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Petsmart Charities Inc

Petsmart charities envisions a world where communities unite in support of pets together with their families.

$50M
Granted FY2026still arriving
654
Grants FY2026still arriving
50
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$218MHealth$20MFood & Nutrition$7.8MHuman Services$7.6MPublic Safety & Disaster$5.6MEducation$5.4MHousing & Shelter$2.4MPhilanthropy$2.1MOther$0
02FY2026 · 654 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 654 grants below total $34,997,321, the rows itemized in this filing. The $50,352,860 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,355,539 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 · FY2026

  • Under $10k198 grants · $1.3M
  • $10k–50k296 grants · $5.8M
  • $50k–250k122 grants · $14M
  • $250k+38 grants · $14M
$15,000
Median grant
50
States reached
$97M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$1,000,000
MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA$1,000,000
MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY$661,320
SOUTH SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY$532,400
LUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE$459,500
PLANNED PETHOOD OF GEORGIA INC$455,000
LONGMONT HUMANE SOCIETY INC$450,200
HUMANE NETWORK$450,000
DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETYINC$450,000
OPERATION SPAY BAY INC$450,000
TRI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$450,000
FLATBUSH CATS INC$450,000
ONE TAIL AT A TIME NFP$400,600
COMPANIONS AND ANIMALS FOR REFORM AND EQUITY INC$365,000
SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS$350,000
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 (FY17–26, $6.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $100k → 8%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $60k → 5%TRAINING & TREATMENT INNOVATIONS INC: $53k → 8%FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $60k → 10%NATIONAL SPAY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $60k → 13%SOAR INITIATIVE INC: $65k → 16%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $382k → 24%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $75k → 8%EMERGENCY SHELTER NETWORK OF FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZA: $65k → 17%CONNECTICUT COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $100k → 11%SOAR INITIATIVE INC: $61k → 16%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $254k → 24%CONNECTICUT COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $65k → 11%SMOKY MOUNTAIN SERVICE DOGS: $64k → 10%ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $55k → 7%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $200k → 24%ASSISTANCE DOGS INTERNATIONAL INC: $60k → 8%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $223k → 9%HOUSING EQUALITY & ADVOCACY RESOURCE TEAM: $100k → 14%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $115k → 9%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $105k → 9%HOUSING EQUALITY & ADVOCACY RESOURCE TEAM: $100k → 14%NEW LIFE CENTER: $175k → 11%KIRKLAND FOUNDATION: $60k → 19%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $360k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1.0M → 14%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $75k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1.0M → 14%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $750k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%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
RI
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$280M · 1329 repeat orgs$21M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

1329 repeat relationships: 500 still active in FY2026, 829 since wound down; 96 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1329
568

Total granted

$280M
$18M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+25%

Still filing today

80%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA
    8× · 2019–2026 · $7.9M · revenue +296%
  • EI
    EMANCIPET INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $6.5M · revenue +108%
  • LC
    Last Chance Animal Rescue Inc
    10× · 2017–2026 · $3.3M · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • HF
    HOLIDAYS FOR HEROES INC
    one grant, 2018 · $1.5M
  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA
    one grant, 2024 · $901k
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue +22%
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
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
2
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
3
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
4
Adopt and Save a Life Rescue Mission Inc
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5
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
6
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
7
Pound Pets Inc

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

Animals
8
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
9
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
10
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
11
Paws and Claws Animal Welfare Society Inc

Animal Rescue

Animals
12
Carolina Animal Network

we are a small animal rescue. We help the community by assisting with vet care and rehoming animals they cannot keep. We also pull dogs cats kittens and puppies from local kill shelters when they run out of space, we provide those animals…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Furry Friends Humane Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Patterson Foundation Inc. 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

1604 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1604 of the 2,000 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.

