THE COMMUNITY THAT BUILT THIS.
Every name below chose to invest in Malibu’s students. We are grateful for every one of them.
THE DONOR WALL
Malibu's schools don't run on state funding alone — and they never have. The names listed here represent parents, neighbors, businesses, and community members who decided to help close that gap in our Malibu schools. Their generosity is what makes it possible to fund an instructional aide on a Tuesday morning, an arts teacher on a Thursday afternoon, an academic tutor after school.
If your name belongs here and isn't yet — we'd love to add it.
FOUNDING SUPPORT
FOUNDING SEED FUNDER
$984,000
City of Malibu
Three grants from 2024-2026. Seed funding that made MEF possible.
VAN DYKE ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
Established by The Shark Fund and transferred to MEF at founding. Built by the community fundraising and the generosity of founding donors, it supports arts programming at Malibu schools in perpetuity.
$50,000 - The Walt Disney Company
$25,000 - AaroDyne Aviation
$10,000 - Robert & Joan Blackman Foundation, James Perse Los Angeles, CBS, The Malibu Times, The Aaron T. Jones Family
Current Balance
$217,000
Annual Arts Funding
~$8,700
Community events fund MEF operations year over year.
A special thanks to Candace Kelly for organizing the Malibu Marketplace in support of MEF, and also to Lauren Frank and Eddie Ifft for organizing a benefit comedy night at Aviator Nation.
COMMUNITY POWERED
MEF Gala
October 10, 2026
Malibu Moves
October 24-25, 2026
Annual Tree Lot
November 27 - December 13
Food For Thought Partners
Every third Tuesday
The 2025-26 School Year
DONOR HONOR ROLL
★Returning donor · † Founding donor (Year 1 + Year 2)
$25,000+
Malibu Moves ★†
$10,000+
Anonymous (2)
Mark and Jessica DiPaola ★†
UCLA Health ★
Maggie Castle and Jamin Kerner ★
Amber and James Vanderbilt ★†
ZURU
$5,000+
AMPS †
Susan and David Chokachi
Laffont Family
LPA
The Richardson Family Foundation
Rutledge Family
Bethany Mayer and Rogan Gregory
Ana Pincus
Melissa and James Shanahan
Sperber Landscaping
Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs ★†
Alexandra Woodward
$2,500+
Reiff Anawalt
Lyn Christensen
Bill Curtis
Fundación Zaqueo Foundation
The Goode Family
Hometown America Foundation
LA County Delegation Foundation
Bonnie Lockrem and Steve Ravaglioli
The Malibu Project
Sara and Joe Osnoss
Rauch Family
Scott Family
Shepitko Family
MEF Gala In-Kind Donors
A special thank you to these partners who stepped up to support our first, annual MEF Gala and helped to make it an incredible success. We were able to raise $150,000 for Malibu schools, thanks in no small part to these generous partners.
Howdy Malibu
Malibu Sushi by Howdy
Luna Nuevo
Malibu BUngalows
Malibu Sandals
Optimist Botanicals
Rancho West
Semler Family Estate Vineyards
Summer Somewhere
DEDICATIONS AND ENDoWMENT PLAQUES
Mike Mulligan Pool Deck
Plaque purchases fund the MEF endowment, interest supports all Malibu students in perpetuity. The MEF endowment currently has $16,000 invested.
Dave and Sandy Carter, Tatiana Goode, Bonnie Lockrem and Steve Ravaglioli, Rogan Gregory and Bethany Mayer, Melissa and James Shanahan
Arlene & Dick Van Dyke Theater - Theater Seat
Plaque purchases fund the Van Dyke Edowment for the Arts.
Claudia and Kevin Bright, Cathy Cadeux, Doug DeLuca, DiPaola Family, Drummond Family, Lisa Marie and Cary Elwes, Susan Emerling, Judy Abel and Eric Gordon, Dana and Dean Graulich, Marilou and Mark Hamill, Lily Harfouche, Betsey Johnson, Samantha Jones, Jonathan Kaplan, Corey Larsen, Bonnie Lockrem and Steve Ravaglioli, Rogan Gregory and Bethany Mayer, Paige Dunham and Kevin Oneal, Perse Family, Beth Rabishaw, Melissa and James Shanahan, Greg and Lorene Sills, Jeanette Tang, Amber and James Vanderbilt, Marie Wexler, Joseph White
Chuck De Garmo Jacaranda Tree - Middle School Quad
Plaque purchases fund the MEF endowment.
Rogan Gregory and Bethany Mayer
ADDITIONAL DONORS
The 2025-26 School Year
Every gift, at every level, keeps Malibu’s schools stronger
Al-Hardan Family, Anonymous, Lisa Andersen, Aviator Nation, Judy Abel, Barbie Herron Blankets, Julie Bechtloff, Wendy Berman-Baker, Brevn, Black Butterfly, Brazeau Tricot, Shawn Allen Brown, Isaac Burgess, Laura Calek, Candace Kelly, Dahlberg Family, Anna Deshautelle, Duke’s Malibu, Francisco Dussan, Tamara Fox, Heather Gardner, Moorea Griffin, Steven Hernandez, Michael Hoover, Howdy Malibu, David James, Jen’s Pirate Booty, Stephanie Jorgeson, Michael Kisskalt, Mary Kitchen, John Koudsi, Natalie Kotler, Andrew Lacson, Lovely Bird, Malibu Sushi by Howdy, Marmalade Cafe Malibu, Jill & Mike Matthews, Douglas Meza, Patrick Miller, Moffat Family, Moorea Family, Danielle Murawski, OLLO Malibu, Elizabeth Papp, Gale Pinsker, Marianne Riggins, Rothbard Family, Paradise Cove Land Company, Nancy and Peter Saperstone, Prince Street Pizza, Rowdy Sprout, Sion Roy, Schuyler Schwimer, Stephanie Sherman, Cindy Smith, Sourced by Em, Sloan-Veestra Family, Sweet Stuff Foundation, Terance Venable, TYSA, Perry Wander, Stacy Williamson, Sarah Wells, Shay Wolemachael
WHY DONORS GIVE TO MEF