diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 72e0aedc..3536b5c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ ipython_config.py
 .DS_Store
 **/.DS_Store
 
+# Model Card Unit Tests
+mlruns/
+
 # pyenv
 #   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
 #   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
diff --git a/src/edvise/reporting/model_card/base.py b/src/edvise/reporting/model_card/base.py
index 8c8d134a..c2524688 100644
--- a/src/edvise/reporting/model_card/base.py
+++ b/src/edvise/reporting/model_card/base.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.context: dict[str, t.Any] = {}
 
         self.assets_folder = assets_path or self.DEFAULT_ASSETS_FOLDER
+        self.run_id = self._resolve_run_id()
         self.output_path = self._build_output_path()
         self.template_path = self._resolve(
             "edvise.reporting.template", self.TEMPLATE_FILENAME
@@ -348,13 +349,21 @@ def export_to_pdf(self):
             filename=self.pdf_path,
             catalog=self.catalog,
             institution_id=self.cfg.institution_id,
+            run_id=self.run_id,
         )
 
     def _build_output_path(self) -> str:
         """
         Builds the output path for the model card.
         """
-        out_dir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "model_cards")
+        run_id = getattr(self, "run_id", None)
+
+        if not run_id:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "ModelCard.run_id must be set before building output path"
+            )
+
+        out_dir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "model_cards", run_id)
         os.makedirs(out_dir, exist_ok=True)
         filename = f"model-card-{self.model_name}.md"
         return os.path.join(out_dir, filename)
@@ -371,3 +380,14 @@ def _resolve(self, package: str, filename: str) -> Traversable:
         the file exists within the SST package itself.
         """
         return files(package).joinpath(filename)
+
+    def _resolve_run_id(self) -> str:
+        model_cfg = getattr(self.cfg, "model", None)
+        run_id = getattr(model_cfg, "run_id", None) if model_cfg is not None else None
+
+        if not run_id:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"config.model.run_id is required for ModelCard '{self.model_name}', "
+                "but it was missing (config.model is None or run_id is empty)."
+            )
+        return str(run_id)
diff --git a/src/edvise/reporting/utils/utils.py b/src/edvise/reporting/utils/utils.py
index bd28a565..bd9573c8 100644
--- a/src/edvise/reporting/utils/utils.py
+++ b/src/edvise/reporting/utils/utils.py
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ def download_static_asset(
         return dst_path
 
 
-def save_card_to_gold_volume(filename: str, catalog: str, institution_id: str) -> None:
+def save_card_to_gold_volume(
+    filename: str, catalog: str, institution_id: str, run_id: str
+) -> None:
     """
     Saves the model card PDF to a subdirectory of "model_cards" in a Unity Catalog-backed gold volume.
 
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ def save_card_to_gold_volume(filename: str, catalog: str, institution_id: str) -
         schema = f"{institution_id}_gold"
         file_volume = "gold_volume"
         volume_dir = f"/Volumes/{catalog}/{schema}/{file_volume}"
-        model_card_dir = os.path.join(volume_dir, "model_cards")
+        model_card_dir = os.path.join(volume_dir, "model_cards", run_id)
         dst_path = os.path.join(model_card_dir, os.path.basename(filename))
 
         # Check if the volume exists
diff --git a/tests/reporting/template/test_custom_template_context.py b/tests/reporting/template/test_custom_template_context.py
index 2455b19e..d52c8db5 100644
--- a/tests/reporting/template/test_custom_template_context.py
+++ b/tests/reporting/template/test_custom_template_context.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def make_custom_project_config():
     return CustomProjectConfig(
         institution_id="custom_inst_id",
         institution_name="Custom Institution",
+        model={"experiment_id": "exp123", "run_id": "abc"},
         student_id_col="student_id",
         target_col="target",
         split_col="split",
diff --git a/tests/reporting/template/test_h2o_custom_template_context.py b/tests/reporting/template/test_h2o_custom_template_context.py
index fc801b40..19ebc747 100644
--- a/tests/reporting/template/test_h2o_custom_template_context.py
+++ b/tests/reporting/template/test_h2o_custom_template_context.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def make_custom_project_config():
     return CustomProjectConfig(
         institution_id="custom_inst_id",
         institution_name="Custom Institution",
+        model={"experiment_id": "exp123", "run_id": "abc"},
         student_id_col="student_id",
         target_col="target",
         split_col="split",
diff --git a/tests/reporting/template/test_h2o_pdp_template_context.py b/tests/reporting/template/test_h2o_pdp_template_context.py
index 0fb44d0f..99e91b60 100644
--- a/tests/reporting/template/test_h2o_pdp_template_context.py
+++ b/tests/reporting/template/test_h2o_pdp_template_context.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 import pandas as pd
 import re
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import patch
 from edvise.reporting.model_card.h2o_pdp import H2OPDPModelCard
 from edvise.configs.pdp import PDPProjectConfig
@@ -63,13 +64,20 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.features = DummyFeaturesConfig()
 
 
-# Dummy config for base ModelCard
 class DummyConfig:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.institution_id = "test_uni"
-        self.institution_name = "Test University"
-        self.modeling = DummyModelingConfig()
-        self.preprocessing = DummyPreprocessingConfig()
+        self.institution_id = "test_inst"
+        self.institution_name = "Test Institution"
+        self.split_col = None
+
+        self.model = SimpleNamespace(
+            run_id="dummy_run_id",
+            experiment_id="dummy_experiment_id",
+            mlflow_model_uri="models:/dummy/Production",
+            framework="sklearn",
+        )
+
+        self.modeling = None
 
 
 # Valid PDPProjectConfig
diff --git a/tests/reporting/template/test_pdp_template_context.py b/tests/reporting/template/test_pdp_template_context.py
index 13d5523b..4872dd4a 100644
--- a/tests/reporting/template/test_pdp_template_context.py
+++ b/tests/reporting/template/test_pdp_template_context.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import re
 from unittest.mock import patch
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 from edvise.reporting.model_card.base import ModelCard
 from edvise.reporting.model_card.pdp import PDPModelCard
 from edvise.configs.pdp import PDPProjectConfig
@@ -67,10 +68,18 @@ def __init__(self):
 # Dummy config for base ModelCard
 class DummyConfig:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.institution_id = "test_uni"
-        self.institution_name = "Test University"
-        self.modeling = DummyModelingConfig()
-        self.preprocessing = DummyPreprocessingConfig()
+        self.institution_id = "test_inst"
+        self.institution_name = "Test Institution"
+        self.split_col = None
+
+        self.model = SimpleNamespace(
+            run_id="dummy_run_id",
+            experiment_id="dummy_experiment_id",
+            mlflow_model_uri="models:/dummy/Production",
+            framework="sklearn",
+        )
+
+        self.modeling = None
 
 
 # Valid PDPProjectConfig
@@ -78,7 +87,7 @@ def make_pdp_config() -> PDPProjectConfig:
     return PDPProjectConfig(
         institution_id="inst_id",
         institution_name="Inst Name",
-        model={"experiment_id": "exp123", "run_id": "abc", "framework": "sklearn"},
+        model={"experiment_id": "exp123", "run_id": "abc"},
         datasets={
             "raw_course": "dummy.csv",
             "raw_cohort": "dummy.csv",