Major Funders

The following list represents grants and donations to Arkansas State University for restoration of the Dyess Administration Building, Dyess Theatre, and Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, as well as sponsorships for the annual Johnny Cash Music Festival since its founding in 2011.

$500,000 and Above
Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council
National Endowment for the Humanities

$250,000-$499,999
Arkansas General Assembly, General Improvement Funds
Johnny Cash Music Festival

$100,000-$249,999
Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas
Judd Hill Foundation
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson

$50,000-99,999
East Arkansas Broadcasters
Jonesboro Radio Group
Suddenlink Communications

$25,000-49,999
Arkansas Delta Byways
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
Engines, Inc.
John and Maribeth Frazier
Jonesboro A & P Commission
Sharon Graves Lind
Nucor Steel Arkansas
Ritter Communications
Ross Ford Toyota

$10,000-24,999
E. C. Barton and Co.
Campus Crest Real Estate Management
Harsco Metal and Minerals
Precision Risk Management
Glen Sain Motor Sales
Southern Bancorp
Whitton Farms Benefit