Supporting Wild Koalas
$10 plants a koala tree and provides for its long term future
All donations go directly to Koala Clancy Foundation Incorporated, an Australian charity which is improving the future for wild koalas by increasing habitat.
Please note that we don’t use any third-party to collect donations for KCF.
Australian donations to Koala Clancy Foundation Fund of $2 or more are tax deductible.
Recurring Monthly Donations are a very effective tool for supporting koalas, which help us plan long-term for koala benefit. We also welcome One-Off Donations.
Give the gift of a better future for koalas
Do you know someone who is passionate about koalas? Donate in their name today for a meaningful gift that helps create a better future. All donations to Koala Clancy Foundation will receive a receipt via email with multiple printable donation certificates attached.
Membership gives you free access to attend Koala Events to ensure their long term survival and improve natural habitat.
DONATE OTHER WAYS
If you have queries, wish to donate by bank transfer, or if you require an invoice please email Caz, our Secretary.
GIFT MEMBERSHIP or DONATION
A KCF membership or a donation on behalf of family or friends makes a great gift for those wanting to help koalas and wildlife.
Koala Events
Join an Event and contribute to improving Koala habitat to ensure their long term sustainability.
Help Our Koalas: Donate Today
These lights represent koalas in the You Yangs.
We need to plant 300,000 koala trees by 2030 to give our koalas a fighting chance of survival. We’re over halfway there – we’ve planted 164,789 koala trees. We won’t rest until our koalas are safe, but we need your help – donate today.
Together, we can create a better future for our koalas.
Does someone in your life love koalas? Donate in their name today – $10 plants one tree. CLICK HERE for a printable donation certificate.
Frequently Asked Questions
In the You Yangs, trees are dying. The increasing dryness of climate change is killing koalas’ preferred food trees on the dry hills of the You Yangs.
And when trees die, koalas die.
Click here to read one of our blogs that goes into further detail about this.
We know koalas are in trouble because the evidence is showing us, loud and clear. We’ve seen their situation with our own eyes, and it’s terrifying. Koalas like Mary and Tim Tam, who lived amongst many others on Big Rock Track in the You Yangs, are no longer with us. That koala population is locally extinct. We’re now seeing the same thing happen with koala populations all over Australia, all for varying reasons.
To learn more about what we’ve seen, click here to read this blog written by Janine Duffy, President and CEO of Koala Clancy Foundation, after witnessing a local koala extinction first-hand.
Evidence from other planting projects around Australia shows that targeted tree planting works for koalas. We have followed these models and learned from the best science and historical Indigenous knowledge to ensure our plantings will benefit our koalas. Early signs are very positive: koalas have already started using our plantings.
We’ve detailed the evidence behind our approach in a few blogs, you can find them below:
Great question – the answer is, no!
You might be surprised to know that our koala tree planting projects include 35 to 40 species of plants. Koalas eat a lot of different eucalypt species, and there’s a lot more to creating koala habitat than just food trees.
Click here to learn more about these species in a previous blog.
We plant in the Little River, Moorabool River and Barwon River catchments, west of Melbourne, Victoria. These projects are all in the vicinity of our koala population in the You Yangs Regional Park, as well as several other local koala populations.
Click here to view all of our previous tree planting sites on global ecosystem restoration platform Restor.
Every dollar donated goes into creating a better future for the koalas in and around the You Yangs, Victoria. Quality tree planting, habitat restoration, and koala research isn’t cheap. We’re lucky that our dedicated community members join us every weekend through winter to help us get trees in the ground, which makes it possible to plant 30,000+ trees in a season, but there are still a lot of costs involved.
Click here to read a detailed breakdown of these costs in a previous blog.
Have another question that isn’t answered here? We’d love to hear from you. Get in touch at info@koalaclancyfoundation.org.au
Koalas: Their Forests, Our Future, Your Legacy
In 2024 Koala Clancy Foundation aims to plant 30,000 trees to save our koalas from extinction. We’re not just expanding existing koala habitat, we’re creating brand new, climate-resilient forests that koalas can depend on into the future – but we can’t do it alone.
Saving koalas doesn’t come cheap. We need you now more than ever to make our 2024 tree planting season possible. Whether you can give a few dollars, a few hundred dollars, or even a few thousand – whatever the amount we hope that you feel like a maker of change, because that’s what you are.
You’re not just making a donation, you’re making a difference: You’re redefining the future of koalas.
