Making Tomorrow Brighter.

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Contents
Our Vision
Our Mission
Letter to our Friends
Saving Lives
The Rescue Waggin’ Program
®
Funding for the Future
Grant Success
Providing a Helping Hand
Engaging the Public
Spreading the Word
Adding New Resources
Financials
Why I donate to PetSmart Charities®
Heroes (Donors of $500-$999)
Why I donate to PetSmart Charities®
Angels (Donors of $1,000+)
Corporate Donors
(Donors of $500+)
Officers & Board of Directors
Ian Richard cuddles
a puppy during the
National Adoption
Weekend in Fort
Worth, Texas.
Our Vision
A lifelong, loving home
for every pet.
Eric Torres checks out
a bunny during the
Community Adoption
Event in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Our Mission
To improve the quality of life
for all companion animals,
PetSmart Charities® creates
and supports programs that save
the lives of homeless pets and
promote healthy relationships
between people and pets.
Sebastian is the first cat
adoption of the day during the
grand opening celebration at
the new enhanced adoption
center in Fort Worth, Texas.
A dog gets a
lift during the
last leg of the
PetWalk at
Tempe Town
Lake in Arizona.
A veterinarian
cares for one of
the cats rescued
from an alleged
hoarding situation
in Pennsylvania.
A boxer puppy finds
his forever home
at the National
Adoption Weekend
in Phoenix, Arizona.
Rochelle Fraser
of Best Friends
Animal Society
with Phoenix
the dog during
the Livingston
Community
Adoption Event
in New Jersey.
Hanaa Bahraq, a volunteer
with Watermelon
Mountain Ranch, holds
a kitten during the
Albuquerque Community
Adoption Event.
Dear Friends,
Have you ever experienced
gratitude from your rescued
pet? The look on your dog’s
face as she meets you at the
door, her tail wagging so hard
that the back half of her body
wags too. The satisfied purr
from your cat as he settles into
your lap or next to you on the
couch. If you’ve felt that, then
you understand why PetSmart
Charities® is here and why we
strive to provide funding that
can change the situation for
pets, both today and tomorrow.
We work to develop new
programs and enhance our
existing services that save the
lives of homeless pets. It’s why
we partner with more than
2,000 animal-welfare groups
across the United States who
all share our vision – a lifelong,
loving home for every pet.
Today, an estimated 8 million
pets enter shelters nationally.
While approximately half will
be adopted, 4 million will never
experience the joy of a loving
home. PetSmart Charities
endeavors to enhance our
adoption programs so that more
pets can meet their matches and
spend more time on a couch
and less time in a kennel. We
extend a helping hand to those
pets in need so that they can get
out of bad situations – either
natural or man-made. And we
provide funding and educational
opportunities to professionalize
the field so that we can all work
together toward our shared goal
of lifelong, loving homes for
every pet.
In 2010, we expanded our
adoption initiatives to help save
even more lives. We kicked
off a new community adoption
program that brings awareness
to adoptable pets in local
communities. The program
was a triumph, with 21 events
during the year helping more
than 3,300 pets find their
new homes. In fact, with our
community adoption events
and our four National Adoption
Weekends, along with our every
day adoption program in all
PetSmart® stores, we helped
391,760 pets find homes. That’s
one pet placed in a home every
39 seconds that a PetSmart
Charities Adoption Center
is open.
One of our biggest
accomplishments of the year
was the creation and opening of
our very first PetSmart Charities
enhanced adoption center. By
partnering with government
entities and humane societies
who have high pet intake and
a great need, we offer these
groups additional adoption
space in-store and resources that
can help even more pets. Our
first enhanced adoption center
opened in Fort Worth, Texas
in May 2010, in partnership
with the City of Fort Worth
Animal Care & Control and a
group of local philanthropists,
and the results are amazing.
Not only did the shelter, for
the first time ever, place of all
its adoptable pets during the
grand opening weekend, but
since then, adoptions have
increased 119 percent and the
shelter is no longer euthanizing
for space. We knew immediately
that this was a model for the
rest of the nation and we set
out to open even more of
these centers. In January, we
partnered with Maricopa County
Animal Care and Control in
Arizona to open two PetSmart
Charities adoption centers in
the Phoenix-metro area: one in
a PetSmart store and another in
a mall. Results have been strong
and we anticipate expanding
this lifesaving model to other
communities around the country.
Ending euthanasia requires many
strategies, including four wheels
and a big truck. Our Rescue
Waggin’ program is helping dogs
and puppies find the homes
they deserve. In 2010, 9,219
dogs took the rides of their lives
aboard one of our four Rescue
Waggin’ vehicles. This program
transports dogs and puppies
from overcrowded areas where
they face euthanasia to locations
where they are more likely to
be adopted – and most are
adopted within just three days!
The program has transported
43,575 dogs state to state since
its inception in 2004.
We continue to lead the field in
spay/neuter efforts nationwide.
We provided nearly $5 million
in funding for spay/neuter
programs and clinic openings
or expansions. Our two highimpact grant categories –
targeted and free-roaming cat
spay/neuter – provided funding
to 117 organizations during the
year, which will help reduce the
number of pets entering shelters
and facing euthanasia. We also
partnered with the American
Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®)
and each pledged $2.6 million
to Humane Alliance to increase
training for affordable spay/
neuter services across the
country. Our efforts in this area
will result in more than 860,000
spay/neuter surgeries being
performed annually by 2018.
Philip L. Francis
Chairman of the Board
PetSmart Charities, Inc.
In our efforts to make tomorrow
even brighter for pets, we
spent much of 2010 planning
a large-scale social movement,
People Saving Pets™, which we
launched in two communities
in early 2011. This unique
initiative celebrates the joy
adopted pets bring to our
lives, engages the public in the
solution, unites animal-welfare
organizations toward a common
goal and ultimately moves us
closer to a day when every pet is
ensured a lifelong, loving home.
Look forward to hearing more
about People Saving Pets in
your community next year.
Lastly, we want to express our
sincere appreciation to all of you
for your generous donations and
involvement in helping us save
homeless pets. Whether you’re
an individual, a corporation or
an animal-welfare organization,
it takes all of us to solve this
problem and we thank you for
joining us in this quest.
Susana M. Della Maddalena
Executive Director
PetSmart Charities, Inc.
Without the
generous
support of our
donors, we
wouldn’t be
able to enhance
and create our
programs that
save the lives of
homeless pets.
Kemba Marshall
adopts two dogs
during the Phoenix
Community
Adoption Event
at the PetSmart
headquarters
in Arizona.
Saving Lives
At PetSmart Charities®, our principal focus is saving the lives of
homeless pets. Our vision is a lifelong, loving home for every
pet, and we strive to reach this by partnering with thousands of
animal-welfare organizations across the nation. We know that
an estimated 8 million pets enter shelters each year, and that
about half must be euthanized. Animal-welfare organizations
have a desperate need for more resources to increase adoption
numbers and help even more pets find the homes that they
deserve. Without the help of PetSmart Charities and individuals
across the country who donate and support our work, so many
shelters and rescue groups would not have the resources to
do this. Thanks to our in-store adoption program, adoption
events, community outreach and expanded marketing efforts,
PetSmart Charities is improving adoption rates across the
country in an effort to enrich the lives of both people and pets.
Why Adoptions
are Important
“I think we overlook the hard work the
adoption partners do to prepare the pets
for adoptions in the stores and how much
hard work it takes to make the adoption
program a success. As store employees,
we get to see the reward and the joy in
the pet parents’ faces when they go home
with their new family member. I’m grateful
to PetSmart Charities for working hard to
create an adoption program that makes
that commitment possible.”
– Mark Rogers, store manager
South Oklahoma City PetSmart store
host of two “Midnight Woofness” community
adoption events
Jere Holland adopts
a puppy during the
National Adoption
Weekend in Fort
Worth, Texas.
Enhanced Adoption Centers
In 2010, we began a program designed to increase pet
adoptions by providing additional space in PetSmart® stores to
house dogs and cats 24-hours a day in new, enhanced adoption
centers. These in-store adoption centers are supported by
public donations and enable shelters and humane societies
to take in additional adoptable pets. PetSmart Charities® is
working with organizations that have high intake of pets and
limited resources to find homes for them, making it a winwin situation for both the pets and the partner organization.
Plus, the pets are housed in a pet-friendly venue, giving
them even higher chances of finding a forever home. We’ve
seen such amazing results from the first centers opened that
PetSmart Charities plans to continue to raise funds to open
enhanced adoption centers in select PetSmart® stores across
the nation in 2011.
The first enhanced adoption center grand
opened in May 2010 in Fort Worth,
Texas, in partnership with the City of
Fort Worth Animal Care and Control.
City officials joined PetSmart Charities
staff and board members to celebrate
the grand opening during the National
Adoption Weekend. Overall, the change
has been dramatic for the City of Fort
Worth. Since April, more than 2,300
pets have been adopted from both
the shelter and the PetSmart Charities
adoption center, a 119 percent increase
over the same period in 2009. From the
PetSmart Charities adoption center
alone, 1,348 pets have found new homes.
PetSmart Charities funded 100 percent
of the build-out costs, and the city staffs
the center, which is open seven days a
week and houses up to 50 adoptable dogs,
puppies, cats and kittens at a time. A
donor group funds the operational costs
of the center.
The Fort Worth adoption center is
receiving a lot of national attention, too.
In fact, an October episode of The Oprah
Winfrey Show focused on how PetSmart
Charities, PetSmart® and the City of
Fort Worth are collaborating to save the
lives of pets. In January 2011, two similar
centers, one in a PetSmart store and one
in a mall, opened in the metro-Phoenix
area in partnership with Maricopa County
Animal Care and Control. These two
centers will help save the lives of more
than 2,600 pets in Maricopa County,
Arizona each year.
Virginia Smith and her
daughter Miranda take home
Tom the cat during the
National Adoption Weekend
in Scottsdale, Arizona.
National Adoption Weekends
PetSmart Charities® knows that getting the word out about
adoptable pets gives them a better chance at finding lifelong,
loving homes. By holding four National Adoption Weekends
throughout the year, we are giving pets that chance. The
events include national media outreach and support as well as
increased adoption rewards for participating animal-welfare
organizations. Additionally, animal-welfare groups are given
the opportunity to expand their adoption space into the
parking lots of select stores, where they can give even more
pets the opportunity to find new families. With more than
200 parking lot events held during the four National Adoption
Weekends, 2010 proved to be a record-breaking year. A total
of 68,883 pets found homes during the four weekends alone,
a 3.4 percent increase over the same events in 2009.
The first three national adoption events in 2010 were
sponsored by Hill’s® Science Diet® Brand and PetSmart®. The
November event was sponsored by Purina® Pro Plan®, Tidy
Cats® and PetSmart®.
Community Adoption Events
To augment the four National Adoption Weekends, PetSmart
Charities® ramped up its adoption program with a series
of Community Adoption Events. These events marked the
largest-ever adoption push in PetSmart Charities’ history and
were aimed at generating awareness about adoptable pets in
local communities and helping those pets get the increased
attention that they needed to find homes. Proudly sponsored
by Purina® Pro Plan® and Tidy Cats®, these events were held
in cities throughout the U.S. on 20 weekends during the year.
The result? An incredible 3,352 pets’ lives saved!
People line up to adopt during one of the Oklahoma City
Community Adoption Events. Called “Midnight Woofness,” these
events ran from midnight on Friday straight through to Sunday at
5 p.m. During these two events, 878 pets found new homes.
Why I Adopted
“I wanted to adopt an older dog because I
didn’t get to spend time with my first dog
when he got older, and I wanted to give
that chance to another pet. Dobby was
about the third dog we saw during the
event, and we knew he was the one right
away. These pets deserve the chance to
have a home and adopting is the right
thing to do.”
