Donors - Mississippi Free Press

The MFP is our state’s conscience.

Bridget Smith PieschelMFP Donor

I was born in Mississippi and so admire those who stay to do this kind of good and needed work. I wish I could afford more but here's some gratitude.

Kevin SessumsMFP Donor

I am so pleased to see a press in Mississippi willing to stand up and present us with the truth.

Denton MarcotteMFP Donor

(This donation is) to support a necessary voice in our community.

Fred BanksMFP Donor

Please tell Ashton Pittman thank you for that jaw-dropping series on UM, from an Oxonian of the era.

Bethany MoretonMFP Donor

Your exposé on the University of Mississippi was jaw dropping. Well done. I have also been quite impressed with other coverage.

Robbie EthridgeMFP Donor

2023-March 12, 2024 MJEG Donors ($1,000+)

Heather Andersen
Reuben V. Anderson
Stephen Barnette
Frank Watt Bishop
Blandford Fund
Nancy Anne Branton
Brevard Family Foundation
Tena Clark
Ed Clynch
James B. Chanin for the Marcy and Leona Chanin Foundation
Beverley Coleman
Jan Cunningham and Helena Brett-Smith
Angel Eaves
Keith A. Eddins
Stephanie Flagg
Brian Gaerity
Karen Harris and Rob Gips
Lauren Glant and Michael Gillespie
Laura Gowen
Kimberly Griffin
Laura Harper
Karen Hinton
Beverly Wade Hogan
Doug Horne
Brenda Hyde and Steve Scott
David B. Jones
Anne Ellis and John Kalucki
Donna Ladd
Unice Lieberman
Sonny Lulla
David Maddox
Jeanne McCarty
Rowena McClinton
Bethany Moreton
Trudy Moses
Cynthia Newhall
Thomas Ortenberg
Elizabeth Pasquinelli
Brad Pigott
N. Currie Prichard
Lydia Quarles
Alfred Rankins
Richard Raspet and Wendy J. Garrison
Diane Ravitch
Red House Fund, Inc.
John Robinson
George and Ann Schimmel
David Shayne
Donald Sittman
Carolyn Smith
Todd Stauffer
Stuart Stevens
Gail Stratton and Pat Miller
William Sussman
Tim Terpstra and Grace Millard Terpstra
Andrew M. Toft
Heather McTeer Toney
Penelope Tose
Bruce Ware
David Weinraub
Jesse Lamar White Jr.
Michael O. Williams
Wendi Williams
Robert Wiygul and Julia Weaver

2023-March 12, 2024 MJEG Donors ($5,000+)

The Cohn Charitable Fund

Sarah and Thomas Faulkner
Ruth Ann Harnisch for the Harnisch Family Foundation
The James & Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation
The Hubble Foundation
Dick Molpus and Terry Hunt
Ray Mabus
Ronnie Musgrove
Tom and Ellen Prewitt
Karen Radosevich and Jim Schott
Scott C. Satterwhite
Matthew Shifflet
Burns Jesse Strider
Angie Thomas
DeeDee and Victor McTeer
The Whiskey and Haggis Funda

Grant Foundation/Fund Support

AAN Tech Transformation
Alternate ROOTS Solidarity Fund 2.0 (in support of Aliyah Veal’s culture reporting)
American Press Institute
Black Voters Matter Fund
Borealis/Racial Equity in Foundation Fund
DEI Fund: Facebook Journalism Project, Democracy Fund, Walton Family Foundation (NewsMatch, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Disaster Philanthropy
Facebook Revenue Accelerator
Google News Initiative
InAsMuch Foundation
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation (NewsMatch, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
LION (Local Independent Online News) Revenue Fellowship
MacArthur Foundation
Miami Foundation
Microsoft’s Local Journalism Support Fund
Mississippi Humanities Council/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Propublica
Report for America/Groundtruth
RNN Rural Reporting
Solutions Journalism Network/Economic Mobility Initiative
Southern Power Fund
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Education Program
(NewsMatch, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
W. K. Kellogg Foundation