The American Council for Headache Education is dedicated to advancing the treatment and management of headache and to raising the public awareness of headache as a valid, biologically based illness. ACHE's goals are to empower headache sufferers through education and to support them by educating their families, employers, and the public in general. ACHE was formed in 1990 through an initiative of the American Headache Society (AHS), an organization of 1,700 physicians, health professionals, and research scientists.

The National Headache Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to three major goals: educating the public that headaches are serious disorders and sufferers need understanding and continuity of care; promoting research into potential headache causes and treatments; and serving as an information resource to sufferers, their families, and doctors who treat them. The NHF can provide lists of local doctors specializing in headache treatment. It also has a monthly newsletter and many pamphlets on a variety of topics related to the different headache syndromes.