May 21, 2025 • 7 mins
Dare to Care food bank CEO Vincent James Sr spoke on the growing needs for families and individuals who are food insecure and how current federal legislation could impact the organization.
At the 6:40 mark of the interview, Mr. James responded incorrectly to a question about Dare to Care's overhead costs, claiming that 55% of donated dollars went to administrative costs.
Dare to Care director of strategic initiatives Stan Siegwald sent follow up information to host Terry Meiners. In an email, Mr. Siegwald states:
"Our most recent financial audit shows our overhead at 8%. This is a major factor in our 100% rating on Charity Navigator. Thanks for asking the question and I’m sorry Vincent misspoke on air."
(note: some of the audio is garbled by a technoligical glitch)
At the 6:40 mark of the interview, Mr. James responded incorrectly to a question about Dare to Care's overhead costs, claiming that 55% of donated dollars went to administrative costs.
Dare to Care director of strategic initiatives Stan Siegwald sent follow up information to host Terry Meiners. In an email, Mr. Siegwald states:
"Our most recent financial audit shows our overhead at 8%. This is a major factor in our 100% rating on Charity Navigator. Thanks for asking the question and I’m sorry Vincent misspoke on air."
(note: some of the audio is garbled by a technoligical glitch)
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Feeding America released its annual map, the Meal Gap Study
on Mayo, so like a week ago, and Vincent James
Senior's the CEO of There to Care. Good to have
you back here in our.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Studio, Terry, I'm glad to be back.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
How's life treating all good?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Life is good, Life is good. In spite of the challenges,
life is still good.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I would say so. Feeding America's map, the Meal Gap
Study probably has some stunning news you're about to tell
me absolutely.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
You know, first of all, thank you for having us
on the show.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Always welcome out.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
You know, A very important subject matter to me, and
that's food insecurity. And with the recent data release from
Feeding America, we found out and discovered that which we
felt but we didn't have the data to support it,
that it was a forty eight percent increase in food
insecurity over the past.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
What in the world's going on?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
It's been the perfect storm. I mean. The reality is
is that we know what works and can help communities.
We learned that through COVID and the pandemic because you
had a lot of support, federal support like child tax
care credit, you had stimulus funds and resources.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
So the pandemic I mean the.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Pandemic, right, and so when that stopped back in twenty
twenty two, when that stopped, you started seeing people struggling
again and realizing in terms of there was no more
support coming in. Simultaneously, you had inflation occurring. You had
gas prices going up, you had food prices were going up,
grocery store, you were getting stick a shot coming up.
(01:38):
And so with all that happening simultaneously, the people who
were already on the fringes now find themselves even deeper
in the home.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Well, the COVID supplemental moneies, we knew that was a
short term price. That's not a permanent position for anybody
to lean on. But yeah, the other inflationary issues challenges
to be sure too, dare to care well.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
It continues to put a strain on what we were already
straining to begin with. We've seen a thirty percent increase
you know, during COVID, and then now in an additional
forty eight percent on top of that. And this is
before any you know, federal cuts or any of the
idea or thinking of that taking place, and so we're
seeing this need happening now. We're really deeply concerned about
(02:25):
the nutrition programs and healthcare supports for our community. If
you know, things happen the way that they're predicted to
happen based on what we're seeing happening in Washington.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
You're talking about the big beautiful bill that's being recogniliation
Reconciliation bill. Yes, and adding more economic pressure here or there, yes, yeah,
well being massaged.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
We don't know, We don't know what's going on.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
We don't know exactly, but there there are people in
you know, putting their planning, their flags in various things
in terms of right but the real need on the
ground here right now? How are how is to care
take people that are challenged right now? And how is
it fun to you know, give people an idea of
how your business survives.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Right Deare Care serves thirteen counties. We serve five southern
Deana and eight in Kentucky. And the way that we
get food is through the federal government. About twenty eight
percent of our food comes through the federal government. The
remaining comes through and then food that Dair to Care
purchases are we purchase ourselves. And so that's what we
distribute through three hundred partners throughout these thirteen counties that
(03:32):
actually gets the food to our neighbors. That's the system
that we use in terms of a model to distribute food.
The challenge comes when one there is a greater we
have less food coming in, we have less resources coming in.
And so what we're doing constantly is thinking about ways
in which we can stretch our dollars, stretch the resources,
(03:56):
working with other community partners to help to navigate some
of the challenges that we're seeing. Dere to Care is
doing the very best we can. We were planning, hoping
for the best and planning for the worst, and so
in doing so, we you know, put put together contingency
plans in terms of if things happen there or nothing happens,
and we're able to continue to go forward, we're still
(04:18):
going to be faced with the challenge of this increased
need if it continues to go in the past two years.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Yeah, because there's always fluctuation in the economy, the market
in general, and we don't we never know which way
it's going to turn in the next one. The need
that has never gone away though now or Dare to Care.
