Annual Giving Campaign

The  PTA enriches our students' experience at Webster Elementary by funding  programs, staff, and supplies beyond what the district provides. Your  donations support technology programs, the STEAM lab, classroom  supplies, field trips, and community events. Every dollar of your contribution goes directly to support our school. 

For the 2025-2026 school year, the PTA is requesting a donation of $2000 per student to support the above programs. 100% of your donation supports Webster Elementary. 

Our ask this year is higher than last year, and that is because we're raising the funds to hire two Instructional Aides, in  addition to the four being paid for by Malibu Education Foundation, which will bring the total number of IAs at Webster to six! That's  more help in the classroom, for all our kids. The Instructional Aides  are also being hired for campus monitoring, which means more help at  lunch and recess, which is something we're confident every parent will  be excited to see funded! 

In addition to 2 extra Instructional Aides, funds we raise during the Whale Fund Drive will go to pay for:

Assemblies

Field Trips

Our incredible gardening program

STEAM lab

Teacher/classroom supplies

Computer Class

We  are SO excited to offer Webster students gardening, STEAM lab and  computer class this year, but we cannot do it without your donations. 

The  funds we raise also go toward producing Webster PTA's many  community-building events, including Campout, Field Day, Trunk-or-Treat,  Math Club, Teacher Appreciation Week and the Talent Show. Without  fundraising, we cannot make all these amazing events happen!

The goal: Our #1 goal is 100% family participation. While we'd love for each family to donate $2,000 per student so we can fund everything detailed above, more than anything, the Whale Fund Drive is about our school coming together to raise money to make our  children's learning experience the best it can be. Any amount  contributed counts toward 100% participation, so whether you're able to  donate $2,000, or $200, or $20, please make a donation that feels  meaningful to you. The Whale Fund Drive runs from Monday, September 29-Friday, October 10. That gives us 2  weeks to get to our goal of $160,000. Can you help us make it happen?!

And now for the FUN part of this FUNdraiser--the prizes! 

Each family that makes a donation, of any amount, will receive a limited edition Webster Whale patch to add to your Webster puffer, favorite sweatshirt or backpack. The  first 20 families to donate the full ask per child will receive their  choice of Webster wear (1 piece per child). The first class to get 100%  participation gets an ice cream sundae party. The class that raises the  most gets an ice cream sundae party AND gets to silly string Principal Diana! 

The Whale Fund will wrap with our annual Campout the next day (October 11), giving us  an opportunity to come together as a community and celebrate our  cumulative efforts toward making this school year the best one yet. 

How to donate?

Our preferred methods for donation are via Zelle (pay to websterptamalibu@gmail.com) or by dropping off a check at the front office, made out to Webster PTA. You may also donate online by clicking HERE.  If you'd prefer to make a monthly donation of $200/month for the 10  months of school (Sept-June), you can select the monthly payment option  when donating online via Betterworld or schedule monthly Zelle payments or donate via check monthly (just let us know you're making a monthly vs 1x donation if you do so via Zelle or check!).

Thank  you for supporting our Webster Whales and for helping us continue to  help supplement an outstanding education at our beloved school!

Checks may be dropped off before or after school in the front office.  

You can now use your Zelle banking app to donate to the Parent Teachers Association-  websterptamalibu@gmail.com

See below for the current Zelle QR code.

Learn how to double your donation with employer matching or visit our Fundraising page for more ways to support Webster.