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Petco Love

To raise the quality of life for pets and people who love and need them.

$23M
Granted FY2025still arriving
783
Grants FY2025still arriving
50
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Animals$40MPublic Benefit$1.5MEducation$937kHuman Services$338kHealth$264kPublic Safety & Disaster$200kEnvironment$111kHousing & Shelter$71kOther$0
02FY2025 · 783 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 783 grants below total $18,204,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $22,971,947 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,767,347 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k303 grants · $1.8M
  • $10k–50k399 grants · $7.7M
  • $50k–250k77 grants · $6.0M
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.6M
$11,000
Median grant
50
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUSTIN PETS ALIVE$1,501,500
BETTERTOGETHER FOREVER$545,000
BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA$327,000
CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY$275,000
JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY$180,900
HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS$159,368
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$150,000
LOS ANGELES ANIMAL SERVICES$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION$145,000
CITY OF EL PASO ANIMAL SERVICES$142,100
CLAIBORNE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL BOARD INC$128,525
ASSOCIATION FOR ANIMAL WELFARE ADVANCEMENT (AAWA)$125,000
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES (HSUS)$121,500
ALL KIND ANIMAL INITIATIVE$119,785
THREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE$116,455
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $179k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DOG TAG BUDDIES: $8k → 9%ANIMAL FRIENDS RESCUE PROJECT (AFRP): $6k → 12%SKECHERS FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%SKECHERS FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%BELIEVET: $8k → 11%K9 PARTNERS FOR PATRIOTS INC: $15k → 12%COMPANIONS FOR HEROES: $10k → 14%K9 PARTNERS FOR PATRIOTS INC: $15k → 12%MOSTLY MUTTS ANIMAL: $10k → 8%COMPANIONS FOR HEROES: $10k → 14%PARTNERS FOR PATRIOTS INC: $10k → 13%PARTNERS FOR PATRIOTS: $10k → 13%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $13k → 17%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $8k → 11%SOLDIERS BEST FRIEND: $8k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$35M · 552 repeat orgs$8.1M to everyone else

552 repeat relationships: 550 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 233 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

552
249

Total granted

$35M
$4.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

86%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitPhilanthropyHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CA
    CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $757k · revenue +20%
  • DP
    Dogs Playing for Life Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $258k · revenue +12%
  • HH
    HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $235k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • AF
    ANIMAL FRIENDS OF THE VALLEYS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $251k · revenue +19%
  • DI
    DOG IS MY COPILOT
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue +6%
  • PF
    PENN FOSTER INC-168912
    one grant, 2024 · $165k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
2
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
3
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
4
Claws and Paws for a Cause

For our community we provide high quality low cost spay and neuter services as well as low cost vaccinations. we do have programs that allows us to help the families that have pets but are in financial strain and not able to have their…

Religion
5
Pound Pets Inc

Animal Rescue - finding homes for abandoned animals in Granite City, spaying and neutering stray animals and feral cats

Animals
6
Pets Without Partners

Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,

Animals
7
Adopt and Save a Life Rescue Mission Inc
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8
Hart

Animal shelter and rescue

Animals
9
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
10
Humane Society of Union County Inc

The Humane Society of Union County exists to reduce the number of abused, abandoned, and neglected cats and dogs through rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and spay and neuter.

Animals
11
Tennessee River Rescues

we exist to spay and neuter unwanted pets in our local area trying to find them a home to thrive in until the end of their time

Animals
12
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Cat House On the Kings Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Wallis Annenberg Legacy Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

865 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 865 of the 1,035 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

