Petsmart Charities Inc.

“Michael j. Massey, paulette dodson, eran cohen, j. David haworth, susan gulig, jeremiah beitzel and janet henry had a business relationship with each other.”

“Pci has a management services agreement with petsmart, inc., acting as a management company, to cost-effectively outsource certain management and administrative functions. Petsmart, inc. Is an unrelated organization as defined in the instructions to form 990. Pci's board of directors retains control of the organization's governance, policies, budgets, contract approval, program direction, and all other matters necessary to accomplish pci's charitable mission and to preserve the tax-exempt, independent nature of the organization. Certain of the officers listed on part vii were employees of petsmart, inc. And compensated by petsmart, inc. For providing services to the organization as follows: reportable comp other comp j. David haworth 215,227 22,457 susan gulig 240,734 11,510 jeremiah beitzel 293,763 12,363 janet henry 56,759 17,921”

“A draft of the form 990 is reviewed by the audit committee of the board. Comments are solicited before finalizing the document. A copy of the final form 990 is distributed to the entire board of directors for review before the final version is submitted to the irs.”

“All members of the board of directors, officers and associates working on behalf of the organization annually complete a conflict of interest disclosure form to acknowledge receipt of the policy and report any potential conflicts of interest. The secretary compiles a list of potential conflicts of interest. The list is reviewed with the governance committee of the board of directors and appropriate action is taken to mitigate risks of potential conflicts.”

“Pci entered into a management services agreement, to cost-effectively outsource certain management and administrative functions, with petsmart, inc., in which petsmart, inc. Acted as a management company. Although pci's executive director is compensated by petsmart, inc., pci's board of directors (composed entirely of persons without a conflict of interest) annually reviews and determines an appropriate amount of compensation for the executive director based on comparability data, including a comparison to market data for peer organizations, and contemporaneously substantiates the deliberation and decision. The approved amount is not paid by pci to the executive director, but is used in computing the fee paid by pci to petsmart, inc. The review and approval process occurs in advance of the services performed by petsmart, inc. Under the management services agreement and in advance of any payment related to such arrangement for the period in question.”

“Copies of the organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request in either hard copy or electronic form.”

“Pci entered into a management services agreement with petsmart, inc., acting as a management company, to cost-effectively outsource certain management and administrative functions. Under the terms of the agreement, petsmart, inc. Is an independent contractor to pci and the fee paid to petsmart, inc. Is capped annually. The value of the use of real property, management and administrative services, products and supplies received by pci under the agreement overwhelmingly exceeds the payments made to petsmart, inc., by a ratio greater than 2.7:1.”