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Madagascar Programs Update: October 2025

October Madagascar Programs Update Read the Duke Lemur Center’s Madagascar Programs Update, sent to our Madagascar Programs Fund donors and this newsletter’s subscribers on October 20, 2025. Questions? Contact Mary Paisley, DLC Development Director, at mary.paisley@duke.edu. 

Stakeholder Update: October 2025

Read the Duke Lemur Center’s Stakeholder Update, sent to our donors on October 10, 2025. Questions? Contact Mary Paisley, DLC Development Director, at mary.paisley@duke.edu. 

An Extraordinary Legacy: $9 million gift to protect lemurs and Madagascar

An Extraordinary Legacy: $9 million gift to protect lemurs and Madagascar The largest commitment in Duke Lemur Center’s history Written by Mary Paisley, Development Director. Posted on October 10, 2025. The Duke Lemur Center proudly announces the largest commitment in its history: a record-breaking $9 million legacy gift that will profoundly shape the future of […]

Progress Update: The Charles Welch and Andrea Katz Fund Nears Endowment Goal

Posted by Mary Paisley, DLC Development Director on October 2, 2025. We’re thrilled to announce that this past week, we received a new gift of just over $24,000 from a 2019 Madagascar tour participant toward the Charles Welch and Andrea Katz Fund! This gift, added to the 57 other gifts we’ve received toward the fund […]

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Stakeholder Update: September 2025

Read the Duke Lemur Center’s Stakeholder Update, sent to our donors on September 10, 2025. Questions? Contact Mary Paisley, DLC Development Director, at mary.paisley@duke.edu. 

Lemurs, A Lasting Love Affair: Planned Giving Options

On July 23, 2025, a small group of Duke Lemur Center donors joined us for a special presentation by Anne Morrison Bradley from Duke’s Office of Gift Planning. The presentation explored how Planned Giving can be a powerful, accessible way to support the Lemur Center’s mission, both now and for generations to come. Simple Ways […]

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Announcing New, High Priority $5,000+ Gift Opportunities

Posted August 13, 2025. This year, the Duke Lemur Center—like many university-affiliated institutions—is navigating unprecedented financial challenges due to sweeping changes in federal funding. These shifts have created significant gaps in our budget, threatening the momentum we’ve built in lemur care, groundbreaking research, and global conservation. General fund gifts are our top priority right now. […]

Name a Baby Lemur! NEW Ultimate Adoption Package

There’s only one thing that could make Baby Season more exciting: Now, for the first time ever, the Duke Lemur Center’s animal care team is sharing the honor of naming our newest colony members with the public! With a tax-deductible donation of $20,000 to the DLC’s Animal Care Fund or General Operations Fund, individuals, families, […]