– Trisha Randall, new pet parent to Dobby,
a 10-year-old Chihuahua who was adopted
during the Community Adoption Event held at
PetSmart’s corporate headquarters in October 2010.
The Rescue Waggin’ ®
vehicle taking more dogs
on the ride of their lives.
The Rescue
Waggin’ Program
®
As one of our most talked-about initiatives, the PetSmart
Charities® Rescue Waggin’ program has been steadily gaining
ground and saving more lives since its inception in 2004.
Through the end of our 2010 fiscal year, 43,575 dogs and
puppies have taken the rides of their lives aboard a Rescue
Waggin’ vehicle.
This program saves the lives of adoptable dogs and puppies
at overcrowded shelters where they have little chance of
finding homes and would likely be euthanized by transporting
them to shelters where they are in demand. In 2010, Rescue
Waggin’ vehicles transported 9,219 dogs and puppies from
areas of high homeless-pet overpopulation to shelters in areas
where they were able to find homes within three days, on
average. The program also provides capacity-building and
spay/neuter grants to help shelters improve programs that
will ultimately help save even more lives.
How the
Rescue Waggin’
Program Makes
a Difference
®
“
We have had the great fortune to
transport more than 900 dogs and puppies
through the Rescue Waggin’ program. As
a result, for the first time in the history
of the shelter, all adoptable pets have
been able to find homes. This relief has
enabled us to focus more on our spay/
neuter programs – and in turn impact the
critical pet overpopulation problem in our
county. Thank you PetSmart Charities!”
– Dawnette Brady
President, Board of Directors
Washington County SPCA
Dr. Debra Moon
sterilizes a cat at
Clinico’s Pico Rivera
clinic in California.
Funding for the Future
Combined with our efforts to help pets find homes through
adoption, PetSmart Charities® also provides spay/neuter support
to help solve the problem of homeless-pet overpopulation.
Because we understand that adoption alone is not the solution,
we strive to provide vital funding around spay/neuter initiatives,
which can help reduce shelter intake and reduce the number
of pets who must be euthanized. This funding comes from the
generous support of our donors.
Every year in the U.S., approximately 8 million pets enter
shelters, and about half are euthanized. Spaying or neutering a
pet today helps save lives in the future, and PetSmart Charities
is working to expand spay/neuter services, increase the number
of sustainable surgical slots available and provide training for
more veterinarians in low-cost, high-volume surgical techniques.
In 2010, through our high-impact spay/neuter grants, PetSmart
Charities provided $4,427,583 in funding for spay/neuter
efforts nationwide, resulting in 103,021 surgeries. Additionally,
PetSmart Charities provided $1,637,900 for 22 clinic openings
and expansions, which resulted in creating capacity for more than
161,314 surgical slots nationwide.
A cat reaches
out to a
volunteer while
she waits for a
forever home.
Humane Alliance Funding
In May 2010, PetSmart Charities® and The American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) announced a pledge of $2.6 million from each
organization to Humane Alliance. This pledge was part of a five-year commitment
totaling $5.2 million to increase high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter services
across the United States and prevent the births of millions of pets for whom there
are no homes.
Humane Alliance in Asheville,
North Carolina seeks to mentor
organizations to open and operate
strategically placed low-cost,
high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter
clinics across the nation. Humane
Alliance operates a National Spay/
Neuter Response Team, which has
already trained 86 organizations to
replicate this model.
This funding will help 80 low-cost,
high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter
clinics open across the U.S. These
new clinics, combined with the
nearly 70 Humane Alliance clinics
already open, will provide up to
800,000 sustainable spay/neuter
surgical slots, preventing an estimated
11 million pet births through 2013.
The $5.2 million in funding will be
distributed during the next five years
to also help create thousands of
sustainable spay/neuter surgical slots
through capacity-building grants and
training programs for veterinarians and
clinic staff.
Anna Hernandez
helps a dog
recovering from
surgery at Clinico’s
Pico Rivera clinic.
Veterinary Education and Externship
PetSmart Charities also funds a surgical education program
for veterinarians and veterinary students at the Humane
Alliance that offers first-hand surgical experience in a nationally
recognized high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter training
center in Asheville, North Carolina. To date, 106 private
veterinarians and 17 externs have been trained.
Pediatric Spay/Neuter DVD
Education in surgical techniques can make the difference
in reducing the number of pets born without homes. To
help further that cause, PetSmart Charities® funded the
production of an educational video by Humane Alliance
that details the procedures for performing spay/neuter
surgeries on puppies and kittens as small as 2 pounds and as
young as 6-8 weeks old. The video, Pediatric Spay and Neuter:
A Functional Teaching Guide, is available for free download at
www.humanealliance.org for all veterinarians and animalwelfare groups across the nation. Groups can also order
a copy for the cost of shipping and handling through
the website.
High-Impact Grantee Forum
PetSmart Charities worked with grant recipients to identify
multiple areas of interest for a spay/neuter forum, held
in October 2010 at the PetSmart® headquarters. Thirty
animal-welfare organizations that received free-roaming cat
or targeted spay/neuter grants from PetSmart Charities
were invited to Phoenix to attend and learn about motivating
constituents toward a common goal; working with the
media and writing basic press releases; finding, motivating
and keeping volunteers; and making programs financially
sustainable. The groups were able to work together to share
ideas, challenges and successes, which will help the groups
be more successful with their grant funds and advance their
programs to the next level.
“In addition to this program helping to
save lives of adoptable dogs, I would
really like people to realize that pit-bull
terriers are just dogs, like any other dog.
They’re fun-loving, loyal goofballs that
have the same basic needs and require the
same responsible ownership that other
dogs do.”
