Empowering Resilience and Economic Self-Sufficiency
RISE is a community economic resilience organization that strengthens local capacity by equipping individuals with the skills, knowledge, and collaborative structures needed to participate in entrepreneurial, cooperative, and mutual-aid based local economies.
Service Delivery Priorities
RISE responds by strengthening both individual capacity and local economic ecosystems. Our model recognizes that durable economic stability requires more than income—it requires skills, relationships, ownership pathways, and participation in community-based systems of exchange.
Priority 1 — Community Enterprise & Micro-Entrepreneurship
Primary Program: This program serves as the central engine of RISE’s work by creating accessible pathways for community members to participate in the local economy through stabilization of immediate needs, entrepreneurship pathways, and cooperative enterprise development.
Program Focus: Community-based enterprise development and economic participation pathways.
Priority 2 — Cooperative & Mutual-Aid Systems Development
This initiative strengthens community resilience by building systems that allow neighbors to share resources, skills, and support.
Program Focus:
Community resource-sharing and cooperative participation systems.
Priority 3 — Foundational Self-Reliance Skills
This program supports long-term economic stability by helping individuals and families develop practical skills that reduce financial pressure and increase independence.
Program Focus:
Household economic resilience education.
Priority 4 — Community Health & Food Systems Education
This initiative promotes preventive health and strengthens community food systems through education and practical skill development.
Program Focus:
Community nutrition, preventive health, and local food system education.
Community Based Solutions to Economic Insecurity
RISE is dedicated to empowering underserved individuals by fostering resilience, community stability, and lifelong learning. Our mission drives us to create opportunities through mentorship, training, and resource access, building stronger, self-reliant communities.