Connecticut · Nonprofit
US PAIN FOUNDATION INC
US PAIN FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,449 to it, the largest being IPA FOUNDATION ($40,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $207k
- Net assets
- $612k
What US Pain Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the u.s. Pain foundation is to empower, educate, connect, and advocate for individuals living with chronic conditions and serious injuries that cause pain, along with their caregivers and clinicians. Through a range of programs and services, the organization strives to improve quality of life, advance patient outcomes, address barriers to care and affordability, and raise public awareness and empathy around the issue of pain.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
U.s. Pain's flagship program, the invisible project, is a print and digital magazine that shares the lived experiences of individuals with chronic pain through compelling stories, photography, and educational content. During the fiscal year, the organization focused on promoting its most recent edition on diabetes and pain through conference participation, speaking engagements, and outreach efforts. Development is currently underway for the next edition, which will spotlight pain research.
$966,304 spent100% of program spendingThe u.s. Pain foundation empowers individuals to advocate for themselves while advancing pain policy at the state and federal levels. During the fiscal year, the organization focused on promoting integrated, multidisciplinary pain care and improving access to a broad range of therapies, including complementary treatments, medical devices, and novel therapeutics. State efforts centered on empowering small groups of advocates to testify on legislation aimed at improving access to care. Nationally, u.s. Pain worked toward passing a federal bill to improve population health data collection on pain.
The pediatric pain warrior program supports children with chronic pain and their families through education and community-building. In june 2025, the program hosted its fourth annual family summer camp at morgan's camp in san antonio, tx, welcoming 54 families for five days of fun activities, educational sessions, and peer support. The program also held family pain education days at children's hospitals nationwide to provide in-person education and connection for families managing pain.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $966,304.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $490k to $805k (+64%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
97% of US PAIN FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Shawn Dickens
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $17k → $36k.
5 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of US PAIN FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
US PAIN FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
74% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund US PAIN FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 59% · 2019 98% · 2020 71% · 2021 100% · 2022 78% · 2023 69% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
17% of US PAIN FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 20% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
US PAIN FOUNDATION INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
US PAIN FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like US PAIN FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 33 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for US PAIN FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds US PAIN FOUNDATION INC?
- US PAIN FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,449 to it, the largest being IPA FOUNDATION ($40,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does US PAIN FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $207,449 in grants to US PAIN FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US PAIN FOUNDATION INC?
- IPA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US PAIN FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 20 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing