RiverWoods Durham

What RiverWoods Durham does

RiverWoods Durham is a non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located at 14 Stone Quarry Drive, Durham, New Hampshire, operating within the RiverWoods Retirement Communities portfolio alongside sister campuses in Exeter and Manchester. The community serves active older adults in the New Hampshire Seacoast region by offering a full continuum of care on a single campus: independent living, assisted living, memory support delivered through a household-model neighborhood, and skilled nursing/enhanced assisted living with physical, occupational, and speech-language therapies. A defining feature is the campus's proximity to the University of New Hampshire, which provides residents access to lifelong learning, library and fitness facilities, cultural programming, Division 1 athletics, and intergenerational connections that distinguish the community from conventional retirement settings.

The revenue model combines one-time entrance fees with recurring monthly service charges covering housing, housekeeping, dining (via a flexible points-based program), fitness offerings such as Beyond Boxing, and access to escalating care levels as resident needs evolve. Go-to-market is consultative and sales-led, executed by named Senior Living Sales Counselors (Therese, Kellie, Dan) and a Tour Coordinator (Dan) through RiverWoods 101 virtual Q&A sessions, personalized campus tours, downloadable brochures, and the MoneyGauge affordability assessment tool. The marketing mix emphasizes events, resident testimonials, and referral pathways from the UNH-connected community.

The organization has built a credentials stack including CARF international accreditation, Memory Care Seal of Excellence through the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners' Memory Care Excellence Network, LeadingAge membership, and Best of NH 2026 recognition from New Hampshire Magazine readers. With 101-250 employees and a Phase 2 expansion adding 55 new independent living apartment homes across two hybrid buildings plus a community center scheduled for late 2027, the company is in active capacity-building mode. Strategic partnerships with UNH, the UNH Sustainability Institute, the Memory Care Excellence Network, and MoneyGauge define its external ecosystem.

Name

RiverWoods Durham

Legal name

RiverWoods Retirement Communities

Website

https://riverwoodsdurham.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

RiverWoods Durham is a non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community in Durham, NH offering independent living, assisted living, memory support, and skilled nursing on a single campus near the University of New Hampshire, serving active older adults in the New Hampshire Seacoast region through entrance fees and monthly service charges.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Care Retirement Community (Senior Living)

NAICS

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (623311), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (6233)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Campus / Regional CCRC Networks (HLADAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nonprofit / Faith-Based CCRCs (HLADAEAC), Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) with Memory Care (HLADACAD)

Keywords

• Continuing care retirement community
• Senior living services
• Assisted living care
• Memory support services
• Independent retirement living

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Entrance Fees: One-time entrance fees for CCRC residency providing access to the full continuum of care including independent living, assisted living, memory support, and skilled nursing as residents' needs evolve over time.
2. Monthly Service Charges: Ongoing monthly fees for housing, maintenance, housekeeping, dining services, amenities, and access to healthcare levels as needed. The flexible points-based dining program allows residents to customize their meal experiences.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

RiverWoods Durham is a non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Durham, New Hampshire that provides a full continuum of senior care including Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Support, and Skilled Nursing Care on a single campus adjacent to the University of New Hampshire. Residents pay an entrance fee plus ongoing monthly service charges in exchange for housing, dining, fitness, lifestyle amenities, and guaranteed access to escalating care levels as their needs evolve. The community emphasizes active, engaged retirement living supported by intergenerational connections to UNH.

Product overview

RiverWoods Durham is a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) offering a continuum of senior living options including Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Support, and Skilled Nursing Care. The community provides maintenance-free living with amenities such as fitness programs (Beyond Boxing), dining services, and access to University of New Hampshire campus activities. Upcoming Phase 2 expansion will add 55 independent living units in hybrid buildings with a new community center. The organization is part of a three-community family (Durham, Exeter, Manchester) in New Hampshire's Seacoast region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Independent Living Maintenance-free independent living for dynamic adult seniors featuring self-directed lifestyle, fitness classes, dining services, and access to University of New Hampshire and Seacoast community activities.
• Assisted Living Assisted living support with daily activities while maintaining autonomy, including private apartments, personalized care plans, and 24/7 licensed nursing supervision.
• Memory Support Specialized dementia-capable care through the Memory Care Excellence Network, using an innovative household model in a compassionate environment for residents with Alzheimer's and other dementias.
• Skilled Nursing Care (Enhanced Assisted Living) Comprehensive rehabilitative and nursing care including physical, occupational, and speech-language therapies with seamless care-level transitions as resident needs evolve.

Quantifiable outcome

• CARF Accredited - demonstrating compliance with international standards for quality and safety
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of New HampshirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRiverWoods Durham's location adjacent to the UNH campus provides residents access to lifelong learning opportunities including auditing classes, using library and swimming pool facilities, attending cultural events, lectures, performances, and sporting events. UNH's 30+ student-run arts organizations and Division 1 Wildcats sports teams create intergenerational community connections unique to this retirement setting. The university location is a central element of the community's value proposition.
• UNH Sustainability InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRiverWoods has partnered with the UNH Sustainability Institute to support building a more sustainable future. As a community requiring significant energy to operate, this partnership addresses sustainability goals and demonstrates environmental responsibility.
• National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners - Memory Care Excellence NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRiverWoods Durham has joined the Memory Care Excellence Network, a program designed to support dementia research and develop best practices in memory care. Through this partnership, RiverWoods team members receive certification and training in dementia-capable care, and the community gains access to evolving best practices and research in memory care.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Life Care Services (LCS): Large third-party manager and operator of CCRCs and senior living communities across the U.S. Comparable as an organization managing multi-campus CCRC operations with a similar mix of non-profit and for-profit clients in the CCRC space.
• Kendal at Hanover: Non-profit CCRC affiliated with Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. Directly comparable as a New England non-profit CCRC leveraging a university-adjacent location for cultural and intergenerational programming, similar to RiverWoods' UNH adjacency.
• Erickson Senior Living: Operator of large, campus-style CCRCs primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. Comparable as a multi-campus CCRC operator offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing under a continuing-care contract structure.
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities: One of the largest non-profit CCRC operators in the United States with multiple campuses across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Directly comparable to RiverWoods as a non-profit, multi-campus, full-continuum CCRC organization serving older adults.

Broad incumbents

• Atria Senior Living: Major for-profit operator of senior living communities including independent living, assisted living, and memory care across North America. Comparable as a broad-incumbent peer offering overlapping care levels and customer segments.
• Brookdale Senior Living: Largest senior living operator in the United States, offering independent living, assisted living, and memory care across hundreds of communities. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping care services, though for-profit and not focused on the full CCRC contract model.
• Five Star Senior Living: Senior living operator managing independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities, with many communities managed under management agreements for non-profit owners. Comparable as an operator overlapping with RiverWoods' service offering and non-profit operating model.
• Sunrise Senior Living: Established senior living operator with assisted living and memory care communities across the U.S. and internationally. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the assisted living and memory care segments that compete with RiverWoods' care tiers.

Regional players

• Birch Heights: Senior living community located in the greater New Hampshire region offering assisted living and memory care services. Comparable as a regional New England peer offering overlapping care levels to a similar resident demographic.
• NewSeasons at Dartmouth: Senior living community in the New Hampshire/Upper Valley region offering independent living and memory care. Comparable as a regional peer serving a similar demographic in the same New England geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/riverwoods-durham

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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