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Brady's K9 Fund

Come Home Safe Together

Strongsville, OH   |  www.bradysk9fund.com

Mission

Our goal is to provide mission ready ballistic/stab proof vests to police K9's across America. We provide a vest the K9 can wear during their entire shift, not just when they know they are walking into an emergency situation.

Notes from the nonprofit

We would just like to thank each and every person who chooses to help Brady's K9 Fund by donating. This is an organization that I can assure to you that the funds are truly appreciated. Each and everyone of our handlers are very moved and grateful when they receive a life saving ballistic vest for their partner. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!

Ruling year info

2021

CEO

Brady Snakovsky

Main address

8988 W 130th St

Strongsville, OH 44136 USA

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EIN

83-3277164

NTEE code info

Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs) (D20)

Law Enforcement Agencies (Police Departments) (I60)

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (D12)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Our nation is at a war with crime and our police - Men, Women and K9's are on the front lines. Not all police K9's are protected with ballistic vests. We are here to help vest as many police K9's with a mission ready, full shift ballistic vest.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Provide police K9's ballistic vests throughout the United States

We provide a mission ready ballistic/stab proof vest that the K9 can wear during their entire shift. We donate the StreetFighter vest by LOF. This life saving body armour protects major vital organs, helps prevent heat exhaustion and allows your K9 to retain full agility and work drive.

Population(s) Served
Emergency responders

Where we work

Awards

Citizen of Mission 2019

Homeland Security Today

Affiliations & memberships

ASPCA Kid Of The Year 2019

Citizen of Mission Homeland Security Mag 2020

Cleveland's Most Interesting Person 2020

Videos

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

To provide a ballistic and stab proof vest topolice K9's across the United States.

We have teamed up with a manufacturer that provides K9's with life saving body armour that protects major vital organs, helps prevent heat exhaustion and allows your K9 to retain full agility and work drive.

We collect donations in order to provide these vests to police K9's across the US

The more that people hear about Brady's K9 Fund and donate the more police K9's will be protected. We try to notify people by word of mouth, our website, social media and a lot of hours trying to raise funds through donation letters.

We begin our organization in 2018 when Brady Snakovsky at the age of 8 learned that police K9s do not automatically receive ballistic vests. As of April 2022, Brady's K9 Fund has donated over 585 police K9s across the United States of America.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • 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 make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, 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

  • 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 take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Brady's K9 Fund

Board of directors
as of 01/24/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

MIke Sofka

Kathy Rall

Jeff Shields

Deborah Vegh

Jillian Burns

Joelle Cooke

Brady Snakovsky

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? Not applicable
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • 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? Not applicable
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Not applicable
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 1/24/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

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Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/24/2023

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Data
  • 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.
Policies and processes
  • 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.