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

Funding

The construction bid process was successful. Construction on the micro campus should begin in October.

We’ve raised $5.4 million in funds. We are in need of $600k for construction capital and $500k for the move and restoration of the Reverend Will D. Campbell Cabin. Gifts to our endowment fund are also needed in $100k increments.

Oxford entrepreneur and University of Mississippi alumna Helen Graeber Overstreet has given $100,000 toward the development of the Greenfield Farm Writers Residency. https://olemiss.edu/news/2026/08/greenfield-farm-gift-celebrates-a-family-legacy-of-readers/index.html

Our latest grant comes from the Mississippi Arts Commission. Their Building Fund for the Arts committed $500,000: https://olemiss.edu/news/2026/02/mississippi-arts-commission-funds-writer-studio-at-greenfield-farm/index.html

Ouida and Wayne Drinkwater, of Oxford, have made a $250,000 gift. https://olemiss.edu/news/2024/10/greenfield-farm-support/index.html

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/

Grants from the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area funded an historic building survey, a cultural landscape report, and more. https://mississippihills.org

The State of Mississippi and the Gertrude C. Ford Foundation have contributed to capital costs. https://olemiss.edu/news/2024/10/greenfield-farm-support/index.html

Oxford cultural champions Patty and Will Lewis made a generous contribution to capital costs.
https://www.umfoundation.com/2025/02/10/supporting-a-cultural-destination/?swcfpc=1

Donors also include: Marian and Claiborne Barksdale, Allyson Best, Lisa and Scott Caradine, Gay and Steve Case, Ouida and Wayne Drinkwater, John T. Edge, Rob Forster, The Do Good Fund, Lee Anne and Bill Fry, Mary and Sam Haskell, the Hawthornden Foundation, Dr. Mit Hobbs and Lenore Hobbs, Dr. Dan Jones and Lydia Jones, Martha Kirkley, Dr. Michael Koury and Mary Madeline Koury, Milton and Maggie Lovell, Stewart Madison, Ray and Nancy Nielsen, Helen Overstreet, Judy and Clarke Reed, the Smithgall Family Fund, Joe Stinchcomb, Reba and Dave Williams, Kelley and Lou Zelesky, and…