About the CART Fund, Inc.

General Information

• Rotarians in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia support The CART Fund (Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust), a research trust dedicated to raising funds to provide the "seed" money for cutting edge, high-impact research in hopes of finding a cure for, or prevention of, Alzheimer's disease.
• Rotarians are encouraged to voluntarily empty their pockets of change, or to contribute whatever amount they are able whenever they attend their Rotary meetings.
• As of April 2009, more than $2,800,000.00 has been contributed to CART. 12 grants have been made totaling $2,750,000.00.
• A CART Fund Board of Directors made up of representatives from the sponsoring Rotary Districts, where both the District Governor-nominee AND the District CART Chair have a vote, provides the leadership for the organization.
• an Executive Director runs the day-to-day operations of the CART Fund, and is paid on a part-time basis from interest earned on contributions to the fund.
• CART Fund by-laws require that 100% of all donated funds must go to A.D. Research.
• While the name "CART"stands for "Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust,"we also welcome contributions of Currency, Checks or Credit cards!

All contributions are tax deductible. CART is a 501(c)(3) organizations. Tax ID # is
31-1466051. Checks may be mailed to:

The CART Fund
P.O. Box 1916
Sumter, SC 29151

CART is currently supported by Rotarians in Rotary Districts: 6900, 6910, 6920, 7670, 7680, 7690, 7710, 7720, 7730, 7750 and 7770 (the districts of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia), as well as by individual Rotary clubs and others, elsewhere. For information how your Rotary Club or you as an individual can join the fight against Alzheimer's disease, contact the CART Board by email at info@cartfund.org.

Pocket Change is REAL money! The effect of donated change can be illustrated by considering that in the 11 Rotary districts of The Carolinas and Georgia, there are approximately 35,100 Rotarians. Assuming 85 percent attendance, 48 meetings a year and an average donation of just 35 cents, we can raise over $500,000 for research annually. Using this formula, Rotarians in the USA and Canada, combined, could provide over $5.5 million annually for Alzheimer's research.

History of CART

• October 1995: The Sumter, SC, Rotary Club proved that CART works by conducting an eight month testing program which was highly successful.
• July 1996: District 7770 in South Carolina adopted CART as a district-wide project.
• January 1999: The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) very agreed to provide their expertise to CART in assisting with the grant process. Their valued assistance has continued with all grants primarily by recruiting some of the nation's top scientists in Alzheimer's Disease to serve as a peer advisory group to review all grant applications.
• April 1999: CART's first grant of $100,000 was made to Emory University's Alzheimer's Research Center under the leadership of Allan I. Levey, M.D. Ph.D. and Jim Lau.
• January 1999 - June 2000: The remaining 10 Rotary districts of the Carolinas and Georgia adopted CART as a project.
• November 2000: The first Board of Directors meeting was held, bylaws were adopted and PDG Bill Clark of D-7750 was elected President of the Board. The districts supporting CART combined their funds by depositing to one bank account.
• May 2001: A $250,000 grant was made to CASE Western Reserve University's Karl Herrup, Ph.D. and Gary Landreth of the Alzheimer's Research Department.
• April 2002: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Philip C. Wong, Ph.D. and Donald Price received CART's third grant of $250,000.
• April 2003: CART's fourth grant in the amount of $250,000 was awarded to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and John Q. Trojanowski, M.D. Ph.D.
• July 2003: CART Treasurer Roger Ackerman announced that the Fund had exceeded $1 million in receipts.
• May 2004: The University of Connecticut Health Center's Robert Reenan, Ph.D, was announced as the recipient of CART's fifth grant in the amount of $250,000.
• May 2005: The sixth grant of the CART Fund was presented to Dr. Gary Small and his research team from University of California at Los Angles. The grant was in the amount of $250,000.
• May 2006: Claudio Soto, Ph.D of the University of Texas - Medical Branch was awarded the seventh grant of the CART Fund.
• May 2007: Todd E. Golde, M.D., Ph.D, and the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL was awarded the eighth grant of $250,000.
• May 2008: CART awarded TWO grants for the first time, one to The Cleveland Clinic and Sanjay W. Pimplikar, Ph.D. and to The University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center and J. David Sweatt, Ph.D.
• May 2009: The University of Kentucky's Harry LeVine.III, Ph.D and Dr. Malcom LeissringS, Ph.D, of the Mayo Clinic of Jacksonville, FL were awarded grants.
• July 2009: Roger W. Ackerman, Treasurer of the CART Fund, Inc. announced that total contributions have exceeded $3,000,000 since 1996.