Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Fisher Center

AKA Fisher Center Alzheimer's Research Foundation

New York, NY

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Also Known As:: Fisher Center Alzheimer's Research Foundation
Physical Address:: New York, NY 10036
EIN:: 13-3859563
Web URL:: www.ALZinfo.org
Blog URL:: www.alzinfo.org/blogs
Leadership:: Mr. Kent L. Karosen

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Fiscal Year Starting: Jan 1, 2009
Fiscal Year Ending: Dec 31, 2009

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Total Revenue	$3,352,561

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Total Expenses	$3,041,247

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Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Fisher Center

Also Known As:: Fisher Center Alzheimer's Research Foundation
Physical Address:: New York, NY 10036
EIN:: 13-3859563
Web URL:: www.ALZinfo.org
Blog URL:: www.alzinfo.org/blogs
NTEE Category:: G Disease, Disorders, Medical Disciplines; G83 Alzheimer's; H Medical Research; H48 Brain Disorders; H Medical Research; H96 Neurology, Neuroscience
Year Founded:: 1995
Ruling Year:: 1996

Mission Statement

The Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation is a leading source of funding for Alzheimer’s research. We serve Alzheimer’s patients and their families by seeking to understand the causes of, discover a cure for, and improve the lives of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard directs the Foundation’s team of internationally renowned scientists, who have been at the forefront of research to understand and find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. It also is a leader in public education through its website ALZinfo.org and Preserving Your Memory magazine. Only 8 cents of every dollar donated is used for overhead purposes. For more information visit: www.ALZinfo.org

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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit

A majority of our funding goes to the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at The Rockefeller University under the direction of Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard. The Center has provided researchers around the globe with a conceptual framework for understanding the disease process and continues to be at the forefront of one day finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Greengard collaborates with scientists nationally and internationally to investigate the latest, most promising research available. The Foundation also supports clinical research at the Fisher Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Resources Program at New York University Langone Medical Center, led by pioneering researcher Dr. Barry Reisberg. Dr. Reisberg created the Clinical Stages of Alzheimer’s used today by physicians and care centers throughout the world. His work is instrumental in the development of pharmacological treatments to help determine FDA approval. The Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation operates one of the Internet’s leading resources for caregivers, family members, and people living with Alzheimer’s disease, ALZinfo.org. In addition, the Foundation publishes Preserving Your Memory: The Magazine of Health and Hope, an award-winning quarterly publication that covers the latest news in Alzheimer’s research and offers patients and their families’ informative and engaging activities for maintaining their well-being and brain health.

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Leadership

Mr. Kent L. Karosen

Term:

Since May 2009

Profile:

Kent Karosen - President and CEO of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation Mr. Karosen is the Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald, LP in the office of the Chairman. Karosen brings almost two decades of financial expertise and management experience to the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation where he has been a board member since 2005. Born in Kansas City, Kent Karosen graduated from Kenyon College with an AB in History and with extensive study in economics. He presently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Intrepid Museum Foundation and is the Chairman of its Investment Committee. In May of 2001, Karosen was named an Honorary Commodore in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary for the 1st Southern Region.

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Program: Alzheimer's Disease Research

Budget:: $2,762,581
Category:: Medical Research
Population Served:: Aging/Elderly/Senior Citizens

Program Description:

The Fisher Center is the largest and most modern facility in the world dedicated to solving the puzzle of Alzheimer's disease. Its coordinated approach combines basic scientific investigation in direct correlation with clinical studies, is designed to encourage crossfertilization of ideas and strategies.

Program Long-Term Success:

Long-term success is defined as finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.

Program Short-Term Success:

On the road to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease, the Foundation notes short-term success by Beating Back Beta Amyloid, Improving The Quality Of Life For Alzheimer's Patients, Reversing Nerve Cell Damage, Recruiting Stress Proteins to clean up tangles in the brain, and Curing Early-Onset Alzheimer's.

Program Success Monitored by:

Program success is monitored by the Board of Directors and Medical Advisory Board.

Program Success Examples:

Casein Kinase 1 is a therapeutic target which may be the key to halting the course of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings show that chemicals that block casein kinase 1 do not interfere with an essential pathway that is often blocked by other experimental anti-amyloid compounds.

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