Animal Friends Alliance
Saving Animals Today
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Every year millions of dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters. Our organization is working to address the root source of pet overpopulation through several impactful programs. We not only provide a safe shelter for homeless cats and dogs, but operate multiple programs that are aimed to keep pets in loving homes and out of shelters. These include a free pet food pantry and low-cost or free veterinary care for families in need.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Subsidized Spay/Neuter and Vaccine Clinic
Our spay/neuter clinic opened its doors in March of 2007 when we realized the lack of affordable spay/neuter services in our community. Our clinic is open to the general public, though it focuses on helping low-income pet owners, students, the elderly and other shelters and rescues. These services help reduce pet overpopulation and euthanasia rates. In addition, all animals that come through our clinic are given basic wellness exams. These free health exams may reveal underlying health issues in early stages that can be treated for less cost than waiting until conditions are critical. Our clinic also offers other discounted pet services including disease testing, heartworm preventative, deworming, and nail trims.
Adoption-Guarantee Shelter for Cats and Dogs
All cats and dogs that enter our shelter are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, microchipped, tested for diseases, socialized, and then put up for adoption. No animal that enters our premises is euthanized unless they are suffering from an untreatable condition. However, we are a limited admission shelter and can only take new cats or dogs in when we have room for them.
Prevent A Litter Plus Program (PAL+)
PAL+ stands for "Prevent A Litter Plus". This program provides spay/neuter procedures, vaccinations, and microchipping for pets belonging to low-income community members. Because veterinary care has become so expensive in recent years, it has made it almost impossible for low-income families to provide even the most basic veterinary care to their pets. Due to this fact many pets belonging to low-income community members go unaltered and therefore produce puppies and kittens that end up in animal shelters or ultimately end up contributing to the pet overpopulation problem themselves.In addition, we have found that many low-income community members allow there pets to roam outdoors where they can spread disease and/or become lost and end up in a shelter.This program is extremely important because it not only prevents these animals from reproducing, but takes steps to keep them healthy and keep them in their homes.
Kibble Supply Pet Food Pantry
The Kibble Supply program officially began in February of 2010 when so many animals were losing their homes due to the poor economy. Many people that called our shelter voiced their concern that due to a job loss they could no longer afford to feed their cats and therefore would have to surrender them to a shelter. Dry and canned food was collected from local grocery & pet supply stores, individuals, and other humane organizations to be handed out to community members that are struggling to keep their cats fed. In 2011 we extended our Kibble Supply program to dogs as well. Caretakers of feral colonies are also able to receive food from the Kibble Supply program
Community Cat Program
Our Community Cat Program focuses on Trap-Neuter-Return in the Northern Colorado area.
Unsocial cats are trapped by staff and/or volunteers and then brought to our facility. While at our facility they are altered and vaccinated. Depending on the living circumstances of the cat(s), the age, and their sociability they have one of the following outcomes: returned to the location where they were trapped, admitted into our shelter or foster program for adoption as house cats, or admitted into our shelter for adoption as a barn cat.
Grooming Salon
Animal Friends Alliance has an onsite full-service professional grooming salon. By having your pet groomed with us, you’ll be contributing to your pet’s well-being and supporting our organization. We welcome dogs, cats, and small animals!
Appointments available 7 days a week! Call for an appointment today at (970) 224-3647.
Walk-in nail trims available 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 7 days a week. Call the salon for availability outside of those hours.
Where we work
Awards
Golden Scissors 2008
Larimer Humane Society
Certificate of Appreciation for Spay Day USA 2011
The Humane Society of the United States
Certificate of Appreciation for Spay Day USA 2008
The Humane Society of the United States
Larimer Humane Society 2009
Golden Scissors
Certificate of Appreciation for Spay Day USA 2010
Humane Society of the United States
Certificate of Appreciation for Spay Day USA 2013
Humane Society of the United Stated
Non-profit Torch Award for Ethics 2021
Better Business Bureau
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of animal adoptions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Adoption-Guarantee Shelter for Cats and Dogs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Each year our organization works to save more homeless dogs and cats through our Shelter & Adoptions program.
Number of animals rescued
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Adoption-Guarantee Shelter for Cats and Dogs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of homeless animals we are able to take into our shelter has grown almost every single year.
Number of spay/neuter surgeries performed.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people, Adults
Related Program
Subsidized Spay/Neuter and Vaccine Clinic
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Our subsidized spay/neuter and vaccine clinic performs nearly 7,000 surgeries every year. While surgeries dipped in 2020 due to Covid restrictions, we bounced back in 2021 with a new record.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our organization's vision is a community in which every pet is a healthy and wanted pet. We aim to end the euthanasia of homeless animals except when absolutely necessary as in the case of untreatable medical or behavioral problems that are causing the animal to suffer or threaten the safety of the animal or the people it interacts with.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our organization's strategies include providing a safe haven for homeless cats, dogs, kittens, and puppies while focusing on programs that prevent animals from becoming homeless in the first place. We are also holding a capital campaign to build a new, state-of-the-art cat shelter to further increase our ability to save cats and kittens. The new building will also provide more space for our community programs, allowing us to meet the growing need.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our capabilities are resource-dependent. Our 2020 merger to become Animal Friends Alliance provided a plethora of new opportunites, epsecially regarding space for animals. We have increased our number of dog adoptions every year since we merged. We have a history of success and we continue to grow our impact in the community, especially for stray/feral community cats.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
One of our organization's proudest accomplishments is the massive reduction in the number of homeless kittens in our community. Both our shelter and our local open-admission shelter now bring in most of our adoptable kittens from outside of our community because of this. This allows us to save at-risk animals in other communities, while still providing a healthy kitten to a loving family.
We are also incredibly proud of our record-breaking dog adoption numbers in 2020 and 2021. In 2021 we adopted out 1,131 dogs and puppies, which is more than any year ever before.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Animal Friends Alliance
Board of directorsas of 03/18/2024
Kris Cafaro
Freelance Writer
Kathy Dalton
Retired
Kirk Reimann
Platte River Power Authority
Jenna Riedi
Faunalytics
Kris Cafaro
Freelance Writer
Julie Piepho
Retired
Robert Gregory
Retired
Jana Dean
Retired
Jean Opsomer
Westat
Travis Rounsaville
Trihydro Corporation
Stu Philips
Retired
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.