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 SEPTEMBER 4
- America250 Mississippi
- Argent Wealth
- Rachel & Joel Bomgar Foundation
- Capitol Resources, LLC
- City of Jackson
- Entergy Mississippi
- Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP
- HF McCarty, Jr. Family Foundation
- Historic Natchez Foundation
- Junior League of Jackson
- Mississippi Museum of Art
- MSU Office of the President
- Pass Christian Books & Cat Island Coffeehouse
- Jordan & Jim Perry
- Volunteer Mississippi
- Jackie Posey Bailey
- Nancy & Cecil Brown
- Mary Sanders & Damien Cavicchi
- Clearwater Group
- Wilma Wagner Cleveland
- Communication Arts Company
- Crossroads Economic Partnership
- Betsy & Kane Ditto
- Hederman Brothers
- Huntington Bank
- JSU Division of Academic Affairs
- Louisa Dixon & Jerry Johnson
- Jones Walker LLP
- Carol & Todd Maibach
- Margaret Walker Center at JSU
- The MAX: Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience
- Hon. David Neil McCarty
- Mississippi College School of Law
- Mississippi Library Commission
- MSU Libraries
- Lesly Gaynor Murray in Memory of Stephen C. Edds
- Nautilus Publishing
- Simmons Farm Raised Catfish
- Toot, Teach & Roll
- U of M College of Liberal Arts
- U of M Office of the Provost
- USM College of Arts & Sciences
- Watkins & Eager, PLLC
- Rebecca Wiggs
- 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.
- Lynn & Bill Crawford
- Danny Cupit
- Delta Group
- Dixon Books
- Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
- Fischer Galleries
- Friends of the Community Foundation of Washington County
- Carole & Chuck Grant
- Rebecca & Ty Hardy
- Sidney & Gregg Harper
- Susan Shands Jones
- LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi
- Becky & Doug Montague
- Bob Montgomery & Kathleen M. Mitchell
- Chip Morgan
- MSU Department of English
- Ginnie & Luther Munford
- Oxford Conference for the Book
- Beth & Chip Pickering
- Pigott Law Firm
- Ken P’pool
- Peyton Prospere
- Elizabeth & Percy Quinn
- Carolyn & Chris Ray
- Sara & Bill Ray
- Ross & Yerger Insurance, Inc
- Ann Myers & George B. Schimmel
- 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
- U of M Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing
- USM Center for the Study of the Gulf South
- USM Center for Writers
- USM Dale Center for the Study of War & Society
- USM de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection
- USM University Forum
- Carla & Randy Wall
- Brenna Weaver LPC
- The H.T. White Family Fund
- Frankie & Roberts Wilson
- Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.