97
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
605
Early backer (in before they grew)
1531/1604
Grantees still filing
1133/1604
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EMANCIPET INC: $6,470,549 · Animals+150 more: $128,036,002 · Animals+150 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $6,520,115 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CA…CITY OF FORT WORTH: $2,374,772 · OtherCITY OF FORT WOR…UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $2,250,000 · OtherUNITED ANIMAL NA…ST HUBERT'S GIRALDA D/B/A ST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER: $2,063,210 · OtherST HUBERT'S GIRA…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,679,037 · OtherCOLORADO STATE U…HOLIDAYS FOR HEROES INC: $1,491,328 · OtherHOLIDAYS FOR HER…MARICOPA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT: $1,329,030 · OtherThe Association for Animal Welfare Advancement: $1,188,000 · Other+18 more: $8,832,918 · Other+18 moreMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $7,865,000 · Food & NutritionCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,994,213 · EducationMidwestern University: $1,198,733 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $909,759 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $735,486 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $730,048 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College: $714,149 · EducationTEXAS COALITION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION: $389,500 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $360,000 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,300,000 · Human ServicesMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $847,500 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $554,558 · Human ServicesURBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $485,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $1,495,625 · PhilanthropyGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $1,255,000 · PhilanthropyBISSELL Pet Foundation: $898,180 · PhilanthropyMuddy Paws Rescue: $400,430 · PhilanthropyTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $779,625 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $620,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $585,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $435,300 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $375,000 · HealthOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $369,000 · Health
Animals$134,506,551Other$27,728,410Food & Nutrition$7,865,000Education$7,031,888Human Services$5,187,058Philanthropy$4,049,235Health$3,163,925

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 budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $7,865,000 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetEMANCIPET INC: $6,470,549 over 8y, 10% of budgetLast Chance Animal Rescue Inc: $3,307,628 over 10y, 6.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,300,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $2,892,403 over 10y, 1.5% of budgetSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SERVICES INC: $2,760,338 over 8y, 13% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $2,311,835 over 10y, 3.6% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $2,250,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetSOUTH SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,200,150 over 10y, 5.9% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $2,190,751 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetSOUTHERN PINES ANIMAL SHELTER: $2,171,434 over 9y, 43% of budgetLOUISIANA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,118,170 over 10y, 3.7% of budgetST HUBERT'S GIRALDA D/B/A ST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER: $2,063,210 over 5y, 14% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,994,213 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPETS LOW COST SPAY & NEUTER: $1,912,000 over 10y, 8.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ANIMAL MEDICINE PROJECT INC: $1,863,330 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,779,487 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $1,687,289 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,658,830 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetIdaho Humane Society Inc: $1,515,920 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $1,495,625 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetHumane Society of North Texas: $1,439,656 over 10y, 4.8% of budgetBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $1,422,283 over 10y, 2.3% of budgetLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $1,390,935 over 8y, 11% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,375,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetKALAMAZOO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,366,200 over 6y, 23% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,361,996 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetVIRGINIA BEACH SPCA: $1,315,910 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetBRIDGE CLINIC INC: $1,310,025 over 5y, 11% of budgetLOW COST ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,310,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI: $1,296,525 over 10y, 9.6% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $1,255,000 over 10y, 0.7% of budgetBALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS: $1,252,740 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetCOMPANIONS AND ANIMALS FOR REFORM AND EQUITY INC: $1,232,720 over 6y, 20% of budgetOKTIBBEHA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,232,615 over 6y, 30% of budgetHUMANE FORT WAYNE INC: $1,227,698 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetMidwestern University: $1,198,733 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Association for Animal Welfare Advancement: $1,188,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetOPERATION SPAY BAY INC: $1,155,855 over 6y, 22% of budgetEAST BAY SPCA: $1,153,526 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetFirst Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc: $1,151,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,141,328 over 10y, 5.4% of budgetFelines Inc: $1,132,500 over 8y, 16% of budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $1,106,815 over 10y, 3.5% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $1,101,937 over 10y, 1.5% of budgetHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,093,730 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION: $1,072,285 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $1,040,250 over 6y, 2.3% 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.

  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds EMANCIPET INC ↗
  • Who funds Last Chance Animal Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Arizona Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Anti-Cruelty Society ↗
  • Who funds UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Animal Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN PINES ANIMAL SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds LOUISIANA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds ST HUBERT'S GIRALDA D/B/A ST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PETS LOW COST SPAY & NEUTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ANIMAL MEDICINE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Idaho Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds HOLIDAYS FOR HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of North Texas ↗
  • Who funds BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA ↗
  • Who funds LUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA BEACH SPCA ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds LOW COST ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds GREATER GOOD CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS ↗
  • Who funds COMPANIONS AND ANIMALS FOR REFORM AND EQUITY INC ↗
  • Who funds OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗

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.

Petco LoveTX167× affinity419 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

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 Petsmart Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Petsmart Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Forgotten Cats Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
  • Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Halifax Humane Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 2000 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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