Grant Details

As one of the nation's largest funders of animal welfare causes, Petco is proud to support non-profit animal organizations that care for animals in need, fight pet cancer, and celebrate Helping Hero therapy and working animals. The Petco Foundation holds a responsibility to invest donor dollars in organizations that work to achieve these shared, lifesaving goals. As such, they seek to support organizations that continually endeavor to achieve a high standard of doing more, and are determined to efficiently save as many lives as possible with their investments.

The Foundation offers support opportunities for organizations throughout the year. Organizations are invited to apply based on their organization type or primary purpose and mission. Applicants may apply for one of the following opportunities:

• Intake Diversion and Spay Neuter Providers: Petco Love grant investments for organizations whose primary mission is spay and neuter or other diversion programs that help people keep their pets and reduce the number of pets from entering shelters. We welcome organizations like spay and neuter clinics, community cat groups, and other support organizations to submit requests with this application.
• Helping Heroes: Service and Working Animal Providers: Supports organizations that transform pets into heroes that serve our nation, including pets supporting first responders, police, and our nation's military veterans with priority on funding those organizations that utilize shelter or other at-risk pets in their programs, as well as support to help military and contract working dogs retire at home.
• Animal Welfare Organizations: Organizations must be
  • Animal Control agencies & non-profit organizations responsible for animal control sheltering.
  • SPCA/humane societies and other non-profits that operate primarily out of an animal sheltering facility.
  • Non-profit organizations that are primarily foster-based rescues.
• Pet Cancer Research & Treatment Organizations: Support for fighting pet cancer and other significant disease-related killers of companion animals is available for organizations that help pet parents with the cost of lifesaving treatments and/or research towards a cure, prevention or more effective treatments. Application is by invitation only and is restricted to studies involving clinical trials for treatment alternatives of naturally occurring cancers. No support is provided to fund research testing on lab animals.