– Jamie Healy
manager of Shelter Partners for Pit Bulls
Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends Animal
Society Funding
In August 2010, PetSmart Charities®
granted $240,000 to Best Friends Animal
Society for an innovative program called
Shelter Partners for Pit Bulls, which is
designed to encourage responsible pet
ownership, increase adoptions, reduce
euthanasia and improve the public’s
perception of pit-bull terriers and similar
dogs. With this grant funding, Best
Friends strives to raise public awareness
about the pit bull terrier breed and
promote adoptions of the hundreds of
pit bull terriers surrendered at shelters
each month.
The grant supports pilot programs in five
shelters across the country:
•Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care
Shelter in Baltimore, Maryland
•County of San Diego Animal Services
in Carlsbad, California
•Hillsborough County Animal Services
in Tampa, Florida
•Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care and
Adoption Center in California
•Washington Humane Society
in Washington, DC
The grant from PetSmart Charities also
funds local coordinators for all five
shelters to oversee the programs in
the communities, which includes
kennel enrichment for shelter dogs,
community education and training
programs, creation or support of foster
and transition home programs, adoption
and other outreach events, targeted spay/
neuter efforts, post-adoption support
and educational opportunities for
shelter staff.
Shelter Partners for Pit Bulls coordinators
are also assisted by groups of volunteers
called “Pit Crews” who do everything
from walking dogs to helping out at
adoption and other events or providing
basic obedience training.
Each of the five shelters uses different
techniques to help increase pit bull
adoptions and promote the breed in
the local communities. In Rancho
Cucamonga, many of the pit bulls in
the shelter were long-term residents, so
the local coordinator created videos of
each dog to post on the shelter’s website.
The top 20 longest term residents were
featured in the videos, and after posting,
18 of the dogs found new homes. The
videos show off the dogs’ personalities
and can be shared among family and
friends and have led to many pit bull
adoptions in the shelter, including
three very special ones. One family was
inspired to adopt two very long-term
resident pit bulls, Rosalda and Quaker,
and encourage their family friend to
adopt another long-term pit, Angelina.
For two of the shelters, playgroups
have proven successful. In Baltimore,
taking the dogs out for playgroups
offers enrichment and an opportunity
for potential adopters to see the dogs in
action. One dog, Happy Gilmore, was
adopted on the spot when his new parent
came to visit him during a playgroup. In
Washington, DC, more people can meet
their perfect matches when they can see
the dogs’ true personalities during play.
“
Neighborhood CATS and PetSmart
Charities were instrumental in getting
us started with our trap-neuter-return
program. But we realized that spaying
or neutering cats one day a week wasn’t
enough. We applied for grant funding
from PetSmart Charities and were able
to expand our program tremendously.”
®
Cary Lieberman
executive director of Greenhill Humane Society
Grant Success
Making Grant Funding Work:
Greenhill Humane Society’s TNR Program
The Greenhill Humane Society in
Eugene, Oregon is improving the lives
of homeless cats and kittens in their
community through a successful trapneuter-return (TNR) program. The
program originally kicked off with
funding from Neighborhood CATS
and PetSmart Charities® and offered
spay/neuter services one day a week
with the help of local veterinarians
who volunteered their services.
In early 2010, Greenhill Humane
Society was awarded $36,000 under
PetSmart Charities’ targeted spay/
neuter grant program. By focusing
on two targeted ZIP codes – one in
Eugene and one in Springfield – and
initiating a program to spay/neuter
cats in those areas, Greenhill
Humane Society was able to make
a considerable impact on cat intake
numbers in its shelter. The TNR
program worked with low-income
areas that needed the most help
with free-roaming cats in larger
housing complexes.
“There were a lot of people feeding
the cats, but they had no resources to
get them spayed or neutered,” said
Lieberman. “With the funding from
PetSmart Charities, we worked with
apartment managers and residents to
provide services on a much larger scale,
and brought cats through our regular
clinic so it wasn’t just one day a week.”
By the end of the project, cat intake
to the Greenhill Humane Society
dropped 26 percent in one ZIP code,
while kitten intake dropped 28 percent.
“We met our goal to provide 800
spay/neuter surgeries,” continued
Lieberman. “Our next step is to expand
our reach within the same ZIP codes
and possibly to the next highest
problem area.”
To increase the program’s success,
Greenhill Humane Society also
provided education and coaching for
caretakers and residents about feeding
cat colonies, the benefits of TNR and
how to successfully manage a colony.
“We wouldn’t have been able to do
this without the funding from
PetSmart Charities,” Lieberman
said. “I’m so impressed with PetSmart
Charities and the ability to get a
grant that’s large enough to address the
problem. In the past, it felt like freeroaming cats were at the bottom of
the funding barrel. PetSmart Charities
helped change all that for us.”
A kitten receives care
after being rescued
from an alleged
hoarding situation
in Pennsylvania.
Providing a Helping Hand
Emergency Relief
PetSmart Charities® provides emergency relief grant funding to
assist pets affected by large-scale natural disasters; man-made
emergencies or pet hoarding rescues; animal victims of violence
or abuse; and disaster-related capital repairs. Additionally,
the PetSmart Charities Emergency Relief Waggin’® program
assists the animal victims of natural and man-made disasters
nationwide. The six Emergency Relief Waggin’ vehicles are each
stocked with 16 tons of supplies valued at $60,000, including
pet food, wire crates, litter, bowls and leashes. The vehicles
also include items such as fans, a generator, tents, a battery
charger and lights to aid the animal rescuers on the scene.
In 2010, PetSmart Charities provided more
than $830,000 in emergency-relief grant
funding and supplies to assist nearly 24,000
pets. The Emergency Relief Waggin’ vehicles
were deployed to three emergencies, assisting
937 pets.
Unique Rescue in 2010
Tranquility Trail Animal Sanctuary in Scottsdale, Arizona,
was contacted about a situation in Phoenix in which more
than 100 pet rabbits, including numerous pregnant females,
were found outside in burrows, trying to escape the blazing
August heat (temperatures in Phoenix average 103 degrees
but can reach as high as 116 degrees).
