Mission
MaxFund is a non-profit organization established to provide medical care for injured pets with no known owners and to find new homes for these animals once they have recovered. Further, the Maxfund is committed to the following goals:
Develop and implement education programs pertaining to animal care, with emphasis on the importance of spaying and neutering.
Disseminate information on spay/neuter facilities and, to conduct spay/neuter clinics for pets of low income families.
Be a voice for the animals on issues of animal welfare
Cooperate with other animal facilities/shelter in accomplishing these goals.
Notes from the nonprofit
MaxFund Animal Adoption Center has, for over 30 years, led the no-kill movement in Colorado. We welcome you to support our organization as we continue to change and grow for the benefit of the animals we serve, and their families.
Ruling year
1990
Co-founder/Director
Ms. Nanci Suro
Main address
720 West 10th Avenue
Denver, CO 80204 USA
EIN
84-1116882
NTEE code
Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs) (D20)
Animal Related Activities N.E.C. (D99)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our Disaster Recovery Program is actively working to ensure that when disaster strikes a community, the animals injured and/or displaced in the disaster area have somewhere safe to go. With animal shelters full around the country, disasters cause an influx of displaced animals, and seldom is there adequate space for each of them. MaxFund works to address this problem by being ever ready to assist these communities. Our supporters look to assist us with ensuring our ability to get to the troubled area in a timely manner, and transport animals already waiting for forever homes in local shelters out of the disaster zone. This frees up necessary space to make room for displaced animals separated from their families who may now be looking for them.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Outreach Program
Outreach Program goes into rural communities and spay/neuters and vaccinates animals for low-income people's pets. We also have a clinic in Denver that is lowcost clinic to help people with thier pets.
Foster Program
MaxFund foster volunteers take puppies, kittens, and special needs animals into their homes, providing a safe, family environment for our animals most deemed needing such individual care.
Disaster Relief Program
MaxFund uses its Mobile RV to transport animals out of areas deemed disaster areas. For example, we removed over 50 dogs and cats from the affects of the hurricane that devastated parts of Texas in 2017, and we continue to take in animals from the devastation of Puerto Rico in 2017.
Pet Food Supply Program
MaxFund works with other local organizations to provide pet food for families with pets they cannot afford to feed, using dog and cat food donated to us, that we are not able to use.
Kosovo Program
Working with animal organizations in Kosovo, MaxFund routinely accepts dogs flown from Kosovo to the United States, assuming their health care and socialization needs, and working to find families for them when they are deemed ready by or staff.
Where we work
Awards
4 star charity navigator for 5 consecutive years 2009
Charity Navigator
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of animals rehomed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Annual Reports.
Number of animals euthanized
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
We do not euthanize animals.
Number of animals rescued
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
PACFA total live intake numbers.
Number of animal adoptions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
PACFA Adoption numbers.
Number of sheltered animals
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
PACFA Total Outcomes.
Average number of days of shelter stay for animals
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Petpoint numbers. Includes animals that must live out their lives at MaxFund due to health or behavior issues.
Number of dogs walked daily by our volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Approximately 60-80 each year.
Number of animals spayed and neutered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Annual Reports.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To help have a most humane society. Giving a helping hand to people's pets and helping with food, medical care. We take injured animals and do whatever surgery is necessary to get them healthy and find new homes for tahem. We provide a safe haven for the animals as we are a true no kill shelter, we do not presort the animals, who ever comes to our door we accept. They receive treatment like they are our personal pets.
MaxFund is a non-profit true no-kill shelter and adoption center that challenges the traditional methods of animal sheltering by leading the no-kill movement in Colorado. MaxFund strives to give animal, including the injured, abandoned and abused "a second chance at life."
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are committed to our mission, welcoming any cat or dog we have the ability to care for, regardless of its health status or adoptability. We continue to work to ensure that every animal taken into MaxFund receives the best care possible. Once the needs of the animals are met, we begin to look for a suitable family for them.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a dog shelter, cat shelter, vet clinic and mobile unit, and the staff and volunteers necessary to uphold our mission with integrity and accountability.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We own all of our buildings, equipment, vehicles and we are debt free.
We still strive for acreage and a house for pets to retire.
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Maxfund, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 2/22/2022
Ms Elizabeth Grice
First Data Corp
Term: 2008 - 2011
Dr. William Suro
Veterinarian/director MaxFund Wellness Clinic
Term: 2008 - 2011
Elizabeth Grice
First Data PR director
William Suro
Veterinarian/director MaxFund Wellness clinic
Jan Eckhard
Retired biologist
Tami Tanoue
Kelly Wells
State Farm
Barbara Weller
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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? Yes -
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 employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- 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 use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
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