PetSmart Charities

Charity Profile

PetSmart Charities

🇺🇸Animals#1 last 12 months
Revenue
$68,730,000
Revenue recorded
Reach
United States
Verified footprint
Entries
36
Logged on Charity Journal

Giving over time

Monthly giving from the ledger
Giving and impact by month, last 12 months
MonthGivenImpact bandActivities logged
Dec 2025$0Not rated0
Jan 2026$0Not rated0
Feb 2026$0Not rated0
Mar 2026$0Moderate2
Apr 2026$0Not rated0
May 2026$0Transformative1
Jun 2026$0Substantial1
Jul 2026$0Not rated0
Aug 2026$0Substantial1
Sep 2026$0Not rated0
Oct 2026$0Not rated0
Nov 2026$0Not rated0

Cause breakdown

Animals$0 · 0%
Relief$0 · 0%
Health$0 · 0%
Welfare$0 · 0%
Human Rights$0 · 0%
PetSmart CharitiesVerified
AnimalsUnited StatesEst. 1994Ken Hicks
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About

PetSmart Charities works to improve the lives of pets and the people who love them by supporting animal welfare organizations and programs across the United States and Canada. Its work includes pet adoption, access to veterinary care, disaster response, community outreach and initiatives that help keep pets with their families.

The organization provides grants and other support to animal shelters, rescue groups and nonprofit partners working to improve pet welfare. It also operates adoption programs through PetSmart stores and supports efforts to increase access to essential veterinary services for underserved communities.

