Be a Duke Lemur Center sponsor
As a sponsor, your organization will be a champion of the Duke Lemur Center’s work: learning from and protecting lemurs and their natural habitat, and inspiring the next generation of scientists and environmental stewards. Your employees, customers, and the community you serve will appreciate that are a sponsor of the DLC!
Sponsorship levels and benefits
Select a sponsorship level below to review recognition and benefits, and to make a gift or a pledge online. If you would prefer to send a check, please print, complete, and attach this SPONSORSHIP COMMITMENT FORM to your check.
$500 Nurture sponsor benefits:
- Text listing with hyperlink to company website on DLC Sponsor webpage
- The DLC will host a morning or afternoon service project and behind-the-scenes tour designed for a group up to 15 of your employees
PLEDGE OR PAY $500 AS A SPONSOR NOW
Note: To make a pledge, choose "Pledge" after clicking on the "Continue to Payment" button.
$1,000 Imagine sponsor benefits:
- Logo with hyperlink to company website on DLC Sponsor webpage
- The DLC will host a morning or afternoon service project and behind-thescenes tour designed for a group up to 15 of your employees
PLEDGE OR PAY $1,000 AS A SPONSOR NOW
Note: To make a pledge, choose "Pledge" after clicking on the "Continue to Payment" button.
$2,500 Motivate sponsor benefits:
- Year-round recognition as a DLC sponsor on our recognition wall in the Lemur Landing Gift Shop
- The DLC will host TWO morning or afternoon service projects and behind the-scenes tours, each designed for a group up to 15 of your employees
- Logo with hyperlink to company website on DLC Sponsor webpage
PLEDGE OR PAY $2,500 AS A SPONSOR NOW
Note: To make a pledge, choose "Pledge" after clicking on the "Continue to Payment" button.
$5,000 Empower sponsor benefits:
- Recognition as a DLC “premier sponsor” in our annual impact report
- Logo and recognition on the sponsorship page
- Logo on program and welcome posters at end of summer intern symposium
- Year-round recognition as a DLC sponsor on our recognition wall in the Lemur Landing Gift Shop
- The DLC will host TWO morning or afternoon service projects and behind the-scenes tours, each designed for a group up to 15 of your employees
- Logo with hyperlink to company website on DLC Sponsor webpage
PLEDGE OR PAY $5,000 AS A SPONSOR NOW
Note: To make a pledge, choose "Pledge" after clicking on the "Continue to Payment" button.
$10,000 Inspire sponsor benefits:
- Logo and recognition on the DLC’s website home page
- Named Internship - Because this amount represents the DLC’s essential costs to cover the wages for one summer intern participant, a sponsorship at this level will be recognized by assigning the company name to one intern: “Student Name, ABC University, sponsored by Company Name”
- The DLC will host UP TO FOUR morning or afternoon service projects and behind-the-scenes tours designed for a group up to 15 of your employees
- Recognition as a DLC “premier sponsor” in our annual impact report
- Logo and recognition on the sponsorship page
- Logo on program and welcome posters at end of summer intern symposium
- Year-round recognition as a DLC sponsor on our recognition wall in the Lemur Landing Gift Shop
- Logo with hyperlink to company website on DLC Sponsor webpage
PLEDGE OR PAY $10,000 AS A SPONSOR NOW
Note: To make a pledge, choose "Pledge" after clicking on the "Continue to Payment" button.
The Duke Lemur Center operates under Duke University and meets the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code Section 501(C)(3). Gifts to the DLC are deductible at the highest limits allowed for federal income or estate tax purposes. Tax receipts will come from Duke University, Federal Tax ID 56-0532129
Learn about the DLC’s return on investment
Take a look at our annual impact reports and our annual magazines! Questions? Call Mary Paisley, Duke Lemur Center Development Officer, at (919) 401-7252.
Other ways for businesses to support us
Businesses may also make a straightforward corporate gift to support one of the Duke Lemur Center’s programs shown below:
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If you would prefer to send a check, mail it to Mary Paisley, Duke Lemur Center, 3705 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705 and please note the DLC program/fund in the memo section of the check. If you have questions about ways your business can help, please contact Mary Paisley at (919) 401-7252 or mary.paisley@duke.edu. She would love to hear from you.
Also, consider these ways to help us:
- Proudly share your support of the Duke Lemur Center! We welcome you including us as a favorite cause on your business website with a link to our website, and by you and your employees liking and sharing our social media posts year-round. We really appreciate your support in this way.
- Contribute in-kind merchandise or services that are a fit for our organization.
- Consider ways to support our enrichment program.
- Take a look at our priority needs for $5,000+ gifts and let us know if you can help with any of those projects.
We love our 2025 sponsors!
$10,000—Inspire
Be our first Inspire sponsor for 2025!
$5,000—Empower
Be our first Empower sponsor for 2025!
$2,500—Motivate
$1,000—Imagine
Be our first Imagine sponsor for 2025!
$500—Nurture
Be our first Nurture sponsor for 2025!
other DLC business supporters at $500 in the past year:
- DC Electric
- Heuristic Solutions
- Pre-Vet Program at NCSU
Also, view our 2023 PREMIER PARTNERS AND SPONSORS!
Click on the logos below to visit each website:
Inspire ($10,000+)
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Empower ($5,000 – $9,999)
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Motivate ($2,500-$4,999)
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Imagine ($1,000-$2,499)
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Nurture ($500-$999)
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