DARE TO CARE FOOD BANK was founded in 1971, when a stunned Louisville community was confronted with the horrifying news that right in their own city, on Thanksgiving Day, a nine year old boy had died of starvation.

The name DARE TO CARE became the rallying cry of people throughout the area as they joined together to attack the very real problem of hunger in many of their neighborhoods.

Today, the mission of DARE TO CARE FOOD BANK is dedicated exclusively to relieving hunger throughout the entire Louisville and Southern Indiana metropolitan area.

With a special emphasis on the needs of infants and children, the elderly, and the ill and infirm, we offer a variety of crucial programs that have been established to help fulfill that mission.

DARE TO CARE FOOD BANK is an interfaith, non-profit agency, and is the Louisville area’s only community-wide emergency food provider.  We rely completely on donations of food, money, and volunteer services to meet the ever growing challenges of fulfilling our mission.

DARE TO CARE FOOD BANK is a 501(c)(3) agency and all donations are tax deductible for Federal Tax purposes.

FUNDING

DARE TO CARE FOOD BANK is a non-profit agency serving the entire Kentuckiana area.

We rely completely on on donations of food, money, and volunteer services to meet the ever growing challenges of fulfilling our mission.

Our operating funds come from many sources throughout the community including:

• Donations from individuals.
• Grants from governments and foundations.
• Donations from businesses, organizations, and churches.

      Dare to Care Food Bank never rents or sells

      our donors' names.