Kentucky · Public charity
Dare to Care Inc
Working together to provide pathways to end hunger in our community.
- $46M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 87%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $325k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,048
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,631
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 87% of the organizations Dare to Care Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $325k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $328k | 87% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $230k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood House Inc | $100,173 | 2 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc | $77,510 | 2 | 0% |
| Simpsonville Christian Church | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Lay Ministries Inc | $38,425 | 3 | 2% |
| Feed Louisville Inc | $38,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Roman Catholic Bishop of Louisville | $37,413 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Calvary Missionary Baptist Church Inc | $37,413 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc | $36,401 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hope Buss Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Welcome Table at Briargate Presbyterian | $33,898 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 35 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood House Inc | $100,173 | 2 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc | $77,510 | 2 | 0% |
| Simpsonville Christian Church | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Lay Ministries Inc | $38,425 | 3 | 2% |
| Feed Louisville Inc | $38,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Roman Catholic Bishop of Louisville | $37,413 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Calvary Missionary Baptist Church Inc | $37,413 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc | $36,401 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hope Buss Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Welcome Table at Briargate Presbyterian | $33,898 | 1 | n/a |
| Lords Kitchen | $33,871 | 1 | n/a |
| Awake Ministries | $31,919 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Family Ministries Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Iglesia Buenas Nuevas | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ormsby Heights Baptist Church - Bread of Life | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Matthews Area Ministries | $24,097 | 2 | n/a |
| Open Door of Hope Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Crescent Hill Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Overflow Community Center | $19,052 | 1 | n/a |
| The Healing Place Inc | $19,048 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family & Career Services of Louisville Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace & Glory Lutheran Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harrison County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition Inc | $13,563 | 1 | 2% |
| First Baptist Church of Taylorsville | $13,425 | 1 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky | $11,605 | 1 | n/a |
| Americana Community Center Inc | $11,310 | 1 | 1% |
| Highpoint Charitable Services Inc | $10,555 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Southern Indiana Inc | $10,352 | 1 | 1% |
| Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Louisville Community Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Apple Patch Community Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shepherdsville First Church of the Nazarene | $8,802 | 1 | n/a |
| First Lutheran Church | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Kingdomland Missionary Baptist Church | $7,456 | 1 | n/a |
| Antioch Church | $6,628 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dare to Care Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Metro United Way Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · V V Cooke Foundation Corporation
How this is measured
About Dare to Care Inc
- How much does Dare to Care Inc give?
- Dare to Care Inc reported 17 itemized grants totaling $325,416, out of $46,140,449 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Dare to Care Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (68%), Human Services (14%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
- Who are Dare to Care Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Neighborhood House Inc ($100k), Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc ($78k), Simpsonville Christian Church ($40k).
- Does Dare to Care Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 87% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dare to Care Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Metro United Way Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc.
- Where is Dare to Care Inc based?
- Dare to Care Inc is based in KY.
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