PetSmart Charities® provided the Sanctuary with a $3,500
emergency grant, along with $3,000 worth of much-needed
food, hay, litter, litter pans and carriers. Many of these
“backyard bunnies” have already been adopted or are being
fostered following their recovery from spay/neuter surgery.
How
PetSmart Charities
Emergency Relief
Makes a Difference
®
“PetSmart Charities has been a valuable
partner to the ASPCA Field Investigations
and Response Department. 2010 was an
incredible year, with more than 3,500
animals rescued from abusive situations
across the country. The resources
provided by PetSmart Charities have
been crucial to making this possible. I look
forward to working together in 2011.”
– Tim Rickey
senior director, Field Investigations and Response
ASPCA Anti Cruelty Group
PetWalk supporters brought
their dogs (and other pets)
out for a great day of
walking to save homeless
pets in Tempe, Arizona.
Engaging the Public
Phoenix PetWalk™
In February 2010, PetSmart Charities® held its second annual
PetWalk in Arizona. An estimated 5,000 people and at least
8,000 pets, along with more than 50 animal-welfare agencies
including shelters, rescue groups and animal-control agencies
from around the state participated, making PetWalk one of
the largest pet-themed events in the Phoenix area.
The event was presented by Purina® Pro Plan® and took place
at Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, Arizona. Participants raised
more than $375,000. Animal-welfare organizations kept
100 percent of the funds they raised; remaining proceeds
benefitted the programs of PetSmart Charities.
Because of the success of the Arizona PetWalk, PetSmart
Charities is planning to increase its PetWalk presence in cities
across the United States in coming years, with PetWalks
being planned in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Fort Worth,
Texas in 2011. PetWalks benefit local animal-welfare groups
with funds raised, and help spread the message about ending
pet homelessness to a broader audience of pet-lovers and
the public.
Dogs weren’t
the only ones
to enjoy the
Tempe PetWalk!
More than 5,000 people came out
to enjoy the day at PetWalk.
Spreading the Word
Actively engaging the public can help spread knowledge and
information to people who value pets and want to be more
involved. To do this, PetSmart Charities® reaches out to new
audiences with media relations, social media, special events,
conferences and educational materials to help fight homelesspet overpopulation.
Reaching a New Audience
In January 2011, PetSmart Charities sponsored and attended
the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC).
The event was attended by thousands of veterinarians,
technicians and students who could obtain information about
the educational programs PetSmart Charities offers for the
veterinary community. PetSmart Charities also sponsored an
all-day wet lab about pediatric spay/neuter techniques, which
attendees filled to capacity. Conferences like NAVC help
PetSmart Charities reach a new professional audience that can
benefit from the programs and information about practices in
the animal-welfare community.
Adding New Resources
PetSmart Charities® is the leading funder in companion animal-welfare
efforts nationwide, and we strive to supply our animal-welfare partners
with the most up-to-date, relevant information and resources to help them
reach their own goals around saving homeless pets. To do that, PetSmart
Charities provides the public with educational information about pet
homelessness, spay/neuter initiatives, adoption opportunities and the latest
news in animal welfare.
Online Grant Application System
To help streamline the grant
application process, PetSmart
Charities® upgraded to an online
system for its two U.S. programs
– free-roaming cat and targeted
spay/neuter grant applications.
In coming months, PetSmart
Charities will continue to
migrate its other applications to
the online system. The change
was made to improve the grant
application process and provide
more conveniences for animalwelfare partners.
A survey of the first online grant
applicants was overwhelmingly
positive, with nearly 80 percent
of applicants rating the system
as easy to navigate and more
than 62 percent saying that the
online application process (login,
returning to the system, placing the
application) was easy.
New Website
In the summer of 2010, PetSmart Charities® launched a
new website designed to educate the public and benefit
animal-welfare organizations and the pets in their care. The
site – www.petsmartcharities.org – includes information for
shelters, rescue groups and other agencies that work on behalf
of animals in need. It also provides news, information and
donation opportunities for the general public.
Site visitors can quickly link to information about PetSmart
Charities’ offerings, including adoption event dates and
the adoptable pet locator, emergency relief, press releases,
the Rescue Waggin’® program, grants, newsletters and
publications, webinars and other resources. Information about
spay/neuter grants and how to start a high-volume clinic is
also available for animal-welfare organizations.
PetSmart Charities, Inc. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
January 30, 2011 (with comparative totals at January 31, 2010)
ASSETS
20112010
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 4,253,399
$ 8,112,873
Investments
34,365,05925,502,927
Receivable from PetSmart, Inc.
2,578,788
2,397,759
Receivable from PetSmart Charities of Canada, Inc.
20,107
32,233
Other receivables
141,420
404,481
Prepaid expenses
214,702
204,920
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
41,573,475
36,655,193
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net
1,406,085
235,608
TOTAL ASSETS
$ 42,979,560
$ 36,890,801
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$ 3,127,815
$ 5,246,060
Due to PetSmart, Inc.
379,475
589,304
Due to PetSmart Charities of Canada, Inc.
7,890
250
Deferred
revenue
204,774
306,352
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
3,719,954
6,141,966
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted
39,157,94330,748,835
Temporarily
restricted
101,663
TOTAL NET ASSETS
39,259,606
30,748,835
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
$ 42,979,560
$ 36,890,801
Notes:
1) C
ontributed services, rent and other goods and services are recognized as revenue and corresponding expense (in adoptions and
transport), as PetSmart, Inc. donates the service and store space that would otherwise have to be purchased by PetSmart Charities, Inc.
2) T
his data is excerpted from the audited financial statements of PetSmart Charities, Inc., and represents only United States finances.
