Your gift matters

Your support of the Duke Lemur Center makes so much possible! We rely on gifts from businesses and individuals like you to invest in our work to protect lemurs and their natural habitat in Madagascar. Your support allows us to address priority needs within our conservation, education, and non-invasive research programs.

Designated Gifts

Make a donation today through the DONATE NOW button above or choose from the options below to direct your gift in support of a specific program area of the Duke Lemur Center:

With a designated gift to the DLC’s Madagascar Conservation Programs, you will support our conservation programs in Madagascar, including ex-situ conservation initiatives, research and student opportunities, and community-based conservation in the island’s SAVA (northeastern) region.

With a designated gift to the Adopt a Lemur Program, you will play a vital role in the care of the animals here at the Center. We house 240+ animals, and the cost of care averages $8,400 per animal per year.

With a designated gift to the Division of Fossil Primates, you will serve as an important stakeholder in our preservation and curation of the DLC’s vast fossil collection, ranging from giant extinct lemurs to the world’s largest and most important collection of early anthropoid fossils.

Mail a check

If you would rather not donate online, you can mail a check made payable to “Duke University” with “Duke Lemur Center” written in the memo field. To designate your gift to a specific program of the Duke Lemur Center, please complete our gift form and mail it with your check to:

Duke Lemur Center

c/o Office of Gift Records

Box 90581

Durham, NC 27708-0581

If you would like to speak with someone about your gift, please call Mary Paisley at (919) 401-7252.

Other ways to give

For specific needs and other ways to give, please click through the options in the menu in the left sidebar. Thanks so much for your support!

Questions?

Please call or email our Development Officer, Mary Paisley: (919) 401-7252 or mary.paisley@duke.edu. She’ll be happy to help!