American Headache Society

Analysis

American Headache Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Mount Royal, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, American Headache Society reported income of $4.6m and spending of $4.5m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from August 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $11.9m to $4.6m (-61%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 262%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, American Headache Society sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation ($4.6m), St Lukes Wood River Foundation Inc ($4.6m) and Touch Together Our Unity Can Heal Inc ($4.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.6% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $23k (0.5% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $6.8m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $5.7m.