National Headache Foundation

Analysis

National Headache Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1971, 55 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, National Headache Foundation reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.6m, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.2m (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, National Headache Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 81st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roaring Fork Public Radio Inc ($1.2m), I C Corporation ($1.2m) and Newburgh Ministry Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $498k. At year end it held assets of $6.2m against liabilities of $906k, net assets of $5.3m. It reported 10 employees.