13
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
113
Early backer (in before they grew)
852/865
Grantees still filing
299/865
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $1,801,500 · AnimalsAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INCBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $1,107,500 · AnimalsBETTERTOGETHER FOREVER: $1,092,500 · AnimalsSan Antonio Pets Alive Inc: $1,055,000 · AnimalsCHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY: $756,500 · Animals+139 more: $15,718,507 · Animals+139 moreMIAMI DADE COMMUNITY ACTION & HUMAN SERVICES: $353,750 · OtherMIAMI DADE COMMUNITY A…CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS: $286,000 · OtherSOUTH UTAH VALLEY ANIMAL SERVICES: $263,000 · OtherEL PASO MUSEUM OF ART: $253,225 · OtherANIMAL FRIENDS OF THE VALLEYS INC: $250,900 · OtherWILLIAMSON COUNTY: $201,456 · OtherThe Association for Animal Welfare Advancement: $200,000 · OtherCITY OF HOUSTON: $199,500 · Other+34 more: $3,587,888 · Other+34 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $335,000 · EducationLSU FOUNDATION: $207,285 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationCornell University: $100,000 · EducationTexas A&M Foundation: $95,000 · EducationVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationTEXAS COALITION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION: $55,175 · EducationNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Health4 PAWS 4 PATRIOTS: $78,000 · HealthWorking Dogs For Conservation Found: $75,000 · HealthWORKING DOGS FOR VETS: $75,000 · Public BenefitPROJECT DELTA: $65,000 · Public BenefitBISSELL Pet Foundation: $75,000 · PhilanthropyJ&R AQUATIC ANIMAL RESCUE: $58,000 · Environment
Animals$21,531,507Other$5,595,719Education$1,017,460Health$253,000Public Benefit$140,000Philanthropy$75,000Environment$58,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $1,801,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $1,107,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetBETTERTOGETHER FOREVER: $1,092,500 over 2y, 39% of budgetSan Antonio Pets Alive Inc: $1,055,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetCHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY: $756,500 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $637,300 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetTHE MOSBY FOUNDATION: $360,498 over 2y, 75% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $335,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT: $330,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE: $313,605 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetDogs Playing for Life Inc: $257,500 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetANIMAL FRIENDS OF THE VALLEYS INC: $250,900 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetDOG IS MY COPILOT: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetHumane Society of North Texas: $248,368 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $241,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF IOWA INC: $235,112 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $235,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Puppy Rescue: $223,900 over 2y, 22% of budgetANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $209,638 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLSU FOUNDATION: $207,285 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Association for Animal Welfare Advancement: $200,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC: $196,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCLAIBORNE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL BOARD INC: $190,625 over 2y, 28% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $178,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $174,975 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $173,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetLIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC: $170,800 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $169,650 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSPAY NEUTER NETWORK: $168,997 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $161,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOWLING GREEN WARREN COUNTY HUMANE: $160,875 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetEMANCIPET INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Network: $148,625 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY FOR TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY SOCIETY PREVENTION CRUELTY ANIMALS: $148,262 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSpay-Neuter Assistance Program Inc: $145,058 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetKANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC: $144,200 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $143,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetANIMAL BALANCE: $143,700 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetYOUNG-WILLIAMS ANIMAL CENTER OF EAST TEN: $142,525 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSPAY4LA INC: $140,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY SPCA INC: $133,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetANDERSON ANIMAL SHELTER: $132,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetLAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY: $132,360 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBrazoria County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $131,700 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetLYNCHBURG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $130,300 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSPOKANIMAL CARE: $129,300 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetHumane Society of Hobart Inc: $128,687 over 2y, 5.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Best Friends Animal S…The Duffield Family F…BISSELL Pet FoundationBanfield FoundationThe American Society …Petsmart Charities IncHumane World for Anim…Greater Good CharitiesPedigree FoundationThe Michelson Found A…The Grey Muzzle Organ…The Summerlee Foundat…
Best Friends Animal SocietyUT221× affinity289 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Best Friends Animal Society · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Banfield Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petsmart Charities Inc · Humane World for Animals Inc · Greater Good Charities · Pedigree Foundation · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc · The Grey Muzzle Organization · The Summerlee Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Petco Love funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Petco Love. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Spca Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1035 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home