane and Dick Scruggs