PetSmart Charities, Inc. STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
Year Ended January 30, 2011 (with comparative totals for the year ended January 31, 2010)
Temporarily
Totals
Unrestricted Restricted
2011
2010
REVENUES, PUBLIC SUPPORT AND GAINS:
Individual contributions
$ 34,454,084
$ 101,663
$ 34,555,747
$ 30,643,108
PetSmart, Inc. contributions including
contributed rent, goods and services
12,839,489 -
12,839,489 12,016,236
Investment income, net 1,754,062 -
1,754,062 1,997,802
Corporate and vendor contributions
1,031,101 -
1,031,101 1,015,275
Private foundation contributions 62,211 -
62,211 346,128
Cause-related contributions 213 -
213 308,981
Conference donations and fees -
-
-
90,699
Total revenues, public support and gains Special events:
Special events revenue
Less costs of direct donor benefits
50,141,160
101,663
50,242,823
46,418,229
1,597,218
(298,769)
-
-
1,597,218
(298,769)
989,627
(237,400)
1,298,449
-
1,298,449
752,227
-
-
-
-
OTAL REVENUES, PUBLIC SUPPORT
T
AND GAINS
51,439,609
101,663
51,541,272
47,170,456
23,440,383
11,603,507
1,534,867
1,495,433
-
-
-
-
23,440,383
11,603,507
1,534,867
1,495,433
23,615,362
9,685,494
1,172,501
862,116
38,074,190
-
38,074,190
35,335,473
Gross profit on special events
Net assets released from restrictions
EXPENSES:
Program services:
Adoptions and transport
Spay/neuter and field initiatives
Emergency relief
Education and awareness
Total program services
Supporting services:
Fundraising
Management and general
2,977,304
1,979,007
-2,977,304 2,428,472
-
1,979,007
1,836,108
4,956,311
-
4,956,311
4,264,580
43,030,501
-
43,030,501
39,600,053
8,409,108
101,663
8,510,771
7,570,403
NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR
30,748,835
-
30,748,835
23,178,432
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR
$ 39,157,943
$ 101,663
$ 39,259,606
$ 30,748,835
Total supporting services
TOTAL EXPENSES
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
PetSmart Charities has funded more than
$134 million since 1994 in grants and programs
Eighty-five percent
of expenses directly
supports grant and
program funding
Percent based on the functional
expenses in the 2010 IRS Form 990.
PetSmart Charities was given a
Four-Star Rating by Charity Navigator,
America’s largest independent evaluator
of charities, for efficient and effective
financial management. 2010 marked the
eighth consecutive year that PetSmart
Charities, Inc. received this Four-Star
Rating from Charity Navigator.
Why I donate to PetSmart Charities
Before I had the opportunity to work at
PetSmart, I applauded the organization’s
spay/neuter and adoption efforts
through PetSmart Charities. When I
was offered the chance to work at
PetSmart, I jumped at the chance.
When we decided to add a new
member of the family, we knew we
wanted to adopt and started scouring
the Phoenix area for a puppy to
call our own. We found one at a
local PetSmart store through HALO
Animal Rescue and he is perfect.
Shortly after we got Koa (a black
lab/German short hair mix) we had
the opportunity to join the Southwest
Urban Search and Rescue Team
through the Glendale and Peoria
Fire Departments. This is a group of
volunteers who train their dogs for
search work during urban disasters
such as Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 and the
Oklahoma City bombing. Koa has been
working very hard for the last year and
we hope to be a certified search and
rescue team within a year. He loves his
®
job and is very good at it. I am a proud
mom every time I see him improve in
both obedience and scent work. He is
truly an amazing dog.
He was once lost, and we found him.
Now he spends his time learning how
to help and find others. Without the
support and efforts of the P.A.U.S.E.
(PetSmart Associates United Against
Euthanasia) campaign,
I would never have met Koa
and been able to teach him
to help so many others.
Natasha Turra
PetSmart Distribution Center #12
Phoenix, Arizona
Heroes
(Donors of $500-$999)
Michael Adler
Dennis Boyd
Milissa Epps
Deena Greenspon
Carol Ahearn
Roa Brand
Nancy Espy
Linda Gricius
Loretta Alden
Petra Burke Ramirez
Angela Etheridge
Ma Chona Guang
Romola Allen
Michael Cain
Deborah Feathers
Becky Guillory
Leilani Ames
Gail Campbell
Lori Findlay
Shirley Hagen
Patricia Arnote
Randall Carlin
Barbara Fitzgerald
Larry Hamby
Laurie Ashley
James Caron
Morgan Floyd
Theresa Haneline
Robert Baksa
Andrea Carroll
Christopher Foot
Joseph Hardin
Betsy Barnes
Jessica Case
Janelle Francis
Ryan Harrison
Delana Barnes
Laura Chagnon
Richard Gable
Sharon Hart
Kathleen E. Barnett
Scherger
Karen Church
Lisa Gades
Shirleyann Haveson
Stephen Ciepiela
Julie Gambrill
Carole Hayes
Patricia Colbert
John Gannett
Donna Hersch
Jennifer Conners
James Gavic
Marci Hinton
Joseph Cook
John Gerstenberger
Joshua Hogancamp
Joseph Cortner
Aileen Godsey
Julia Hornbeck
Danielle Darnaby
Jane Goodwin
Ann Howell
Kellen Derhay
Linda-Beth Gopen
Gordon Hughes
Kathy Drysdale
Beth Gothrick
Linda Hutchinson
Heidi Eades
Jaye Gould
Gary Jackson
Susan Elliott & Kraig
Kozminski
Kathryn Granado
Tim Jacobs
Peter & Ruth Bartels
Anne T. & Robert M.
Bass
Denise Bayly
Elizabeth Bergbower
Sharon Biard
Elizabeth Biddick
Elaine Blank
Claire Bower
Mark S. Box
D
enotes PetSmart, Inc. associate involved in PetSmart® Associates United to Stop Euthanasia (P.A.U.S.E.), PetSmart’s
associate-giving campaign. In 2010, thanks to the generous support of associates, more than $2.1 million was raised to support
PetSmart Charities®’ vision of a lifelong, loving home for every pet. More than 28,500 associates participated in this campaign
in 2010, demonstrating an overwhelming compassion toward homeless pets.
Donations made between February 1, 2010 and January 31, 2011.
