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 download the 2026 Funder Invitation.
Plus, explore 2026 Funder Benefits, 2026 Funder Opportunities, Exposure & Engagement, 2025 By the Numbers, 2025 KidNote Recap, 2024/25 Turn the Page Recap, and More Than Just a Day.
Welcome 2026 Funders!
AS OF JUNE 29
- America250 Mississippi
- Rachel & Joel Bomgar Foundation
- Dan Davis
- Entergy Mississippi
- HF McCarty, Jr. Family Foundation
- Historic Natchez Foundation
- Junior League of Jackson
- MSU Office of the President
- Pass Books & Cat Island Coffeehouse
- Jordan & Jim Perry
- Jackie Posey Bailey
- Nancy & Cecil Brown
- Huntington Bank
- Wilma Wagner Cleveland
- Communication Arts Company
- Crossroads Economic Partnership
- Betsy & Kane Ditto
- JSU Academic Affairs
- Louisa Dixon & Jerry Johnson
- Jones Walker LLP
- Candace L. & John F. Kime
- Carol & Todd Maibach
- Margaret Walker Center at JSU
- Hon. David Neil McCarty
- Mississippi Children’s Museum
- Mississippi College School of Law
- Mississippi Library Commission
- MSU Libraries
- Nautilus Publishing
- Simmons Farm Raised Catfish
- USM College of Arts & Sciences
- Anonymous
- Beard + Riser Architects
- Big House Books
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
- Chem First / First Mississippi Corporation Charitable Fund
- Julie & Brad Chism
- Cotton House Cleveland
- Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc.
- Danny Cupit
- Delta Group
- Dixon Books
- Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
- Fischer Galleries
- Friends of the Community Foundation of Washington County
- Rebecca & Ty Hardy
- Gregg Harper
- Hope Credit Union
- Susan Shands Jones
- LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi
- Becky & Doug Montague
- Bob Montgomery
- Chip Morgan
- Ginnie & Luther Munford
- Oxford Conference for the Book
- Pigott Law Firm
- Ken P’pool
- Peyton Prospere
- Elizabeth & Percy Quinn
- Carolyn & Chris Ray
- Sara & Bill Ray
- Ross & Yerger
- Bethany & Lucien Smith
- The Source by BankPlus
- Mary Ellen & Jeff Stancill
- Story Financial Partners
- Sue Taylor
- Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
- 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 Dale Center for the Study of War & Society
- Carla & Randy Wall
- The H.T. White Family Fund
- Frankie & Roberts Wilson
- Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.