FAQ

All donations should be mailed to:
Morris Animal Foundation
720 S. Colorado Blvd. Suite 174A
Denver, CO 80246

Please make all checks payable to: Morris Animal Foundation.
In the memo line of the check or in an accompanying note, please indicate the participant or campaign to whom the donation should be credited.

Any donor who mails their donation of $10.00 or more and provides an address will receive a receipt via mail once the donation has been processed. If you made your donation in monthly installments, you will receive an annual receipt each January showing all monthly payment from the previous year.

Click on the home page and begin typing the first or last name. Your options will display as you type.

Any donation made online should post immediately. If an online donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact us.

Yes, anyone who donates online, regardless of the amount, will receive a receipt via email.

If you check this checkbox, you will be charged the amount indicated next to the checkbox. This amount will also be visible to Morris Animal Foundation. However, on the fundraising page, only your initial donation amount will be displayed without the additional fee coverage.

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All monetary donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

A Tax ID number identifies Morris Animal Foundation as a 501(c)(3) non-profit Organization. The Morris Animal Foundation Tax ID number is 84-6032307

Yes. For Canadian donations made online with a credit card, the amount entered in the online donation form will be in U.S. dollars.

Yes. You can make a donation to a fundraiser on a team or you can make a general team donation.

When you make a donation online, you can designate what you want to appear as your recognition name on the participant's Honor Roll. This may be your name, or it could be something such as "From the whole Wolf family" or "in memory of Aunt Cathy."

Dr. Mark L. Morris Sr. was a visionary veterinarian who foresaw the need for dedicated scientific research if veterinary medicine was to advance. When Dr. Morris developed the kidney disease diet – the first prescription diet in veterinary history – royalties from sales where used to establish the Foundation’s endowment.

Morris Animal Foundation currently is funded by public support – from individuals, corporations, breed clubs and foundations – as well as earnings on our endowed funds.

Our goal is to put your donation to work immediately to help animals in the best way possible. Unrestricted gifts allow us to put your dollars to work – and limit our administrative costs – allowing your donation to do the most good.

We do accept restricted gifts to:

- Limit your gift by species; canine, feline, equine or wildlife health research, or our Golden Retriever Lifetime Study
- Co-sponsor or sponsor a study, beginning at $10,000
- Fully fund a proactive study (full cost, plus administrative fees)
- Make an estate gift that designates how your donation should be used

If a donation check has been written out to you personally, you may endorse the back of the check and mail it in to Morris Animal Foundation. Please include on the memo or a small note, what fundraiser or campaign the check should be credited towards. 

Mail donations to: 

Morris Animal Foundation
720 S. Colorado Blvd. Suite 174A
Denver, CO 80246

You can't enter a check online. What you can do is mail the check to Morris Animal Foundation with the fundraiser or campaign the check is associated with. When Morris Animal Foundation receives the check, the gift processing team will add the gift to your campaign and both yourself and the donor will receive a confirmation email that the donation was applied to your fundraiser. Your fundraising goal will also be updated at that time.      

It is not a good idea to send a cash donation in the mail. We recommend depositing the cash into your checking account and mailing a personal check from your account. Please include on the memo or a small note, what fundraiser or campaign the check should be credited towards. 

Mail donations to: 

Morris Animal Foundation
720 S. Colorado Blvd. Suite 174A
Denver, CO 80246

Any donation made online should post immediately. If your donation does not post within 5 minutes, please email or call 800.243.2345.

A Tax ID number identifies Morris Animal Foundation as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Many donors will request this number to validate their donation as tax-deductible. The Morris Animal Foundation Tax ID number is 84-6032307.

As your donors make a contribution, they have the option of whether or not they want to appear in the Honor Roll.

Log in with your email and password to visit your headquarters page. Select My Fundraising Report on the left side. You will then find a list of all of your donors as well as a list of all donors to your team.

To easily send thank-you emails to donors, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your fundraiser dashboard by clicking the "My HQ" link in the top right
2. Click "My Fundraising Report" in the left sidebar
3. Locate the donor/donation you'd like to thank, and click "Send Email" (If the donor didn't submit their email address, this option is unavailable.)
4. Type the message in the pop-up window, and click "Send Email"

You are receiving these emails because we would like to keep you updated on your fundraising efforts. If you wish to stop receiving these updates, please login to your headquarters and edit your account preferences.

As long as you have two fundraisers, you have a team! 

You can navigate or search for the existing team page here. Once you find your team, click the "Join" button to register on a team. Additionally, you can join after you register by selecting "Create or Join a Team" in your HQ Tasks.  

It's easy! Just follow these steps: 
1. Log in to your "My HQ"
2. Click on the "My Team Fundraisers" link
3. Click on the "Add as co-captain" link next to the person you wish to add
 

Morris Animal Foundation needs to approve each potential partner, organization or new event before agreeing to a relationship to ensure it adheres to our organizational guidelines. 

The event organizer shall perform all actions necessary for the successful completion of the event and shall assume full obligation and responsibility for the payment of all expenses in connection therewith, without regard to the amount of funds collected at the event. The Foundation assumes no responsibility for expenses related to this event.

The event organizer agrees to comply with all necessary local or government regulations. This includes, but is not limited to, purchasing insurance, registering with the appropriate agencies, following any rules of disclosure currently required by the IRS and acquiring required licenses or permits.

Morris Animal Foundation assumes no responsibility for expenses related to this event. The Foundation will only accept the net proceeds of a third-party event. All third-party event expenses are the responsibility of the third-party event organizer and must be paid before net proceeds are given to the Foundation. 

The event organizer may request a Morris Animal Foundation representative at the event, however, the Foundation has very limited staff resources and must prioritize which events staff are able to attend. We will consider requests to attend events on a case-by-case basis.

Morris Animal Foundation does have some educational materials and swag available to event organizers to utilize during there events. Requests for materials will be reviewed and considered after submitting your third-part event application. 

A personal URL is a shortened link to your team or personal page that you can send to friends and family in emails. A personal URL will look like this https://fundraise.morrisanimalfoundation.org/golden-retriever-lifetime-study/ben.

When a donor makes a donation online, s/he can enter text to appear on the fundraising honor roll. This may be the donor's name, or it could be something like "From the whole Wolf family" or "In Memory of Aunt Cathy".