Become a Member to Protect Gorillas
Memberships provide vital support for on-the-ground field conservation and gorilla protection programs in Rwanda and Congo. Become a member and help us continue to protect gorillas.
Annual memberships are critically important because these gifts determine the basic amount of money we KNOW we can count on for all our programs. Memberships ensure that the Fossey Fund’s trackers and anti-poaching patrols work EVERY DAY to protect gorillas.
Please help us continue to protect the gorillas by donating to be a member or giving a membership as a gift. Join our committed core of supporters who make sure that gorillas have protection from the threats to their survival--poaching, human disease and habitat destruction.
2010-2011 Membership levels and benefits
$30 Ally JOIN
- Fossey Fund Membership Card
Use your card to get a 10% discount on the Fossey Fund merchandise featured in our eStore. - Car Window Cling
Show everyone on the road that you support gorilla protection. This "static cling" car decal stays put, but also removes easily. - Dian Fossey Gorilla Journal
Read up-to-date anti-poaching and cutting-edge gorilla conservation news in this printed four-color quarterly publication. - Archives NEW!
Use your membership to access Fossey Fund Gorilla Journal Archives only shared with our members. - Screensaver NEW! For all members who join now, available in October 2010
Download this new screensaver featuring the rescued gorillas we are caring for at GRACE Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
$50 Enthusiast JOIN
All the benefits of Ally level, PLUS:
- Full-Color Printed Calendar
Meet several of the Karisoke™ gorillas in this informative full-color Calendar. New design and information every year. - Gorilla Profiles NEW!
Online access to Karisoke™ gorilla profiles, stories and photos
$100 Steward JOIN
All the benefits of a Enthusiast member, PLUS:
- Notecards
Display your support for the gorillas and promote gorilla conservation when you send 3"x5" gorilla notecards. Eight full color notecards and envelopes included. - Reusable Fossey Fund Grocery Sack NEW! For all members who join now, shipping in October 2010
Be environmentally friendly and show others you help protect gorillas.
$250 Custodian
All the benefits of a Steward member, PLUS:
- Mother & Baby Gorilla Adoption
Adopt a mother and baby gorilla for yourself or have us send the adoption to the person of your choice. The free adoption includes a personalized, ready-to-display four-color adoption certificate with a full-color image of the adopted gorillas and a profile of the specific gorillas adopted. - Inside Africa
Become a gorilla insider with more in-depth, quarterly gorilla conservation information in our publication, Inside Africa.
$500 Protector JOIN
All the benefits of a Custodian member, PLUS:
- Silverback Gorilla Adoption
Adopt a silverback gorilla for yourself or have us send the adoption to the person of your choice. The free adoption includes a personalized, ready-to-display four-color adoption certificate with a full-color image of the adopted gorilla and a profile of the specific gorilla adopted.
Dian Fossey Circle
$1,000 Guardian Level JOIN
All the benefits of a Protector member, PLUS:
- Dian Fossey Circle Membership Certificate
Display your commitment to gorilla conservation with your Dian Fossey Circle Membership certificate accessible online to print at your convenience. - DFC Member Event
You will be invited to a very special luncheon with other Dian Fossey Circle members and the Fossey Fund’s Honorary Chair Sigourney Weaver this fall.
$2,500 Defender Level JOIN
All the benefits of a Guardian Level member, PLUS:
- Signed Photo
Enjoy a beautiful 8 x 10 photo of one of the Karisoke™ gorillas signed by Sigourney Weaver.
$5,000 Activist Level JOIN
All the benefits of an Defender Level member, PLUS:
- Program Designation
Choose the specific protection program you would like your Activist level contribution to fund!
$10,000 Hero Level JOIN
All the benefits of an Activist Level member, PLUS:
- Special Dining Invitation
You will be invited to lunch or dinner with Fossey Fund scientist(s).
$25,000 Visionary Level JOIN
All the benefits of the Hero Level member, PLUS:
- Onsite Visit
You will have the opportunity to schedule onsite visits to Karisoke™ Research Center and other Fossey Fund programs in Africa.