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Be the bedrock of discovery

Your monthly gift is the key to unlocking our past, understanding our present, and inspiring a brighter future.

For as little as $5 per month, you can join others who care about human origins science to fund vital research, educational programs, on-the-ground conservation, and scholarships that break down barriers.

Your monthly gift will be matched, doubling your impact!

Be the bedrock of discovery

Your monthly gift is the key to unlocking our past, understanding our present, and inspiring a brighter future.

For as little as $5 per month, you can join others who care about human origins science to fund vital research, educational programs, on-the-ground conservation, and scholarships that break down barriers.

Your monthly gift will be matched, doubling your impact!

Members of the Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Project jump for joy when they learned they would receive a Leakey Foundation grant to support their work.

Be the bedrock of knowledge

The Bedrock donor community is made up of thoughtful, curious, and generous people like you. People who believe that science and education can and will change the world.

As a monthly Bedrock donor, your steady support fuels discovery, preserves our shared heritage, protects endangered primates, and creates new knowledge about humanity.

Be the bedrock of research and education

We call our monthly giving community the Bedrock, because their monthly donations provide solid ground we can depend on. Your contributions, no matter the size, allow us to sustain long-term studies and invest in innovative research, promising scholars, and impactful educational programs.

When you make a monthly Bedrock donation to The Leakey Foundation, you join a collective quest to answer the big questions about our shared human story.

Join today and your monthly gifts will be matched!

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Become A Monthly Bedrock Donor

Our organization relies on regular donations to continue our support of human origins research, education, and conservation.

The impact of your monthly gift

“I am full of joy, gratitude, and happiness thanks to The Leakey Foundation having created this platform to promote education, early career researchers, and research focusing on primates. This grant is a life-changing experience, and I look forward to making the best out of it.”


James Munyawera, Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellow
Research Assistant, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

“Receiving a Leakey Foundation grant was a childhood dream come true. Growing up being inspired by Leakey-funded women in STEM, it was such an honor to be walking in the footsteps of giants. I literally cried.”


Amanda K. Rowe, Leakey Foundation Grantee
PhD Candidate, Stony Brook University

“The single greatest challenge for young scholars is simply to convince someone to give them a first crack at testing their ideas – the price of a plane ticket, basic living expenses, research fees, binoculars, and rain gear. The Leakey Foundation is one of the few agencies willing to take that gamble.”


Melissa Emery Thompson, Leakey Foundation Grantee
Interim Assistant Vice President for Research
Director, Center for Comparative Human Primate Physiology
University of New Mexico

I [name], of [city, state ZIP], bequeath the sum of $[ ] or [ ] percent of my estate to L.S.B. Leakey Foundation for Research Related to Man’s Origins, Behavior & Survival, (dba The Leakey Foundation), a nonprofit organization with a business address of 1003B O’Reilly Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129 and a tax identification number 95-2536475 for its unrestricted use and purpose.

If you have questions, please contact Sharal Camisa Smith sharal at leakeyfoundation.org. 

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