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Petco Love reported $34.2 million in revenue and $35.6 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending May 3, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $90.94 went to program services, $3.33 to management and general costs and $5.73 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 92.5% of the total. Revenue fell 14% between FY2022 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending May 3, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $36MFor context, the median across 1,001 covered philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking charities: $91.65 programs, $6.50 management, $1.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending May 3, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $34MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 90.9% | 90.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 3.3% | 6.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 5.7% | 1.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.06 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 92.5% | 79.9% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | Not reported | $325,675 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | Not reported | 1.56% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 7.1 | 56.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 14 of 14 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expensePetco 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…
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…
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…
4 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b14 · 14 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2Yes
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
- Employees Part I, line 50
- Volunteers Part I, line 650
Largest outside contractors
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only| PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLY STORES INC Management/promotion | $7,356,154 |
| GOOGLE LLC Digital marketing | $1,334,250 |
| WHITNEY PROMOTIONS INC Promotion | $666,086 |
| OOWLISH USA LLC Consulting | $427,603 |
Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 11 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.
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Every number above is copied from Petco Love's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Petco Love, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Questions people ask
How much of Petco Love's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending May 3, 2025, Petco Love reported that 90.9% of its $35.6 million in expenses went to program services, 3.3% to management and general and 5.7% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
Where does Petco Love get its money?
Of $34.2 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending May 3, 2025, 92.5% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Petco Love a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 33-0845930 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending May 3, 2025, object 202523519349301407 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending April 27, 2024 (amended), object 202532669349301293 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending April 29, 2023, object 202322769349301402 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2022, object 202212649349301406 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 33-0845930: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.