Activity feed

PetSmart Charities launched a fellowship program providing veterinary students with education, mentorship and professional connections focused on community medicine and expanding access to veterinary care on 2026-08-11. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ Veterinary Fellowship Program
Animalslaunched a fellowship program providing veterinary students with education, mentorship and professional connections focused on community medicine and expanding access to veterinary care
PetSmart Charities renewed a three-year $2.8 million grant to the American Red Cross to expand pet-inclusive disaster services and resources before, during and after emergencies on 2026-06-09. Cause: Relief.
PetSmart Charities→ Disaster-response services
Reliefrenewed a three-year $2.8 million grant to the American Red Cross to expand pet-inclusive disaster services and resources before, during and after emergencies
PetSmart Charities reported $61 million deployed over three years from its $100 million veterinary-care commitment across affordable-care delivery, research and innovation, and veterinary education and training on 2026-05-05. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ Veterinary-care expansion
Animalsreported $61 million deployed over three years from its $100 million veterinary-care commitment across affordable-care delivery, research and innovation, and veterinary education and training
PetSmart Charities supported shelters bringing dogs, cats, rabbits and other adoptable animals into PetSmart stores during a nationwide adoption campaign on 2026-03-23. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ National Adoption Week
Animalssupported shelters bringing dogs, cats, rabbits and other adoptable animals into PetSmart stores during a nationwide adoption campaign
PetSmart Charities awarded $3 million to community animal-welfare organizations to provide medical care, enrichment, housing and transportation needed to prepare pets for in-store adoption on 2026-03-23. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ Adoption Prep grants
Animalsawarded $3 million to community animal-welfare organizations to provide medical care, enrichment, housing and transportation needed to prepare pets for in-store adoption
PetSmart Charities partnered with Feeding America to distribute pet food at local food-distribution events for households experiencing food insecurity on 2025-09-30. Cause: Relief.
PetSmart Charities→ Pet food distribution
Reliefpartnered with Feeding America to distribute pet food at local food-distribution events for households experiencing food insecurity
PetSmart Charities coordinated nationwide in-store adoption events with local shelters and rescues during peak kitten season on 2025-07-21. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ National Adoption Week
Animalscoordinated nationwide in-store adoption events with local shelters and rescues during peak kitten season
PetSmart Charities awarded $5 million to 150 animal shelters in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to provide medical care, shelter, enrichment and other preparation for in-store adoptions on 2025-03-24. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ Adoption Prep grants
Animalsawarded $5 million to 150 animal shelters in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to provide medical care, shelter, enrichment and other preparation for in-store adoptions
PetSmart Charities opened $200,000 in initial disaster-relief grants for six Southern California organizations supporting rescued and displaced pets with sheltering, medical care and staffing on 2025-01-15. Cause: Health.
PetSmart Charities→ Los Angeles wildfire response
Healthopened $200,000 in initial disaster-relief grants for six Southern California organizations supporting rescued and displaced pets with sheltering, medical care and staffing
PetSmart Charities coordinated shelter adoption events across nearly every PetSmart store in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, reaching the milestone of 11 million cumulative in-store adoptions on 2024-10-21. Cause: Welfare.
PetSmart Charities→ National Adoption Week
Welfarecoordinated shelter adoption events across nearly every PetSmart store in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, reaching the milestone of 11 million cumulative in-store adoptions
PetSmart Charities activated disaster-relief fundraising and prepared support for pet food, pet-friendly sheltering and other needs following Hurricanes Helene and Milton on 2024-10-09. Cause: Relief.
PetSmart Charities→ Hurricane Helene and Milton response
Reliefactivated disaster-relief fundraising and prepared support for pet food, pet-friendly sheltering and other needs following Hurricanes Helene and Milton
PetSmart Charities marked delivery of its 350 millionth pet meal and partnered with Feeding America on food-distribution events in multiple U.S. cities on 2024-09-24. Cause: Relief.
PetSmart Charities→ Pet food distribution
Reliefmarked delivery of its 350 millionth pet meal and partnered with Feeding America on food-distribution events in multiple U.S. cities
PetSmart Charities funded the first PetSmart Charities Endowed Chair in Accessible Veterinary Care at UC Davis through a permanent $6 million grant on 2024-08-22. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ Veterinary research and education
Animalsfunded the first PetSmart Charities Endowed Chair in Accessible Veterinary Care at UC Davis through a permanent $6 million grant
PetSmart Charities supported shelters and rescues bringing adoptable kittens and other animals into PetSmart stores during peak kitten season on 2024-07-15. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ National Adoption Week
Animalssupported shelters and rescues bringing adoptable kittens and other animals into PetSmart stores during peak kitten season
PetSmart Charities coordinated in-store adoption events across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, challenging stores and shelter partners to find homes for 30 pets each during the 30th-anniversary campaign on 2024-03-18. Cause: Welfare.
PetSmart Charities→ National Adoption Week
Welfarecoordinated in-store adoption events across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, challenging stores and shelter partners to find homes for 30 pets each during the 30th-anniversary campaign
PetSmart Charities continued a pilot policy allowing qualifying shelters to defer spay/neuter procedures for puppies and kittens until after adoption, where legally permitted, to reduce shelter bottlenecks on 2024-01-04. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ Adoption spay/neuter policy
Animalscontinued a pilot policy allowing qualifying shelters to defer spay/neuter procedures for puppies and kittens until after adoption, where legally permitted, to reduce shelter bottlenecks
PetSmart Charities launched an annual campaign focused on pet food insecurity and connected the issue with food-security work affecting households across the United States on 2023-09-26. Cause: Relief.
PetSmart Charities→ Pet Hunger Awareness Day
Relieflaunched an annual campaign focused on pet food insecurity and connected the issue with food-security work affecting households across the United States
PetSmart Charities launched a four-year grant program designed to develop veterinary-care models in 20 communities in the U.S. and Canada, beginning with historically excluded communities on 2023-05-15. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ Veterinary-care Incubator
Animalslaunched a four-year grant program designed to develop veterinary-care models in 20 communities in the U.S. and Canada, beginning with historically excluded communities
PetSmart Charities committed $100 million over five years to address financial, geographic, cultural and other barriers to veterinary care on 2023-01-12. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ Veterinary-care investment
Animalscommitted $100 million over five years to address financial, geographic, cultural and other barriers to veterinary care
PetSmart Charities awarded $6 million to establish the PetSmart Charities Endowed Chair in Access to Care at UC Davis Veterinary School, supporting research and development of accessible-care models on 2023-01-01. Cause: Animals.
PetSmart Charities→ Veterinary education
Animalsawarded $6 million to establish the PetSmart Charities Endowed Chair in Access to Care at UC Davis Veterinary School, supporting research and development of accessible-care models

Board

Neal Litvack
Chair of the Board

Serves as President and CEO of MSPCA-Angell.

Alan Schnaid
Vice Chair

Serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PetSmart LLC.

Aimee Gilbreath
President

Leads the organization as its President.

Janet Henry
Secretary

Serves as Secretary of the board.

Stephanie Jensen
Treasurer

Serves as Director of Finance and Administration and Controller.

Maureen Kats
Board Observer

Associate General Counsel at PetSmart

Lisa Bacus
Board Member

Serves as President and CEO of Oro Vista Ventures LLC.

Elliott Francis
Board Member

Serves as Principal DEI Program Manager at SoFi.

Salim Hirji
Board Member

Sits on the board as a Board Member.

Monica Hubbard
Board Member

Serves as Senior Vice President of U.S. Stores for PetSmart.

Ben Jacobs
Board Member

Sits on the board as a Board Member.

Debo Mukherjee
Board Member

Previously served as Chief Marketing Officer of Flowers Foods.

Dr. Phillip D. Nelson
Board Member

Serves as Dean Emeritus of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences.

Cherise Ordlock
Board Member

Serves as Senior Vice President of Digital at PetSmart, LLC.

Manjit Singh
Board Member

Serves as Chief Operating Officer of Knock, Inc.

Dr. Kwane Stewart
Board Member

Founded Project Street Vet.

Dawn Willoughby
Board Member

Previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Clorox Company.