The Knight-Wallace Fellows program has received major support from leading news organizations, foundations and individuals including:

A. H. Belo Corporation (Dallas Morning News)
Andrews & McMeel
Bertram J. Askwith
Blade Foundation and Block Foundation
Boston Globe Foundation
CBS Foundation, Inc.
Capital cities / ABC Inc.
Chicago Tribune Foundation
Cowles Media Foundation and Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Cox Enterprises
Detroit News
Dow Jones Foundation
Ford Motor Company
Gannett Foundation
Hearst Foundation
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Knight-Ridder, Inc.
Charles Stuart Mott Foundation
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation
the New York Times Company Foundation
Nike, Inc.
Power Foundation
LaVerne Prager
Pryor Foundation
Spencer Foundation
Times Mirror Foundation
Time-Warner Inc.
St. Petersburg Times Publishing Co.
Mike and Mary Wallace
Washington Post Co. and Philip L. Graham Fund