University of Mississippi student, painting class at Greenfield Farm. Photo by Kevin Bain for University of Mississippi Marketing and Communications 

Funding

The University of Mississippi will own and operate the facilities.

UM has green-lit the project. We’ve raised $4.6 million. We need $4.4 million to complete the capital campaign and endow the writer stipends.

Funding for the first five years of operations and the first five years of stipends comes from the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation of Jackson, Mississippi.

The Julia Reed Charitable Trust of Greenville, Mississippi, has underwritten the construction of the kitchen at the gathering pavilion. https://news.olemiss.edu/foundation-gift-pays-tribute-to-julia-reed/ 

A grant from the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area funded an historic building survey and restoration estimates. https://mississippihills.org

Donors include: Rob Forster, The Dog Good Fund, Dr. Dan Jones and Lydia Jones, Dr. Mit Hobbs and Lenore Hobbs, Dr Michael Koury and Mary Madeline Koury, Julia Reed and Clarke Reed, Kelley Zelesky and Lou Zelesky, and…