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← PETCO LOVE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PETCO LOVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$34,204,791
Total expenses
$35,629,344
Contributions and grants received
$31,637,392
Grants paid
$22,971,947
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,261,265
Other revenue
$1,306,134
Total assets, end of year
$25,052,403
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,021,776
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,030,627
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$32,401,009
Management and general expenses
$1,188,288
Fundraising expenses
$2,040,047
Program service expenses (Part III)
$32,401,009

Program services were 90.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $31,637,392

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $120,594

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $408,077 · excluded $408,077

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,306,134 · excluded $1,306,134

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,000,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,146,812

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $853,188

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $853,188 · excluded $853,188

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $22,934,770 · program services $22,934,770

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $37,177 · program services $37,177

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $6,543,182 · program services $4,751,289 · management and general $670,975 · fundraising $1,120,918

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $179,705 · management and general $179,705

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,829 · management and general $57,829

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $164,718 · management and general $164,718

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $571,963 · program services $571,513 · fundraising $450

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,330,271 · program services $2,650,850 · management and general $3,150 · fundraising $676,271

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,755 · program services $17,694 · management and general $3,684 · fundraising $9,377

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $990,204 · program services $968,048 · management and general $9,452 · fundraising $12,704

  • 17 · Travel

    total $276,362 · program services $193,613 · management and general $23,883 · fundraising $58,866

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $238,787 · program services $195,805 · management and general $19,103 · fundraising $23,879

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATION PROCESSING FEE

    total $136,010 · fundraising $136,010

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT

    total $102,608 · program services $76,537 · management and general $24,499 · fundraising $1,572

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $13,157 · program services $31 · management and general $13,126

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES & REGISTRATION

    total $9,015 · program services $208 · management and general $8,807

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,831 · program services $3,474 · management and general $9,357

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $7,792,605 · program services $5,906,888 · management and general $695,776 · fundraising $1,189,941

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $2,158,207

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,198,697 · end of year $1,907,783

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,377,432 · end of year $2,155,604

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $608,614 · end of year $458,754

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,770,013 · end of year $17,238,131

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $238,474 · end of year $238,474

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,134,237 · end of year $895,450

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,252,490 · end of year $1,841,776

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $2,180,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $22,725

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,041,766 · end of year $21,030,627

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $486 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO RAISE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PETS AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE AND NEED THEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PREVENTING EUTHANASIA OF SHELTER PETS, INCREASING ACCESS TO VETERINARY CARE, AND REUNITING LOST PETS.

  • PETCO LOVE IS A LIFE-CHANGING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT MAKES COMMUNITIES AND PET FAMILIES CLOSER, STRONGER, AND HEALTHIER. PETCO LOVE'S MISSION IS TO END PREVENTABLE EUTHANASIA OF SHELTER PETS; INCREASE ACCESS TO VETERINARY CARE AND REUNITE LOST PETS WITH THE FAMILIES THAT LOVE THEM. PETCO LOVE ACCOMPLISHES THESE GOALS BY EMPOWERING ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH GRANT INVESTMENTS THAT MAKE THE MOST IMPACT AND BY CREATING NATIONAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS IMPACTING THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS. SAVING PET LIVES: PETCO LOVE ADOPT WORKS TO SAVE SHELTER PETS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PETCO LOVE PARTNERS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE PET ADOPTION, FOSTERING AND OTHER LIFESAVING ACTIVITIES AND FURTHER EMPOWERS THESE ORGANIZATIONS WITH GRANT INVESTMENTS. PETCO LOVE'S GRANT INVESTMENTS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE IN ACCOMPLISHING THEIR MISSION AS DETERMINED THROUGH A DECISION MODEL DESIGNED TO EVALUATE AND ASSESS ORGANIZATIONS ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS. PETCO LOVE SUPPORTS LARGE SCALE ADOPTION EVENTS TO INCREASE PET ADOPTION AND BUILD COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND TRANSPORT PROGRAMS THAT MOVE PETS TO AREAS OF THE COUNTRY WITH LESS SHELTER PETS AND MORE POTENTIAL ADOPTERS. PETCO LOVE ALSO PARTNERS WITH PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES TO PROVIDE ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS WITH SPACE AND A VENUE IN PETCO PET CARE CENTERS TO SHOWCASE THE WONDERFUL ADOPTABLE PETS TO POTENTIAL ADOPTERS. PETCO LOVE ALSO SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS SAVING SHELTER PETS AND TRAINING THEM AS "HELPING HEROES" TO OTHERS AS SERVICE AND THERAPY ANIMALS. AS PART OF ITS LIFESAVING WORK, PETCO LOVE ALSO RESPONDS TO DISASTERS LIKE FIRES, FLOODS, EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS, PROVIDING SUPPORT IN PREPARATION, DURING AND AFTER DISASTERS WITH PRODUCTS AND GRANTS TO CARE FOR PETS AND REBUILD FROM DESTRUCTION.

