Rithvik Inampudi
Co-Founder | Strategy & Growth
Rithvik helps shape CORE's long-term vision, partnerships, and expansion strategy so the organization can support more patients with consistency and trust.
About CORE
A recovery-focused nonprofit built around care after the clinical moment.
CORE was founded to bring dignity, clarity, and local support into the cardiovascular recovery process. What started as one chapter is now a network of 25+ chapters across 6 states, working alongside the stroke department at Baylor Scott & White to put recovery kits in patients' hands.
Founded by students25+ chapters, 6 statesHospital-partnered
CORE in Action
CORE recovery kits, packed by volunteers and ready to bring practical support to patients and families.
Why It Matters
Recovery support is more than discharge. It is the bridge between treatment and stability.
Cardiovascular recovery can feel isolating. Patients and caregivers are often managing questions, routines, logistics, and uncertainty all at once. CORE exists to meet that moment with practical support and visible community care.
Who we serve
Patients navigating cardiovascular recovery, along with the families and caregivers supporting them.
How we show up
Through recovery kits, student and community chapters, events, and sponsor relationships that keep the mission sustainable.
What we are building
A trusted network of local support that grows through chapters, partnerships, and measurable community impact.
Hospital Partnership
Recovery support works best when it starts inside the care team.
Working directly with hospital care teams is what turns a kit into real recovery support. It puts CORE in the room at the moment patients are discharged.
Hospital Partner
Baylor Scott & White Health
Stroke Department
CORE partners with the stroke department at Baylor Scott & White to get recovery kits directly into the hands of patients leaving care, so support arrives when the transition home is hardest.
Leadership Team
Leadership-centered storytelling helps CORE feel personal, accountable, and real.
These cards are ready for real headshots, refined bios, and final role titles as the organization grows.
Arjun Paunikar
Co-Founder | Community Partnerships
Arjun focuses on relationship-building across schools, donors, and local supporters to keep CORE grounded in community momentum.
Chandra Katharouju
Co-Founder | Operations & Programs
Chandra leads operational thinking around kit design, chapter support, and the systems that help CORE deliver meaningful experiences at scale.
Amaan Khan
Co-Founder | Events & Fundraising
Amaan drives CORE's event calendar and fundraising activations, turning chapter energy into campaigns that fund more recovery kits.
Nitin Satish
Officer
Nitin supports CORE's leadership team, helping carry out chapter initiatives and day-to-day organizational work.
Values & Vision
Ground the nonprofit in principles people can rally behind.
This section gives donors and partners a reason to believe CORE can mature into a lasting organization.
Values
Empathy, clarity, follow-through, and recovery support that respects the real pressures families are under.
Vision
A national network of CORE chapters that makes post-care support more visible, coordinated, and community-owned.
Future goals
Build on the Baylor Scott & White partnership with more hospital care teams, improve live impact reporting, grow donor trust, and create more direct support pathways.
Connect With CORE
Back the story, the founders, and the next stage of growth.
If you want to support CORE as a donor, hospital partner, volunteer, or chapter leader, the site is ready to funnel people toward the next clear step.