That started and when the nineteen sixties.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Sixty nine, it started in nineteen sixty nine some fifty
plus years ago as a tragic incident with the young
man by the name of Bobby Ellis was discovered on
thanks that he was literally dying from malnutrition, and later
that night he died Thanksgiving heed.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Here in Louisville.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Here in Louisville. And that's when some faith leaders and
community leaders came together and said in nineteen sixty nine
that we can't have another person, another neighbor in our
community die from you know, starvation. And so that's what
started there to care and we've been going ever since.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
How are the faith based community folks helping now? Is
a change that it evolved to your your own separate entity.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Well, our faith baithed community is continually being a huge
part in what we do. Sixty four percent of the
three hundred partners that we have or of faith based origin,
and so there are continually to be strong partners in
the community. We have many other parts with our faith
based partners, and they're continuing to be strong. And that's
one of the things is the light for me at
(05:38):
the end of the tunnel is our community. It's our neighbors,
it's it's you know, it's folks like yourself willing to
give an upper hand in terms of you know, sharing
the information. Here's how we can communicate to our community.
It's really going to take all of us to working
together to really continue struggling day to day making decisions.
Do I buy gas or do I buy food?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Yeah, I've filled up yesterday.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I was like, yes, back up again, I did too.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Here we go. And then how much of Dare to
Carer's revenue that flows in is used for administrative costs.
People like to know how much is being actually applied
to the services that are touted.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Right, for every vestit in Dare to Care provides two meals.
And so one of the ways that we're able to
continue to keep you know, those costs down is because
we have a large volunteer base. We have over nine
thousand partners, nine thousand volunteers that we work with throughout
our community. And so when we look at our entire
budget from what we look at from a fiscal point perspective,
(06:42):
is like fifty five percent inservation and the remainer is
in terms of going directly to services, and so we
have an opportunity to be able to continue which is
lower than a lot of other organizations and One of
the ways we're able to keep it low and continuing
to strive to go lower to provide more resources to
our community is through volunteers.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
How can people volunteer for you?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
They can volunteer. They can go to dare tocare dot
org and they quite online and they have three locations
in which they can serve. And we have a variety
of opportunities from an individual contributing as well as for
teams and organizations that can also contribute as volunteers. And
so if you come and sign up, we're going to
put you to work.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Yeah, I'm sure there are plenty of jobs for it
at various locations you're talking. Yes, we have.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
We have three note locations. We have our valley, then
we have our community kitchen which is in Parkland neighborhood
on twenty eighth in Virginia, and then we have our
senior Commodity warehouse that's located in a Gonquin Parkway.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Benson's great to see again.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Thank you, Terry, great to see you.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
No doubt. Website is darcare dot org. Thank you. Vincent
James Senior back in a minute on news radio Waight
forty whas
Feeding America released its annual map, the Meal Gap Study
on Mayo, so like a week ago, and Vincent James
Senior's the CEO of There to Care. Good to have
you back here in our.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Studio, Terry, I'm glad to be back.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
How's life treating all good?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Life is good, Life is good. In spite of the challenges,
life is still good.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I would say so. Feeding America's map, the Meal Gap
Study probably has some stunning news you're about to tell
me absolutely.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
You know, first of all, thank you for having us
on the show.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Always welcome out.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
You know, A very important subject matter to me, and
that's food insecurity. And with the recent data release from
Feeding America, we found out and discovered that which we
felt but we didn't have the data to support it,
that it was a forty eight percent increase in food
insecurity over the past.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
What in the world's going on?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
It's been the perfect storm. I mean. The reality is
is that we know what works and can help communities.
We learned that through COVID and the pandemic because you
had a lot of support, federal support like child tax
care credit, you had stimulus funds and resources.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
So the pandemic I mean the.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Pandemic, right, and so when that stopped back in twenty
twenty two, when that stopped, you started seeing people struggling
again and realizing in terms of there was no more
support coming in. Simultaneously, you had inflation occurring. You had
gas prices going up, you had food prices were going up,
grocery store, you were getting stick a shot coming up.