    Expenses $17,941,227 · Grants $15,288,983

  • ACCESS TO CARE: PETCO LOVE CARE SUPPORTS ACCESS TO BETTER PET HEALTH BY FACILITATING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE PET CARE, FREE PET VACCINES, CANCER RESOURCES, AND OTHER VETERINARY SUPPORT. PETCO LOVE PROVIDES GRANT INVESTMENTS TO A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST PET PARENTS IN CARING FOR PETS IN NEED BY PROVIDING VETERINARY CARE (INCLUDING WELLNESS CARE), SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES, EMERGENCY AND OTHER MEDICAL CARE, VACCINES AND OTHER PET CARE NEEDS. IN 2021, PETCO LOVE LAUNCHED ITS VACCINATED AND LOVE CAMPAIGN TO WORK WITH ITS PARTNERS NATIONWIDE TO PROVIDE FREE VACCINES TO PETS IN NEED. THIS CAMPAIGN IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT PETS DO NOT SUFFER AND DIE NEEDLESSLY FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASES, AND TO DATE HAS PROVIDED OVER 3.4 MILLION VACCINES TO PETS IN NEED. PETCO LOVE HAS ALSO SUPPORTED PET CANCER TREATMENT, AWARENESS AND RESEARCH FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.

    Expenses $8,254,732 · Grants $7,682,964

  • REUNITING LOST PETS: PETCO LOVE LAUNCHED PETCO LOVE LOST IN APRIL 2020, A NATIONAL LOST AND FOUND DATABASE UTILIZING PET IMAGE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY TO REUNITE LOST PETS WITH THEIR FAMILIES. PETCO LOVE IS WORKING TO ESTABLISH LOVE LOST AS THE GO-TO NATIONAL SOLUTION TO REPORT ALL LOST AND FOUND PETS AND REUNITE LOST PETS BY UPLOADING A PHOTO AND CONNECTING PET PARENT TO THE FINDER OR SHELTER WHERE THE PET IS LOCATED. SINCE JULY 2021, PETCO LOVE LOST HAS REUNITED NEARLY 120,000 LOST PETS WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND HAS HELPED COUNTLESS OTHERS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO REUNITE LOST PETS. PETCO LOVES ACTIVITIES TO REUNITE LOST PETS ALSO SERVES TO REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF PETS IN SHELTERS THEREBY ALSO HELPING TO SAVE PET LIVES.

    Expenses $6,205,050

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susanne Kogut

    CHAIR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Caroline Childress

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Justin Tichy

    CHAIR (UNTIL 6/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Manion

    VICE CHAIR (AS OF 7/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daymond John

    VICE CHAIR (UNTIL 7/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Sloan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ame Van Iden

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Hallisey

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 7/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Damien Harmon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tariq Hassan

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 11/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Ted Mashima

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Whitney Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Antoni Porowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Sampson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anna Skaya

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Stout

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Venezia

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron Weiss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Wolski

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • PETS REUNITED LLC

    HOLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY · DE · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by PETCO LOVE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523519349301407

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