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The Final Stretch:
Building Our Endowment

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A Stronger Future Starts Here

At CooperRiis, healing doesn’t happen in just one place or through one approach: it happens through a carefully woven community of support.

A permanent endowment ensures that every part of this model remains strong, accessible, and sustainable for generations to come.

Your gift will help secure long-term sustainability, deepen our impact, and carry this mission forward for generations.

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Our Impact
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People

It sustains the caring, highly qualified professionals who make this work possible—ensuring we can attract, support, and retain staff who build meaningful, relationship-based connections with each resident.
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Place

A permanent endowment helps preserve what makes CooperRiis feel different from anywhere else—a safe, structured, and homelike environment where individuals can exhale, feel grounded, and begin to heal.
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Programs

It strengthens and evolves the programs at the heart of recovery—supporting a balance of evidence-based clinical therapies, purposeful work, community engagement, education, and holistic health and wellness practices.
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Access

It protects and grows our scholarship program—ensuring that financial barriers do not prevent someone from receiving life-changing care.
About the Campaign

At the Center: Our Residents

Every dollar invested in the endowment helps ensure that residents are surrounded—fully and continuously—by the care, connection, and opportunities they need to heal and move forward.

The Endowment helps us:

  • Reach and serve more individuals in need of mental health care
  • Expand access through scholarships
  • Continue strengthening and refining our programs
  • Support and retain the exceptional staff who make healing possible
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Help Bring the Campaign Home

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Over $5.5 million raised toward our $6 million goal

Thanks to an incredible community of supporters, we are in the final stretch of our Capital Campaign to build a permanent endowment for CooperRiis.

Your gift today will help ensure this vision becomes a lasting reality—providing stability, access, and hope for generations to come.

Join us in bringing this campaign to a strong and meaningful finish.

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  • Planned Giving

Multi-Year Pledge

To help us steward your gift efficiently and minimize administrative costs, commitments of $10,000 or more may be fulfilled over a period of up to five years, providing a flexible way to make a meaningful investment in the future of CooperRiis.

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For Gifts of Stock:
Call Stephanie Wilensky at (828) 899-0730

The Impact of the CooperRiis Recovery Model

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In 20 years, CooperRiis has proudly served over 2,200 people in their mental health recovery
88% of alumni reported no psychiatric hospitalizations one year after discharge
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75% of alumni reported they were working, going to school, or volunteering in the community

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71% of alumni reported that they were living independently
“The work you all are doing at CooperRiis is TRULY life-changing. I can hardly believe I have my son back and my family intact. After years of denial and many rock bottoms, our son finally asked for help. When he did, CooperRiis was there. My son was treated with respect and dignity. He is now working full time, managing meds, staying sober and healthy, and working toward independence. We are forever indebted to CooperRiis (Heaven on Earth).”
KimFamily Member
I had a great experience at CooperRiis and would recommend it to anyone in a similar situation. I went through all levels of the program and was able to learn and implement strategies for positive daily living.
JB
“CooperRiis at Asheville made me feel so much better in every way. My entire line of thinking has changed. I am healthier, and I felt supported and cared for, for the first time in a very long time, by the entire staff, and the Residents too.”
Bridget G.

Thank you for supporting our healing community.
Your gift provides pathways to recovery and independence.

Contact Us

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For more information, please contact:
Stephanie Wilensky
(828) 899-0730
stephanie.wilensky@cooperriis.org