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The Mayday Fund is a small family foundation dedicated to alleviating suffering caused by physical pain. Our mission focuses on providing charitable grants that target pain management at the bedside, particularly in emergency medicine, for children, non-verbal populations, and the elderly. We aim to bridge the gap between knowledge and practice in pain treatment, increase public awareness about the undertreatment of pain, and foster new leaders in the field. By offering nimble grants and advocating for responsible pain treatment, we work collaboratively with other foundations to improve care.
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A One Person Band The Mayday Fund A small family foundation
Mission: alleviate the suffering that results from human physical pain Make charitable grants • Address pain at the bedside -- clinical interventions • Pain in the context of emergency medicine • Pain in children • Pain in non-verbal populations • Pain in the elderly • Nimble grants • Close the gap between knowledge and practice • Better to be a ‘rifle than a shotgun’
Foundation Citizenship • Increase public awareness about the undertreatment of pain and new ways of treating it • Help to provide new leaders in the field interested in sharing the message that pain may be treated responsibly • Increase the ranks of researchers/leaders who will work with the media and policy makers • Working with other foundations to help to address the better treatment of pain
Tasks • Program • Financial Oversight • Governance • Liaison and Representative • Scout -- identify new projects, consultants, projects • Resource • Advocate for private foundation involvement in the field • Someone who will listen • Translator • And then the political aspects …