Anja Jauernig
Susan McCarthy
Larry Richards
Erika Supetran
John Johnston
Kevin Mcdavid
Tina Robinson
Debra Suran
Andrew Kaufman
Angela Meister
Carmen Robles
Krista Swanson
Julie Kenrick
Mary Meyer
Jacqueline Rouff
Kathleen Taggart
Nancy Kervin
Madeleine Militello
Lorena Royce
Wai Hung Tang
Roxanne Kimball
Carmen Moi
Robert Royer
Lisa Taylor
Jessaka Klahn
Michael Wayne Moore
Mark Saunders
Ellen Terry
Ross Kline
Sydney Moore
Carroll Scott
Charles Thomas
Zuzana Kolinkova
Maureen Moreno
Monika Scott-Kerce
Svetlana Todorov
Sonia Konieczny
Marilyn Moschetti
Susan Scully
Marsha Trott
Fred Kramer
Louis Nerone
Jay Shih
Mary Turnbull
Brenda Kube
Louise Neuhoff
Charlene Shumate
Lisa Tuszl
Mark Labuski
Shirley Nicholas
Dennis Shumate
Julie Tweeddale
Erika Larson
David Nycz
Lisa Shuryan
Kimberley Umfress
Catherine Latham
Timothy O’Hare
Jerome Sirotnik
Harold Vale
Elizabeth Lawrence
Carl T. & Carol Jean
Obenland
Robert Smith
Karen Warden
Kevin Snyder
F. Troy Webber
Rachel Snyder
Steven Weisgarber
Michele Spangler
Judy Welborn
Cherstin Spiridigloizzi
Charles Wells
Andrew Srejic
Kylee West
Judi Stefflre
Margaret Wilson
Suzanne Stein
Sandra Winn
Charyti Stern
Christopher Wittmann
Curtis Stowe
Jennifer Zeller
Douglas Lehn
David Lenhardt
Jennifer Lesisko
Alex Leyva
Cheryl Lisy
Jane Liszewski
Kevin Loll
Mark Mace
Gema Macias
Jacqueline Mcadoo
Jason Paterson
Carolyn Pedone
Kara Pernice
Ralph Price
Michelle Rand
John Rankin
David Rappazzo
Paul Reevs
Stacey Rhein
Judy Sullivan
Why I donate to PetSmart Charities
My husband John and I adopted two cats
from Greene County Humane Society
at the PetSmart store in Washington,
Pennsylvania. Neither adoption was
planned, but we fell in love with both
cats when we met them. We first saw
Constance during a regular shopping
trip. We couldn’t stop thinking about
her, even though we didn’t think
we were ready to adopt. Later, my
husband returned to the store to fill
out the paperwork and then presented
this little ball of fur to me at home.
Four months later we received a call
about a cat who had been adopted
and then returned to Greene County
Humane Society. His name was
Samson, and he just wanted a good
home. As we were driving to the
PetSmart store, my husband said
to me, “Now, you know we aren’t
adopting another cat, right?” I agreed
that we were just going to look, but
when we got there and saw Samson
getting his belly rubbed by a volunteer,
I fell in love with him. My husband
®
made the decision to adopt and
within hours of having him with us,
we knew this was his forever home.
Constance and Samson are absolute
love bugs who have brought so much
joy and laughter to our home. We want
to thank PetSmart Charities for all
they do to help these homeless kitties
and thank all the adoption partners
like Greene County Humane Society
for their dedication to finding good
homes for pets. I contribute monthly
to PetSmart Charities and my company
matches me dollar for dollar. Also, we
have included PetSmart Charities in
our estate planning so that they can
continue to do the job that they now
do to help homeless kitties like Connie
and Samson find forever homes. Without
our help this work could not continue.
Henrietta (Henri) and John Boggs
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Angels
PetSmart Charities
could not achieve
success without the
corporate sponsors
and donors who
commit their
financial assistance
to the cause of
saving the lives of
homeless pets, as
well as the donors
who contribute in
PetSmart stores
across the nation.
®
®
(Donors of $1,000+)
Cynthia Bacmeister
Carol Daughtry
Judith Banon
Lawrence Del Santo
Byron Bartley
Susana Della
Maddalena
Dawn Bates
Herbert Baum
Donald Beaver
Kimberly Beres
Cynthia Biestek
Lindi Biggi
Vanessa Blackwell
Nancy Breeze
Steve Bryan
Jill Campbell
Sue Cardey
Hope Carpenter
Robert Carr
Bill Castle
Cathy Spencer &
Scott Narris Family
Fund
Mary Beth
Cermak-Bell
Dennis Cortez
Gary Cosay
Jason Crawford
Sheri Doi
Willie Duckworth
Robin Dunbar
Charlotte Dyson
Karl Estes
Sean Fernandes
Mark Finke
Jennifer Forsman
Philip Francis
Leslie Fraser Gold
Helga Fuller
Cathy Fulton
Heidi Giger (Estate)
Lilian Giraldo
Julie Gordon
Richard Gray
Linda Gricius
Susan Gulig
Kenneth Hall
Matt & M.C. Hatley
D
enotes PetSmart, Inc. associate involved in
PetSmart® Associates United to Stop Euthanasia (P.A.U.S.E.)
Donations made between February 1, 2010 and January 31, 2011.
