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What is the Webb Fund?

The Webb Fund is a voluntary giving program that helps underwrite the core functions of the school. It gives our Head of School and the Leadership Team the ability to provide immediate support for innovative people and ideas here at The Webb School.

Gifts to the Webb Fund enable the enrichment and advancement of academics, arts, and athletics as well as financial aid, co-curriculars such as WILD, the Emerging Voices program, and more. Essentially the Webb Fund provides resources beyond tuition that support all areas of the school and benefit all students in the academic year the funds are donated. With more than 20% of our yearly budget derived from annual donations and income from our endowment, gifts to the Webb Fund make a difference.

Why do we need the Webb Fund?

The Webb School is a non-profit independent school and does not receive federal or state funding for its programs. Tuition only covers 80% of the cost of a Webb education. Philanthropy from donors subsidizes every student’s time here. When you give to the Webb Fund, you are providing flexible funding that can be used when and where it’s needed most.

Showing support by giving to the Webb Fund facilitates:

Outstanding achievements in the three “A’s” - Academics, Arts and Athletics.
Small class sizes.
Recruitment and retention of excellent faculty.
Campus beautification and renovation projects.
Investments in new technology and equipment.
Keeping our community safe.
Advancing our educational mission.

Your gifts make it possible for Webb to live out its Enduring Understandings and fulfill its mission "to turn out young people who are tireless workers, and who know how to work effectively; who are accurate scholars; who know the finer points of morals and practice them in their daily living; who are always courteous.”

Why do we ask you to support the Webb Fund?

The Webb School has fewer supporters than many large universities and charities, but our needs are just as great. That’s why we ask every member of the Webb community to show their support by giving to the Webb Fund – including our Board of Trust, parents, faculty and staff, alumni, grandparents, parents of alumni, and friends.

Since tuition alone does not cover the entire cost of a year’s education, fundraising is vital to maintain the health and continued growth of the school.

How can you give to the Webb Fund?

It is easy to show your support! Whether online or via text, mail, or phone, we cannot wait to hear from you. Contributions to the Webb Fund are fully tax-deductible, and may be paid by cash, check, credit card, and more. Pledges may also be made and then fulfilled later in the year (before June 30th).

Call 931-389-5724

Text WEBB to 44-321

Mail to:

The Webb Fund
P.O. Box 488
Bell Buckle, TN 37020

Visit thewebbschool.com/give

Meet the 2023-2024 Webb Fund Chairs

Evan Cope '94, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., was a five-year day student at Webb and served as student body president his senior year. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with a minor in History, from Rhodes College in 1998, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Memphis in 2001. Evan has practiced law in Murfreesboro since 2001, primarily in the field of civil litigation in both state and federal courts. He also serves as general counsel for Community Care of Rutherford County, Inc. (a non-profit nursing home created by Rutherford County government), the City of La Vergne and the Murfreesboro Housing Authority.

In addition to the practice of law, Evan serves as chairman of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), a position to which he was elected by his fellow commissioners in 2015 following his appointment to the commission by Governor Bill Haslam in 2012. THEC coordinates and provides guidance to the institutions governed by the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees, the six locally-governed state universities, and the community colleges, and colleges of applied technology governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents. There are currently nine public universities, two special purpose institutes, 13 community colleges, and 27 colleges of applied technology in Tennessee that serve approximately 250,000 students.

Evan also serves on the board of directors for Greenhouse Ministries in Murfreesboro. Greenhouse Ministries was established to meet the needs of those struggling to make ends meet by providing for their immediate needs and through educational programs and personal counseling.

Evan joined the Webb Board of Trustees in 2020.

Beth Cope is originally from Chattanooga. She graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2000, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications. While at UT, Beth played for the championship-winning women's water polo team.

Beth is a member of the Murfreesboro Charity Circle and serves as a room mother at the Homer Pittard Campus School in Murfreesboro.

Evan and Beth have been married since 2007 and have twin nine-year-old sons, Edward and Andrew, who are in the 4th grade at Campus School and are avid Webb Feet athletics fans and Webb Summer Camp campers.

Click here to learn more about why Evan and Beth support Webb!

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