The Festival is supported by federally appropriated funds; Smithsonian trust funds; contributions from governments, businesses, foundations, and individuals; in-kind assistance; and food, recording, and craft sales.  General support for this year's Festival comes from the Music Performance Fund, with in-kind support provided through Motorola, Sprint Nextel, WAMU-88.5 FM, Whole Foods Market, WashingtonPost.com, Thermador, Propex Inc., Pegasus Radio Corp., and Icom America.

Mekong River: Connecting Cultures
This program is produced in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Thailand, the People's Government of Yunnan Province of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Information and Culture of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and in collaboration with Aid to Artisans, Amrita Performing Arts, China Yunnan International Culture Exchange, Connecticut College, and the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre.

Major donors include the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Henry Luce Foundation. Additional donor support from the McKnight Foundation, American Express, the Asian Cultural Council, and the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Northern Ireland at the Smithsonian
This program is produced in partnership with the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure of Northern Ireland and with the cooperation of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Major donors to the Rediscover Northern Ireland program are Titanic Quarter Ltd. and RBS. Other donors and supporters are BT, Diageo, Glen Dimplex Group, Grafton ESP, Norbrook, Resource, Bank of Ireland, BDO Stoy Hayward, Delta Print and Packaging, First Trust Bank, Henderson Foodservice, McCabes, McAleer & Rushe Group, McLaughlin & Harvey, Northern Bank, Seagate, Ulster Carpets, Belleek, FireIMC, Harrison Photography, and Northbrook Technology.

Roots of Virginia Culture
This program is produced in partnership with Jamestown 2007: America's 400th Anniversary and the Kent County Council. The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture is the Smithsonian Institution partner. Lead supporters to Jamestown 2007 include the Norfolk Southern Corporation, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Verizon, and Anheuser-Busch Companies. Other supporters include AirTran Airways, Dominion, James City County, Philip Morris USA, SunTrust, and Wolseley PLC/Ferguson Enterprises Inc.