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Mission

The International Pain Foundation (iPain), a nonprofit established in 2006, is dedicated to empowering individuals experiencing all forms of pain—acute, chronic, physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional, including those with rare diseases where pain is a symptom. iPain educates and supports patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals through comprehensive resources, webinars, and initiatives like the NERVEmber campaign for neuropathy awareness. By advocating for improved pain management policies, reducing stigma, and enhancing access to care, iPain fosters a global community to elevate awareness and transform lives affected by pain.

Objectives 

The Power of Pain Foundation, Inc. operates in conjunction with the International Pain Foundation (iPain), achieving its mission through targeted educational events, support services, resources, and innovative projects, which are funded by private donations and grants. Committed to advancing the chronic pain community, iPain drives progress by promoting cutting-edge knowledge on the causes and treatments of chronic pain conditions. Our primary objective is to equip chronic pain patients with essential tools and life skills, enabling them to engage fully in community activities while enhancing society’s capacity to provide inclusive opportunities and robust support systems. By delivering education to patients, families, caregivers, and medical professionals, iPain significantly contributes to the global understanding and management of chronic pain, impacting millions of lives worldwide. Whether you live with pain or support someone who does, iPain empowers you to navigate the challenges of chronic pain with confidence and resilience.

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International Pain Foundation
4980 N. Ironwood Dr
Apache Junction, AZ 85120

Call: 480-845-1456

Goals 
The ultimate goal is to allow chronic pain patients the ability to perform their regular activities in the community and to bolster society’s ability to provide full opportunities and appropriate supports for its pain citizens. Through supporting education for pain patients, family members, caregivers and medical professionals, we make an important contribution to the overall knowledge and treatment of chronic pain. This allows our foundation to affect the lives of the millions of people with chronic pain worldwide as well as chronic pain patient’s, caregivers, family members and healthcare professionals.

Needs 
Much more research is needed into these painful diseases and while research facilities are doing that great work, the iPain works to help patients on improving their daily activities of living with the resources available to us today. The International Pain Foundation (iPain) provides community based support services that address the immediate need of Neuropathy pain patients. Accordingly, many of our beneficiaries include patients who are economically and socially affected by these invisible diseases. Whether you have Neuropathy pain or are a caregiver, family member or friend of someone diagnosed, we’ll help you face the challenges and life changes of chronic nerve pain, head on.

The iPain coordinates events to raise money for the purpose of education enrichment, leadership training programs and support projects for chronic pain patients suffering with Neurological conditions. All of our education programs since our inception have been provided free of charge to attendees because of the donations and fundraisers we hold throughout the rest of the year. Our largest annual fundraiser being Comic Pain Relief.

Chronic pain affects the entire family and it needs to be treated that way right from the start, everyone needs to be involved as an active positive participant.

Additional Info 

There are over 1.5 billion people living with chronic pain worldwide, and it is not talked about much. We are trying to change that with your help! At the iPain, we know that education and knowledge can transform a person’s future. We see it happen all the time. Attending vital education events at no charge to the patient and their caregiver is vital to their access to care issues and learning tools on how to have better daily living. They do not have many places to go for support or understanding, the International Pain Foundations is one such place where we can give resources, information and assistance to people struggling with neuropathy pain on a daily basis.

Non-Profit Status

The Power of Pain Foundation was originally registered as a not-for-profit founded in the state of Virginia as a 501-C-3 association. The idea for POPF was first conceived on November 23, 2006 with the mandate of providing educational, emotional and physical support that assists chronic pain patients and public awareness with Neuropathy conditions. Our 501(C)(3) status was awarded by the IRS in March, 2007. In Feb. 2015 The POPF was updated to a 501-C-3 corporation based out of Arizona and assigned a new tax id of 47-3080556 with an upgrade in the name to Power of Pain Foundation Inc. We have been growing fast and have been working internationally on projects and collaborations since 2009 and increased those efforts in 2011. As of January 1, 2016 our board of directors decided that a better way to represent what we do was upgrade our name. We are now doing charity business as International Pain Foundation (iPain). More on our programs at www.internationalpain.org.

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