Funders
It takes a lot of support to celebrate Mississippi's vibrant literary landscape!
The Mississippi Book Festival is grateful for funders who are committed to helping us produce a high-quality event and making a positive and lasting difference in the cultural life of our state.
Through the support of longtime donors, media partners, and friends of the festival, we can ensure that the festival is FREE and open to the public and that readers of all ages and backgrounds can connect with visiting authors and each other.
Contact Rebecca Hardy (601-201-3764) to hear about the variety of funder opportunities and packages available this year, or click here to learn more.
Welcome 2025 Funders!
AS OF JULY 28
- Rachel & Joel Bomgar Foundation
- Downtown Jackson Partners
- Historic Natchez Foundation
- Junior League of Jackson
- HF McCarty, Jr. Family Foundation
- Millsaps College
- Mississippi Humanities Council
- MSU Office of the President
- Kristie & David Nutt
- Pass Books & Cat Island Coffeehouse
- Jackie Posey Bailey
- Balch & Bingham LLP
- Nancy & Cecil Brown
- Wilma Wagner Cleveland
- Communication Arts Company
- Crossroads Economic Partnership
- Betsy & Kane Ditto
- Louisa Dixon & Jerry Johnson
- Fischer Galleries
- Hederman Brothers
- Jones Walker LLP
- Carol & Todd Maibach
- Margaret Walker Center at JSU
- Mississippi College School of Law
- Mississippi Library Commission
- MSU Libraries
- Nautilus Publishing
- Simmons Farm Raised Catfish
- U of M Marketing & Communications
- USM College of Arts & Sciences
- USM Dale Center for the Study of War & Society
- Big House Books
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
- Cadence Bank
- Capri Theatre
- Chem First / First Mississippi Corporation Charitable Fund
- Chism Strategies
- Danny Cupit
- Delta Group
- Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
- Friends of the Community Foundation of Washington County
- Friends of the Library at the University of Mississippi
- Friends of Sandra West
- Charles Brasfield Grant IV
- Rebecca & Ty Hardy
- Gregg Harper
- Bob Montgomery
- Chip Morgan
- MSU Department of English
- Ginnie & Luther Munford
- Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration
- Oxford Conference for the Book
- Pigott Law Firm
- Ken P’pool
- Peyton Prospere
- Elizabeth & Percy Quinn
- Sara & Bill Ray
- Ann Myers & George B. Schimmel
- The Source by BankPlus
- Mary Ellen & Jeff Stancill
- Sue Taylor
- U of M Center for the Study of Southern Culture
- U of M Department of English
- USM Center for the Study of the Gulf South
- USM de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection
- USM School of Library and Information Science
- USM University Forum
- Carla & Randy Wall
- The H.T. White Family Fund
- Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.