A nonprofit’s articles of incorporation are the document that makes its promises enforceable. Here is what ours commit us to.
Purpose
The articles state that the corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, religious or scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Exclusively” is the operative word. It is not a mission statement that can be revised when something more lucrative appears; it is a constraint on what the corporation is legally permitted to do with its assets and its time.
Dissolution
The articles provide that on dissolution, after paying or providing for the corporation’s liabilities, the board must dispose of all remaining assets exclusively for the purposes of the corporation — to organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious or scientific purposes that qualify as exempt under Section 501(c)(3). Any assets not so disposed of are to be disposed of by the circuit court of the county in which the principal office is located, to organizations organized and operated exclusively for those purposes.
This is the asset lock, and it is the most consequential sentence in the whole document. No part of the foundation’s assets can be distributed to a private person — not to the founder, not to a director, not on dissolution and not before it. It is also the answer to the reasonable question of why an organization that has not needed outside money bothers with 501(c)(3) status at all. How we are funded →
Corporate form
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Legal name | Sevadar Foundation Inc. |
| EIN | 93-2840861 |
| Type | Nonprofit public benefit corporation |
| State of incorporation | Missouri |
| Duration | Perpetual |
| Incorporator | Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP |
| Principal office | 4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 203, St. Louis, MO 63134 |
What this page deliberately omits
The articles of incorporation are a public filing, and they contain the name and home address of a private individual serving as registered agent. Public record is not permission, and this site does not republish a private person’s residential address because a state form required it once.
It also omits the address that appears on some federal records for this organization. That office is closed. The current and only address is 4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 203, St. Louis, MO 63134, and correcting the lag in federal records is a real task rather than a thing to paper over. If you find a record showing something else, tell us.
Questions
Can I see the articles of incorporation?
They are a public filing with the Missouri Secretary of State and can be obtained there. Ask us and we will point you at the right record. Contact. Read more: What seva asks of an organization.
Who controls the foundation?
The founder, who also funds it. This site states that rather than dressing it in governance language it cannot support. How decisions get made. Read more: One foundation, three programs.
Are CareGuard, Valor Medica and IntellaRx separate corporations?
No. They are programs of this one corporation. CareGuard is registered as a fictitious name of the foundation in Missouri. How the foundation works. Read more: One foundation, three programs.