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 AUGUST 19
- Atmos Energy
- Argent Wealth
- Rachel & Joel Bomgar Foundation
- Capitol Resources, LLC
- City of Jackson
- Downtown Jackson Partners
- Entergy Mississippi
- Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP
- Historic Natchez Foundation
- Horne LLP
- Junior League of Jackson
- Candace L. & John F. Kime
- HF McCarty, Jr. Family Foundation
- Millsaps College
- Mississippi Humanities Council
- MSU Office of the President
- Kristie & David Nutt
- Pass Books & Cat Island Coffeehouse
- Jordan & Jim Perry
- Jackie Posey Bailey
- Balch & Bingham LLP
- Nancy & Cecil Brown
- Mary Sanders & Damien Cavicchi
- Wilma Wagner Cleveland
- Communication Arts Company
- Crossroads Economic Partnership
- Betsy & Kane Ditto
- Louisa Dixon & Jerry Johnson
- Fischer Galleries
- Hederman Brothers
- Jane Hiatt / Hiatt Fund of Community Foundation for Mississippi
- Laura & Paul Hollis
- Jones Walker LLP
- Carol & Todd Maibach
- Margaret Walker Center at JSU
- Hon. David Neil McCarty
- Mississippi College School of Law
- Mississippi Library Commission
- Mississippi Museum of Art
- MSU Libraries
- Nautilus Publishing
- Marie & Brian Sanderson
- Simmons Farm Raised Catfish
- Toot, Teach & Roll
- U of M Marketing & Communications
- USM College of Arts & Sciences
- USM Dale Center for the Study of War & Society
- Watkins & Eager, PLLC
- Beard + Riser Architects
- Big House Books
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
- Cadence Bank
- Capri Theatre
- Chem First / First Mississippi Corporation Charitable Fund
- Julie and Brad Chism
- Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc.
- Danny Cupit
- Delta Group
- Dixon Books
- Emmett Till Interpretive Center
- Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
- 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
- Frontier Strategies
- Charles Brasfield Grant IV
- Rebecca & Ty Hardy
- Gregg Harper
- Helena Partners
- LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi
- Bob Montgomery
- Chip Morgan
- MSU Department of English
- Ginnie & Luther Munford
- Lesly Gaynor Murray
- Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration
- Oxford Conference for the Book
- Pigott Law Firm
- Ken P’pool
- Peyton Prospere
- Elizabeth & Percy Quinn
- Beth & Chip Pickering
- Push Digital
- Sara & Bill Ray
- Ann Myers & George B. Schimmel
- Bethany & Lucien Smith
- The Source by BankPlus
- Mary Ellen & Jeff Stancill
- Story Financial Partners
- Sue Taylor
- The Tell Agency
- 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 Center for Writers
- USM de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection
- USM School of Library and Information Science
- USM SCHOOL OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
- USM University Forum
- Carla & Randy Wall
- Brenna Weaver LPC
- The H.T. White Family Fund
- Rebecca & Mark Wiggs
- Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.