General Information

General Information

•Rotarians in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and some areas of Texas and Kentucky are the sponsors of The CART Fund (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) dedicated to raising funds to provide the “seed” money for cutting edge, high impact research in hopes of finding a cure/prevention for Alzheimer’s disease.

•In order to accomplish this, Rotarians are encouraged to voluntarily empty their pockets of change, or what ever amount they choose, whenever they attend a Rotary meeting.
•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 May 2010, 15 grants have been made totaling $3,150,000.00.
•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

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.

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.