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

MJEG Donors ($1,000+)

Clifford Albright
Yoseph Ali
Heather Andersen
Reuben V. Anderson
Angela Avery
Larry Avery
Nellie Estefania Barcia
Stephen Barnette
R. Edward Bergmark
Frank Watt Bishop
Nancy Ann Branton
James B. Chanin
Beverley Coleman
Wilbur and Scott Colom
CREATE Foundation, Inc.
Stephanie Flagg
David Gartland
Robert Gips
Lauren Glant and Michael Gillespie
Mary Beth Griffin
Tray Hairston
Ruth Ann Harnisch
Cyd Harrell
Fraser L. Hunter Jr.
Greg Iles
Internet Doorway, Inc.
Steven James Insurance Agency
David Jones
John Kaluki
Tamara Killion
Sharon Kimizuka
Donna Ladd
Donald Linn
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Lipman
David Maddox
James Doyle McClure
Emily McInnis
Sheila Melton
Mary Miller
Connie Moran
Bryan Norwood
George Olley
Edward M. Opton Jr.
Brad Pigott
Joan Powell
Red House Fund, Inc.
Jack Reed Jr.
Derrick Robertson
John Robinson
Arvind Saxena
Donald Sittman
Carolyn Smith
Todd Stauffer
Stuart Stevens
Heather McTeer Toney
Vanguard Marketing Corporation
Teresa Verbeck
Christie Weeks
Wheeler and Franks Law Firm
William Wilson

MJEG Donors ($5,000+)

Nancy Lottridge Anderson
Fred Banks
Cohn Charitable Fund
Bob & Carol Dorsey
Jabari Edwards
Aunjanue Ellis
Buddy and Sally Faulkner
Doug Horne
Dick Molpus and Terry Hunt
Natalie Irby
Ray Mabus
Catherine McNeel
Charles Victor McTeer
Robert Monks and Bonnie Porta
Ray Neilsen
Karen Radosevich & Jim Schott
Richard Raspet and Wendy J. Garrison
Scott Satterwhite
George and Ann Schimmel
Dick Scruggs
Matthew Shifflet
Vicki Slater
David Shepard Smith Jr.
Gail Stratton and Pat Miller
Burns Strider
Angie Thomas
Gloria and Ed Williamson

Grant Foundation/Fund Support

Alternate ROOTS Solidarity Fund 2.0 (in support of Aliyah Veal’s culture reporting)
American Press Institute’s Trusted Elections Network
Black Voters Matter
DEI Fund: Facebook Journalism Project, Democracy Fund, Walton Family Foundation (NewsMatch, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Facebook Revenue Accelerator
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation (NewsMatch, 2020, 2021, 2022)
LION (Local Independent Online News) Revenue Fellowship
Mississippi Humanities Council/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Solutions Journalism Network/Economic Mobility Initiative
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Education Program (NewsMatch, 2020, 2021, 2022)
W. K. Kellogg Foundation