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. These flexible, unrestricted gifts sustain the essentials: staff salaries, facility upkeep, and vital equipment. If you prefer to support specific initiatives, we continue to welcome gifts designated to a specific area, and we invite you to explore our recently updated Targeted Impact Gifts list. These opportunities start at $5,000 and offer a meaningful way to align your gift with high priority needs and inspiring programs we hope to fund in the coming year.
Whether you choose to support the general fund or a specific initiative, your gift will make a tangible and lasting impact—not only on the lemurs in our care, but on the future of biodiversity itself. Together, we can ensure the Duke Lemur Center continues to be a beacon of hope, science, and stewardship for generations to come.
Join us. Invest in impact. Protect what matters most.
If you have questions, please reach out to our Director of Development, Mary Paisley, at (919) 401-7252 or mary.paisley@duke.edu.
With appreciation,
Greg Dye, Executive Director of the Duke Lemur Center
