Programs and results
What we aim to solve
For centuries animals have been in service to humans. We feel all beings have the right to a safe place to live, we provide that space. At All Souls Rescue AKA Zuma's Rescue Ranch we are providing both rescue and sanctuary for equines and all other species that have been cast off from their homes and in need of sanctuary. We take owner surrendered animals, auction lot saves, and abandon or seized animals into the sanctuary and provide rehabilitation and rehoming services for these animals. Those souls that have been too badly damaged become permanent residents of the sanctuary and assist humans in our animal assisted therapy programs. Our therapy programs serve the needs of troubled children, families and veterans.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Experiential Learning Programs
Providing alternative learning opportunities for children with learning differences, behavioral challenges and emotional deficits.
Equine Sanctuary
This is the costs associated with rescuing and caring for our equine therapy partners. without our equine therapy partners we are just another therapy center for at risk youth. It is the presence of the horse that makes what we do possible.
Where we work
Awards
Spirit Service Award 2010
Greenwood Village Chamber of Commerce
Everyday Hero Award 2010
Channe 7
Accredidation 2010
Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries
Animal Rescuer Award 2012
American Red Cross
Ethics in Business Nominee 2012
Rotary Club Golden Colorado
Affiliations & memberships
MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership - Respondent 2008
External reviews

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Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of animals with freedom from hunger and thirst
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Equine Sanctuary
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This is reflective of the animals in shelter with us in the given years. Not to mention the animals we rescue in place and provide feed for owners struggling to feed their animals
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn 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?
It is the intention of the organization to rescue animals from abuse, abandonment and or neglect and rehabilitate them. Once the full rehabilitation process has been completed these horses will go on to partner with humans in equine education and equine therapy roles.
Our programs give once though useless animals active roles in the many animal centric industries in the US. By expanding the animal assisted therapy world, more animals have roles in revenue generating organizations helping troubled children.
Our operations will continue to experience program growth in all areas benefiting both animals and humans.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The strategy of our organization is to balance both the needs of animals and humans while providing effective and revenue-generating programs.
We have been Medicaid approved to provide service to more of our population in need, we have also begun to take insurance from various providers
We are in the development stages of building Colorado's first nonprofit large animal hospital to help animals in need.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The central location of Zuma's Rescue Ranch provides ease of access for volunteers, donors and program participants to support continued program growth. A non profit with succinct mission based revenue stream in programming lightens the load of contribution needs, making the operations more sustainable.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Zuma's has continually experienced program growth year over year for the entirety of operations.
in 2015 after our research has proven that 80% of our program participants have gone from sever symptoms on the trauma scale to negligible symptoms. This is an 80% success rate for our mental health programs.
We have sustained a 95% success rate for our equine rescue efforts, having a less than 5 percent return rate on horse placed in forever homes.
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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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
Children, families, teens, Veterans, women, mental health clients of all backgrounds/ethnicities/needs, etc.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person), Case management notes, Notes to Program Director/Executive Director from verbal or email conversations,
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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 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,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
A client recently expressed her experience with one of our riding instructors leaving for another job. She was upset at the organization about the change that was out of the organization's hands, and both the Program Director & Executive Director reached out to explain the whole story, that there were no hard feelings on our end toward this employee. In this conversation, she stated a few things on how to improve some of our programs to increase adult participation (instead of mainly for kids/teens) and we have since created a few new classes to appeal to adult women!
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,
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How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship?
By working with the people we serve to provide them with the types of services and/or classes that they are looking for, we have increased retention and client happiness. Our mission is all about mental health and working in partnerships with our animals, so ensuring that our clients, students, volunteers, etc. are heard and that their opinions matter has created an increase in relationships and retention in all programs.
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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 look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), 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, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time,
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Zumas Rescue Ranch
Board of directorsas of 3/10/2022
Mrs. Victoria Digiannantonio
West Metro Fire
Term: 2021 - 2022
Paul Messenich
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Robyn Fergus
Jefferson County Schools
Tracy Vroom
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Anna Tinni
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Regina Ramey
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Michelle Allard
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Colleen Mercer
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Johnathan Beals
Retired. US Marine
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 ? No -
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
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- 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.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- 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.