25.8 million children and adults in the U.S. have diabetes.
855-DRVEOUT (855-378-3688)
IT'S EASY TO DONATE A VEHICLE TO US.
Fill out our online form or call 855-DRVEOUT (855-378-3688). Give us your contact information, and some basic information about your donation vehicle. You will be contacted about how fast and easy the process is, so you'll know exactly what will happen.
At no cost to you, we'll pick up your vehicle and tow it away in as little as 24 hours. We tow vehicles anywhere in all 50 states. It's fast and free.
You get a receipt to file for a tax deduction, usually within 30 days after the vehicle is sold; and we get the proceeds to help stop the epidemic.
We accept any kind of vehicle, in any condition, through the American Diabetes Association vehicle donation program, Drive Out Diabetes.
Donating a vehicle is a fast, free and easy way to support research to stop the deadly epidemic of diabetes.
About Diabetes Research Funding
Our Research Strategies
Proceeds from our vehicle donation program, Drive Out Diabetes, help support unrestricted research to explore all avenues that may accelerate the prevention, treatment, and cure of diabetes and its complications.
- Conducting basic, translational, clinical, and outcomes- and population-based research
- Translating such research into practice
- Growing the pool of diabetes researchers
- Increasing grant awards to young scientists and established investigators
- Facilitating rapid and effective sharing of information among the research community
Learn more about diabetes research throughout our website
Facts About Diabetes
25.8 million fighting diabetes
1 in 3 American adults at risk
Recent estimates project that as many as 1 in 3 American adults will have diabetes in 2050.
17 seconds between new diagnoses
Every 17 seconds someone new is diagnosed with diabetes.
7 million who have it don't know it
7 million Americans who have diabetes don't know it
$174 billion annually
Diabetes costs (direct and indirect) the U.S. $174 billion annually.
231,404 deaths in which diabetes is a primary or contributing factor
Diabetes kills more Americans each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined.
