Dare to Care
Legal name: Dare to Care Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237345952
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Louisville, KY, United States
- Phone
- (502) 966-3821
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $59,352,535
- Expenses
- $58,195,679
- Assets
- $33,027,695
- Liabilities
- $2,371,502
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VINCENT JAMES (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- VINCENT JAMES (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $235,169 total reported compensation
- DANIEL FROCKT (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $175,143 total reported compensation
- JACKIE KEATING (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $153,396 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Working together to provide pathways to end hunger in our community. Dare to Care partners with local agencies, such as food pantries, shelters and emergency kitchens to distribute food to our community. In the past year, we’ve provided 22 million meals to our community. We recognize that hunger is linked to inequitable systems that harm vulnerable populations. This is why we must advocate for policies that support our community. These policies include the Farm Bill, less restrictions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and advocating for a livable wage for all. A child looks curiously at the camera while holding a paintbrush, with focused individuals in the background.
What it reported doing in 2024
Kids cafe program distributed free prepared nutritious meals from our community kitchen to food insecure children. The kitchen serves approximately 1,000 meals per day, five days per week. In addition to a nutritious meal, children also participate in activities such as tutoring, computer labs, arts & crafts, and athletics. The school pantry program provides nutritious shelf-stable food and produce to approximately 60 schools for distribution to families through each school's family resource youth service center office.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 87% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 95
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.9%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $24.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 92.9% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $53.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $235K · 29 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $679K reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 25 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 19 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.