The Big Read is presented by the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.

Support for The Big Read is provided by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

The Big Read in the Pacific Northwest is supported, in part, by a grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.

Additional funding for The Big Read is provided by the Ruffin A. Cooper, Jr., Endowment and through a bequest made in memory of Dorothy Lois Beverly.

The National Endowment for the Arts also acknowledges the following organizations and individuals for their encouragement of and contributions to The Big Read: American Library Association and the Association of American Publishers