Petsmart Charities Inc.

“Three board members serving during the fiscal year, j.k. Symancyk, cherise ordlock, and mike shultheis have a business relationship.”

“Pci has a management services agreement with petsmart llc, acting as a management company, to cost-effectively outsource certain management and administrative functions. Petsmart llc is an unrelated organization as defined in the instructions of the 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 officers listed on part vii were employees of petsmart llc and compensated by petsmart llc for providing services to the organization as follows: reportable comp other comp aimee gilbreath $685,182 $15,143 stephanie jensen $207,818 $16,706 janet henry $97,222 $19,479”

“The organization does not have any committees that have the authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“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 llc, in which petsmart llc acted as a management company. Although pci's president is compensated by petsmart llc, pci's board of directors annually reviews and determines an appropriate amount of compensation for the president 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 president, but is used in computing the fee paid by pci to petsmart llc. The review and approval process occurs in advance of the services performed by petsmart llc. Under the management services agreement and in advance of any payment related to such arrangement for the period in question. Process was last completed in fiscal 2022.”

“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.”

“The organization did not change its oversight or selection process for an independent accountant during the tax year.”