(01:38):
And so with all that happening simultaneously, the people who
were already on the fringes now find themselves even deeper
in the home.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Well, the COVID supplemental moneies, we knew that was a
short term price. That's not a permanent position for anybody
to lean on. But yeah, the other inflationary issues challenges
to be sure too, dare to care well.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
It continues to put a strain on what we were already
straining to begin with. We've seen a thirty percent increase
you know, during COVID, and then now in an additional
forty eight percent on top of that. And this is
before any you know, federal cuts or any of the
idea or thinking of that taking place, and so we're
seeing this need happening now. We're really deeply concerned about
(02:25):
the nutrition programs and healthcare supports for our community. If
you know, things happen the way that they're predicted to
happen based on what we're seeing happening in Washington.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
You're talking about the big beautiful bill that's being recogniliation
Reconciliation bill. Yes, and adding more economic pressure here or there, yes, yeah,
well being massaged.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
We don't know, We don't know what's going on.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
We don't know exactly, but there there are people in
you know, putting their planning, their flags in various things
in terms of right but the real need on the
ground here right now? How are how is to care
take people that are challenged right now? And how is
it fun to you know, give people an idea of
how your business survives.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Right Deare Care serves thirteen counties. We serve five southern
Deana and eight in Kentucky. And the way that we
get food is through the federal government. About twenty eight
percent of our food comes through the federal government. The
remaining comes through and then food that Dair to Care
purchases are we purchase ourselves. And so that's what we
distribute through three hundred partners throughout these thirteen counties that
(03:32):
actually gets the food to our neighbors. That's the system
that we use in terms of a model to distribute food.
The challenge comes when one there is a greater we
have less food coming in, we have less resources coming in.
And so what we're doing constantly is thinking about ways
in which we can stretch our dollars, stretch the resources,
(03:56):
working with other community partners to help to navigate some
of the challenges that we're seeing. Dere to Care is
doing the very best we can. We were planning, hoping
for the best and planning for the worst, and so
in doing so, we you know, put put together contingency
plans in terms of if things happen there or nothing happens,
and we're able to continue to go forward, we're still
(04:18):
going to be faced with the challenge of this increased
need if it continues to go in the past two years.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Yeah, because there's always fluctuation in the economy, the market
in general, and we don't we never know which way
it's going to turn in the next one. The need
that has never gone away though now or Dare to Care.
That started and when the nineteen sixties.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Sixty nine, it started in nineteen sixty nine some fifty
plus years ago as a tragic incident with the young
man by the name of Bobby Ellis was discovered on
thanks that he was literally dying from malnutrition, and later
that night he died Thanksgiving heed.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Here in Louisville.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Here in Louisville. And that's when some faith leaders and
community leaders came together and said in nineteen sixty nine
that we can't have another person, another neighbor in our
community die from you know, starvation. And so that's what
started there to care and we've been going ever since.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
How are the faith based community folks helping now? Is
a change that it evolved to your your own separate entity.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Well, our faith baithed community is continually being a huge
part in what we do. Sixty four percent of the
three hundred partners that we have or of faith based origin,
and so there are continually to be strong partners in
the community. We have many other parts with our faith
based partners, and they're continuing to be strong. And that's
one of the things is the light for me at
(05:38):
the end of the tunnel is our community. It's our neighbors,
it's it's you know, it's folks like yourself willing to
give an upper hand in terms of you know, sharing
the information. Here's how we can communicate to our community.
It's really going to take all of us to working
together to really continue struggling day to day making decisions.
Do I buy gas or do I buy food?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Yeah, I've filled up yesterday.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I was like, yes, back up again, I did too.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Here we go. And then how much of Dare to
Carer's revenue that flows in is used for administrative costs.
People like to know how much is being actually applied
to the services that are touted.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Right, for every vestit in Dare to Care provides two meals.
And so one of the ways that we're able to
continue to keep you know, those costs down is because
we have a large volunteer base. We have over nine
thousand partners, nine thousand volunteers that we work with throughout
our community. And so when we look at our entire
budget from what we look at from a fiscal point perspective,
(06:42):
is like fifty five percent inservation and the remainer is
in terms of going directly to services, and so we
have an opportunity to be able to continue which is
lower than a lot of other organizations and One of
the ways we're able to keep it low and continuing
to strive to go lower to provide more resources to
our community is through volunteers.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
How can people volunteer for you?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
They can volunteer. They can go to dare tocare dot
org and they quite online and they have three locations
in which they can serve. And we have a variety
of opportunities from an individual contributing as well as for
teams and organizations that can also contribute as volunteers. And
so if you come and sign up, we're going to
put you to work.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Yeah, I'm sure there are plenty of jobs for it
at various locations you're talking. Yes, we have.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
We have three note locations. We have our valley, then
we have our community kitchen which is in Parkland neighborhood
on twenty eighth in Virginia, and then we have our
senior Commodity warehouse that's located in a Gonquin Parkway.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Benson's great to see again.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Thank you, Terry, great to see you.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
No doubt. Website is darcare dot org. Thank you. Vincent
James Senior back in a minute on news radio Waight
forty whas
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