Rise Asset Development (RAD)

Rise is a national organization dedicated to empowering people with mental health and addiction challenges to achieve greater social and economic inclusion through entrepreneurship. Through training, mentorship, micro-financing and other custom support, Rise helps individuals build the skills and access the capital they need to launch a small business that can improve quality of life and enable them to support themselves, their families and communities. Over a decade, Rise has benefitted from the time and talent of more than 680 volunteers, disbursed over $2 million in low-interest loans and established training and mentorship programs that have helped to launch more than 500 businesses nationwide. Today, we work in 9 locations across Canada—and growing.