Sacramento animal shelter gets ‘crucial’ $75,000 Petco grant. Where will the money go?
Front Street Animal Shelter pocketed a $75,000 grant from longtime partner Petco Love to primarily support lost pets in the Sacramento community.
The award money will supplement the city pound’s strapped budget.
In an email to The Bee, spokesman Ryan Hinderman with Front Street Animal Shelter said the 2022-23 budget is roughly $7.1 million.
“Our regular budget isn’t enough to provide all of the services that our animals and community need,” Shelter manager Phillip Zimmerman with Front Street Animal Shelter said in a statement.
“This funding is crucial.”
The money isn’t earmarked into specific fund lines, Hinderman said, rather it’s unrestricted money that the shelter will draw from on an as-needed basis.
“We are grateful to Petco Love, Petco, and the customers who donate at the register for entrusting us with this grant,” said Zimmerman, who will approve spending as the money is used.
Nonprofit organization Petco Love, part of pet supply retailer Petco, works with Front Street Animal Shelter to match animals with families across the Sacramento region.
The Petco location at 1878 Arden Way hosts adoptions, particularly for cats and dogs with weak immune systems. In 2022, nearly 4,300 animals were adopted from the city shelter, according to the statement.
Roughly 330 of those animals were adopted from the satellite adoption center at Petco.
Petco Love supports organizations with “shared, lifesaving goals” that continually strive for high standards of doing more with their cash.
“We are proud to support non-profit animal organizations that care for animals in need, fight pet cancer, and celebrate our Helping Hero therapy and working animals,” the nonprofit wrote on its website.
Besides helping lost pets get home, Front Street Animal Shelter will dip into its award money to expand community programs including free vaccine and microchip clinics in underserved communities, as well medical care for sick and injured animals.