The foundation holds the tax status, the governance and the money. The divisions do the work and carry the relationships. Almost every question about how this is organized resolves into that one sentence.
Are the divisions separate organizations?
CareGuard, Valor Medica, IntellaRx and Dwaraa are divisions of this foundation, not separately incorporated organizations. They operate under the foundation’s legal identity and its 501(c)(3) status. CareGuard is registered as a fictitious name of the foundation in Missouri.
That structure is a deliberate choice. Four separate corporations would mean four boards, four sets of filings, four audits and four chances to lose the thread. One foundation with four divisions concentrates the accountability in one place.
What does the foundation do?
Holds the status
The 501(c)(3) exemption, EIN 93-2840861, the federal PSO listing and the state registrations all sit at the foundation level.
Holds the money
Funding comes in to the foundation and is allocated to divisions. Divisions do not fundraise against each other.
Holds the standard
Whether a division is doing what it says it does is a foundation question, and the founder answers for it.
What do the divisions do?
Carry the work
Reviews, care, monitoring. Everything that touches a person happens at the division level.
Carry the relationships
Facilities, patients, families, partner organizations and referral sources belong to the division, not to the foundation.
Carry the confidentiality
CareGuard’s patient safety work product is protected by federal law and does not flow up to the foundation as content. The boundaries →
Can the foundation see what its divisions hold?
It would be convenient for a foundation to be able to read everything its divisions hold. It cannot, and it should not want to. CareGuard collects patient safety work product under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act; Valor Medica holds protected health information. Neither becomes foundation material because the foundation is the parent.
So this site can tell you that CareGuard reviewed facilities. It cannot tell you which ones, or what was found. That is not evasiveness — it is the point of the protection.
Frequently asked questions
Is a gift to the foundation a gift to a specific division?
Not automatically. A gift to the foundation is a gift to Sevadar Foundation Inc. and the foundation allocates it. If you want a gift restricted to one division, that is a conversation to have before you give, not after. See Questions about giving and Restricted gifts, and why we ask first.
Do the divisions have their own boards?
They are divisions of one corporation, so the governance sits at the foundation level. Read more: One foundation, four divisions, and why we did not incorporate them separately.
Does Sevadar Foundation employ the clinicians?
Clinical care is delivered under the divisions and under the licensure of the clinicians who deliver it. The foundation itself holds no clinical license and provides no care. Read more: Why a foundation should not practice medicine.
Who holds the most power in Sevadar Foundation’s structure?
The foundation does. The 501(c)(3) exemption, EIN 93-2840861, the federal PSO listing and the state registrations all sit at the foundation level, and so does governance, because the four divisions are part of one corporation. Whether a division is doing what it says it does is a foundation question, and the founder answers for it.
How does the foundation fund its divisions?
Funding comes in to the foundation, and the foundation allocates it to CareGuard, Valor Medica, IntellaRx and Dwaraa. The divisions do not fundraise against each other. A gift to Sevadar Foundation Inc. is not automatically a gift to a specific division; the foundation decides where it goes unless a restriction is agreed before you give.
Why is the foundation organized as divisions instead of separate nonprofits?
Four separate corporations would mean four boards, four sets of filings, four audits and four chances to lose the thread. Keeping CareGuard, Valor Medica, IntellaRx and Dwaraa as divisions of one foundation, under its legal identity and 501(c)(3) status, concentrates the accountability in one place. CareGuard is registered as a fictitious name of the foundation in Missouri.