Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Petco Foundation has served as a leader and valued partner in animal welfare working to end the unnecessary euthanasia of companion animals in the United States.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Creating a Lifesaving Nation
We invest in and partner with animal welfare organizations that make the most lifesaving impact possible.
Where we work
Awards
4 star rating 2011
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Since 1999, we’ve been guided by one thing: Creating a better world for pets and the people who love and need them.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Petco Foundation is a national, nonprofit animal welfare organization working to inspire and lead change for animals in our country. We mobilize people to put their love for animals into action so our collective impact creates a lifesaving nation, where no animal is unnecessarily euthanized. The Petco Foundation evaluates partners through a decision model designed to compare and assess organizations alongside their peers, and we empower those that are most productive and effective, that work with a relentless determination to succeed. To reach our goal of ending the unnecessary euthanasia of companion animals in the United States, we work to create a lifesaving nation by investing in sheltering and adoption organizations that have the most lifesaving impact and organizations that transform shelter dogs into helping heroes. Additionally, we support the advancement of pet cancer research and treatment, and empower innovators who advance change and create new approaches to lifesaving.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Petco Foundation team mobilizes the employees and customers of more than 1,500 Petco stores, so that together we make a significant lifesaving impact by empowering 4,000 animal welfare organizations to save lives and enabling innovation to transform national platforms to save lives. Since 1999, we’ve invested more than $230 million in these efforts and have helped find homes for more than 5.5 million pets.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 1999, we've invested more than $230 million in lifesaving animal welfare work across the country. With more than 4,000 animal welfare partners, we inspire and empower communities to make a difference in the lives of animals. Through our adoption efforts in more than 1,500 Petco stores nationwide, we've brought more than 5.5 million pets together with loving families. And we're just getting started.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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THE PETCO FOUNDATION
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Justin Tichy
Petco Animal Supplies
Term: 2009 - 2012
Judith Munoz
Kailas Rao
Isle of Dogs
Michael Peterson
The Pet Group
Rich Segal
Pillsbury, LLC
Paula Fasseas
PAWS Chicago
Susanne Kogut
Petco Foundation
Daymond John
FUBU, The Shark Group
Warren Rickard
Addiction Pet Food
Marcie Whichard
Paul Ranmaker
Tariq Hassan
Petco
Peggy Hillier
Hillier Retail Marketing
Kevin Manion
Calavo Growers
Damien Harmon
Best Buy
Board leadership practices
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
Organizational demographics
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