About Colorado Pet Pantry
Colorado Pet Pantry is the largest organization of its kind, taking the preventative approach to reducing the unwanted pet population.
Because of your support, we can provide pet food to families in financial hardship, with the goal of keeping pets in their existing homes with the families who love them.
Our Mission Statement
The Colorado Pet Pantry will temporarily feed Colorado pets, allowing families to increase their ability to care for pets with the goal of keeping them out of shelters and with their families.
The Colorado Pet Pantry is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Our EIN is 45-4210185.
How We Work
We partner and distribute directly out of “human” food pantries because
- They have an established relationship with the neighborhood
- We can leverage their administrative processes and their buildings, in an effort to run a lean organization
- The availability of pet food helps to ensure that the already limited “human” food is reserved for the humans and pets receive balanced meals
The work behind the scenes includes soliciting pet food donations, storing pet food, increasing awareness of the pet food pantry, engaging volunteers, and distributing the donated pet food to families-in-need during 100+ monthly pet food pantries statewide.
Many partners have joined us in the effort to keep pets in their loving homes, including human food banks and resources, pet food stores and suppliers, animal shelters, spay and neuter services, foundations and corporate supporters. Learn how you can become a partner with Colorado Pet Pantry.
Colorado Pet Pantry Timeline
2025
In 2025, Colorado Pet Pantry has become the largest direct-to-client organization of its kind in the US. We distributed 7.5 million meals, feeding 125,000 dogs and cats for 30 days at our 100+ monthly pet food pantries in 35 Colorado counties, supporting 38,000+ families with food and supplies. We also assisted over 100 animal rescues and nonprofit organizations with food and supplies through our Animal Welfare Share Program. View our 2025 Impact Report to learn more.
2024
In 2024 we distributed to 7.3 million meals, which fed 123,025 dogs and cats for 30 days, allowing them to be well fed and stay with their ~37,317 families. 1,099 volunteers have helped to make this work possible. To learn more, download our 2024 Impact Report.
2023
In 2023 we distributed to 9 million meals, which fed 150,000 dogs and cats for 30 days, allowing them to be well fed and stay with their ~45,000 families. 928 volunteers have helped to make this work possible. To learn more, download our 2023 Impact Report.
2022
In 2022, we distributed to 6.9 million meals, which fed 115,482 dogs and cats for 30 days, allowing them to be well fed and stay with their families.
2021
Our volunteers and staff helped families-in-need to feed 6 million meals which equates to feeding 99,785 pets for a full month throughout the state of Colorado.
2020
Our goal for 2020 was to feed 70,000 pets for a month, but due to COVID-19 and the dramatic increase in need, our volunteers helped families-in-need to feed 5.1 million meals (943,807 pounds) which equates to feeding 85,901 pets for a full month throughout the Eastern Slope of Colorado.
2019
As of 2019, we had 54 monthly pet food pantries and 90 nonprofit members (primarily Animal Rescues) within the Animal Welfare Share Program. We distributed one month’s worth of pet food and supplies to 59,316 pets (47,388 dogs and 11,928 cats), including 716,089 pounds, and 78,768 cans. In total, we’ve served 3,558,960 meals. (3.6 million meals)
2018
In 2018, the assistance tripled when our volunteers helped families-in-need to feed 2.3 million meals (376,651 pounds) to 38,997 pets in the Denver/Boulder-metro area, Colorado Springs, Conifer, Ordway, and other parts of the state. At the end of 2018, we had 25 monthly pet food pantries.
2017
In 2017, the organization grew significantly to 15 monthly pet food pantries with 75 volunteers giving 11,375 hours to serve 13,333 pets from 4,849 families with a 30 day supply of pet food. In 2017, we launched the Animal Welfare Share Program to support the entire animal welfare community on the Front Range.
2016
In 2016, holding steady at five locations, our volunteers helped families-in-need to feed 6,335 pets in the Denver/Boulder-metro area and in the rural areas outside of the cities.
2015
During 2015, the pet food pantry held five monthly locations in the Denver/Boulder area, serving each neighborhood once per month, with the goal of ensuring all families in these neighborhoods have the resources to consistently feed their pets, keeping them out of shelter. In 2015, we distributed 37,222 pounds of dry pet food and 80,142 cans of wet food, helping 2,698 families in the Denver/Boulder-metro area to feed 5,690 pets.
2014
Once we established the interest and need were significant, we quickly ramped up to four monthly pet food pantries. In 2014, our volunteers gave 1,100+ hours to distribute 30,553 pounds of pet food, helping 1,500 families in the Denver/Boulder-metro area to feed 3,296 pets.
2013
Colorado Pet Pantry tested the waters in 2013 with a bi-monthly pet food pantry at one “human” food pantry partner. We distributed 10,499 pounds of pet food, helping 426 families in the Denver-metro area to feed 858 pets.
