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Grantmaking public charityEIN 237073022

NATIONAL HEADACHE FOUNDATION

CHICAGO, IL 60654

Total Assets

$5.7M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$95K

FY 2024

Grants Made

2

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$48K

FY 2024

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

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Programs & Activities

Program 1

$315K

Nhf focuses on the following professional programs and initiatives:-primary care migraine: a cme or non-cme program targeted to any clinician with interest in education on migraine, including primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, emergency room physicians, and pediatricians. This web and app-based training program provides continuing medical education at no charge.-advanced qualification in headache medicine certification (aqh): high stakes examination that recognizes a healthcare provider's headache experience in the classification, diagnosis, treatment and management of primary headaches, secondary headaches, and painful lesions of the cranial nerves and other facial pain. To be eligible for the aqh examination, a candidate must be a licensed healthcare practitioner with prescriptive authority who has experience in independently evaluating and managing headache patients.-fellowship & grants: the foundation funds certain external education and research projects that are aligned with the advancement of its mission. -professional meetings/education: the foundation attends ongoing professional educational programming, conferences, and webinars for the medical community across the country and throughout the year.

Program 2

$212K

Nhf focuses on the following nhf brand initiatives:-headaches.org: imagine a world without headache, we are here to help everyone who visits our comprehensive website.-headwise podcasts: headwise video and audio hosted by dr. Lindsay weitzel are educational discussions with headache experts on the latest treatment, research, lifestyle recommendations, and personal stories about living with migraine disease and headache disorders. Headwise can be found on apple podcasts, spotify, stitcher, overcast and more. A video version and transcript of headwise is available on the nhf website, youtube, and nhf facebook page.-nhf insights : a new video podcast channel was initiated in 2024 and is hosted by a member of the nhf board where invited guests appear in a fireside chat format discussing the latest headache topics of interest.-social media channels: nhf digital strategy is active across all channels; facebook, instagram, x, youtube, tiktok, linked in, threads.

Program 3

$5K

Payments related to the philip and helene hixon national headache foundation charitable remainder unitrust

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.4M

Total Expenses

$1.7M

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $235K in 2018. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

12 grants

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER - SEYMOUR DIAMOND FELLOWSHIP
$168K
1 grant
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
$160K
1 grant
MILES FOR MIGRAINE FELLOWSHIP - RUSH UNIVERSITY
$120K
2 grants
DR ERIN BUCHANAN ASSOC PROF OF QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY MISSOURI STATE UNIV
$70K
2 grants
RESEARCH GRANT - DR EMMANUELLE SCHINDLER
$50K
1 grant
WAKE FOREST - DR REBECCA WELLS
$33K
1 grant
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
$27K
2 grants
ALLIANCE FOR HEADACHE
$8K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

12 grants

<$10K
3
grants
$10–50K
5
grants
$50–250K
4
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

7 states

Illinois
$449K
70% of total
Missouri
$70K
11% of total
Connecticut
$50K
8% of total
North Carolina
$33K
5% of total
Arizona
$27K
4% of total
Michigan
$8K
1% of total
Vermont
$371
0% of total

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