Beverly Hilmes
Beth Logan
Richard Rudd
Michelle Hollonbeck
Mary Ann Mahoney
Mary Ruffo
William Howell
Anne Marlotte
Ellen Lee Russell
Mary Hultgren
Virginia McDonald
Cathy & Tim Rutter
Nina Hutton
Dennis Meals
Richard Schechter
Kristen Jensen
Melkus Family
Foundation
Richard Schweiger
Kaja-Anne Jezycki
Pete Jorgenson
Adel Karam
William Karwoski
Tori Kendall
Susan Kinsey
Jessica Kirk
Paul Klotnia
Edward Knell
Beverly Kole
Farida Kopti
Holly Kurtz
Marie LaFrance
Julie Lanning
William & Susan Lester
Viane Lizza
Richard Lochridge
BettyAnn Lofaso
Nelson Mills
Roger Morgan
Monica Neal
Joseph O’Leary
Cynthia Pasky
Tiffany Pena
Janet Peppler
Jaye Perricone
Mary Scioscia
Brittany Serpa
Ruth Sims
Sarah Sinha
David Slavin
Meegan Snyder
Paul Sparks
Brehonda Spence
Pennee Raffetto
Spencer Harris Family
Charitable Fund
Judith Rayl
Cyrus Spurlino
Laura Reiley
Neil Stacey
Lydia Renninger
Thomas Stemberg
Lois Resnick
Rebecca Sugden
Rosalind Douglas Trust
c/o Fidelity Personal
Trust Co.
Lawrence S. Tawa,
M.D.
Rosenthal Family
Foundation
The Davis Family
Charitable
Foundation
The Ricci Family
Foundation
Jacquelyn Urban
Micheal Vaughn
Jana Wagner
Darlene Wastal
Liane Watkins
Ashley Watson
Emily WenzlerChapman
Keith Wertman
Corinne Weyhrich
Janet Wilkins
Lona Williams
Lauren Wilson
Tina Witkowski
Rick Witte
Ali Zimmerman
Corporate Donors
21st Century
HealthCare, Inc.
21st Century Pet
Nutrition/Nutri-Vet
3 Busy Dogs, Inc.
3M Pet Care
ACE Risk Management
Action Plumbing Inc.
AdeptSource
Advanced Fixtures Inc.
AGE Group Ltd
Ainsworth Pet
Nutrition
American Nutrition,
Inc.
America’s Charities
Andis Company
Apex Systems, Inc.
Aquaculture Systems
Axiton, Inc.
Avanti Press, Inc.
Banfield Pet Hospital
Bank of America –
Matching Gifts
Bass Security Services,
Inc.
Bergan LLC
Bernstein-Rein
Besam Entrance
Solutions
Bil-Jac Foods, Inc.
BISSELL Homecare,
Inc.
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
The Blue Buffalo
Company
Blue Dog Bakery
Blue Seal Feeds/By
Nature
Pet Foods
(Donors of $500+)
Cardinal Logistics
Management Corp
Dell Direct Giving
Campaign
Carlson Pet Products,
Inc.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Caron Compactor
Company
Central Garden & Pet
CH Robinson
Chuck Latham
Associates
Church & Dwight
(Arm & Hammer)
Church of Religious
Science
CIBER, Inc.
The Bramton Company Cisco Systems
Buckeye International,
Inc.
C.H. Robinson
Company
CA, Inc. – Matching
Gifts Program
Calvert Social
Investment
Foundation
Capital Contractors,
Inc.
design LAB, Inc.
DHL
DHR International
Diama-Shield
Dog Watch of Phoenix
Doskocil Manufacturing
Company, Inc.
Dynamex, Inc.
EMC
Fidelity Charitable Gift
Fund
Flexi USA, Inc.
City of Tempe
Forsythe Technology
CKGH Law
Fox 10
Coalfire Systems, Inc.
FURminator, Inc.
Coastal Pet Products,
Inc.
Gallant Construction
Co., Inc.
CompuCom
GARDA
Dad’s Pet Care
GE Foundation
Dallas Manufacturing
General Nutrition
Corporation (GNC)
Del Monte Pet
Products
Georgia Southern
Transportation
Donations made between February 1, 2010 and January 31, 2011.
Gimborn Pet
Specialties
Innomark
Communications
McDavid
Construction, Inc.
P & G Distributing
LLC
Global Distribution
Services
Insight
MetaSource
PCG Solutions
IRIS USA, Inc.
Metro Commercial
Real Estate, Inc.
PDI Ninth House
Global Impact
GoAhead Solutions,
LLC
Graybar Electric
Greatstreet Realty
Partners
Greenberg Traurig
LLP
Greene & Associates
Harte-Hanks, Inc.
The Hartz Mountain
Corporation
iTEK Services, Inc.
JLA Pets
JUSTGIVE c/o
American Express
JW Pet Company, Inc.
K. Bell Socks
Kairos Group, Inc.
Kellermeyer Building
Services LLC
Kennel-Aire, Inc.
KPMG LLP
Hay Group, Inc.
Kronos
Hensley Beverage
Lexmark International
Hill’s
Little Gifts, Inc.
HP Company
Foundation
Littler Mendelson, PC
HT Pet Products/
Denta Clean
IBM
Idea Factory, Inc.
Illinois Tool Works
Foundation
Living Bionic
Logistics &
Distribution
Services Corp.
Manhattan
Assosciates
MARS
MARS Fishcare
Midwest Metal
Products Co., Inc.
Miracle Corp/
Hamilton
Motorola Inc.
Nanonation
Nationwide Financial
NCR Corporation
Nestle Purina
PetCare
Netezza Corporation
Network for Good
NFI Logistics
North States
Industries, Inc.
Northwest Pallet
Supply Co.
Nutro
Oil-Dri Corp of
America
Old Mother Hubbard
Oppenheimer
Perkins Coie Brown
& Bain PA
Perkins Coie LLP
Pet Care Systems
PetAg, Inc.
Pets Prevail Inc.
PetSmart, Inc.
Petsport USA
Petstages
Pfizer Foundation
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Board of Directors
Herb Baum | Don Beaver | Lindi Biggi | Dr. Philip A. Bushby | Donna Fleischer | Phil Francis
Brenda Gray | Steve Marton | Roger Morgan | Jaye Perricone
Officers
Philip Francis, Chairman | Roger Morgan, President | Susana Della Maddalena, Vice President
Susan Gulig, Treasurer | Jeremiah Beitzel, Secretary | Julianne Ringsmuth, Assistant Secretary
PetSmart Charities, Inc. is an independent, 501(c)(3) organization.
Your donation is deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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