Emergency Relief

The PetSmart Charities Emergency Relief grant is currently open for affected organizations or designated responders currently involved in the state and federally declared disaster flooding in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas.

Purpose of category:

We're here to help in the event of large-scale natural disasters. In case of an emergency, funds are available to assist during the direct rescue, relief, and/or recovery stages for qualifying organizations seeking to assist companion pets impacted by the disaster.

Grants to qualifying organizations during time of disaster can support:

• Purchases for necessary immediate sheltering needs for up to 30 days (gas/lodging, kennels, crates, carriers, food, waste management, bowls, leads/leashes)
• Medical expenses to provide required and/or necessary vaccinations and immediate medical care for impacted pets

Eligible organizations include:

• Organizations directly affected by large scale natural disaster that are unable to operationally function
• Organizations in the designated impacted area that are requested to respond by agencies having jurisdiction or the Emergency Operation Center/Emergency Management Center
• Organizations in the impacted area evacuating or relocating shelter pets to provide surge capacity for displaced owned pets as part of the disaster relief effort
• Designated shelters for owned pets with programs supporting their family reunification

Requests not eligible for consideration:

• Capital/rebuilding projects after disaster
• Emergency Preparedness efforts or requests for infrastructure or vehicles
• Hoarding or animal cruelty seizures
• Incidents effecting personally owned property
• Self-deploying organizations (organizations not requested by the Agency Having Jurisdiction over the disaster response efforts)
• Organizations depopulating or pulling pets from shelters prior to disasters
• Pet parent requests to support food or medical care for individual pets
• Requests to support equine, livestock or wildlife