Momentum Campaign

The Momentum Campaign: Extraordinary Impact

The Momentum Campaign is a comprehensive $100 million effort to provide enduring support for Adelphi’s mission.

Six Strategic Priorities

With our strategic plan as our guide, we will advance Adelphi in these key areas:

Join Us in Making an Extraordinary Impact

Through 2027, The Momentum Campaign: Extraordinary Impact will raise $100 million to advance the initiatives, vision and promise of our Momentum 2 strategic plan.

Our students, faculty, staff, alumni and donors form an incredibly powerful, connected community that makes things happen. Join us on our quest to transform students’ lives, empower Adelphi to be a leader in modern higher education, and play a major role in our communities and our world.

Together, we all can make an extraordinary impact.

Make an Impact

Funds raised

$75M

Campaign goal

$100M

Transformative Giving

Transformative Giving

Million Dollar Roundtable

Donors who have given or committed $1 million or more. Our Visionary Benefactors

Matched Endowments

Our matching campaign for endowed gifts doubles all new donations and pledges of $25,000 or more until December 31, 2025. Endowment Matching

Planned Gifts

Include Adelphi in your estate plans or make a planned gift, and you'll be honored as a member of the Forever Gold Society—a community shaping the future for generations to come. Planned Giving Options

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Beyond Fundraising

Our multi-year campaign focuses on amplifying Adelphi’s extraordinary impact on student lives as a premier institution of higher education. The Momentum Campaign is driven by the key goals of our ambitious five-year strategic plan, which prioritizes Adelphi’s mission, people, and resources. This initiative sustains our long history of fostering connection, innovation and transformation.

Extraordinary Stories

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Meet some of the alumni Panthers who are making a powerful impact on our world: nurses and social workers, lawmakers, healthcare leaders, CEOs, Olympians, artists, and business leaders. With this video, Adelphi University launches a historic $100 million fund raising campaign to strengthen our future. Through the generosity of our donors, The Momentum Campaign: Extraordinary Impact will reshape and transform the student experience at Adelphi. With a powerful strategic plan, Momentum 2, to guide our steps forward, we will elevate Adelphi in six critical areas: • Scholarships and access to an Adelphi education • Academic excellence to prepare students for a changing world • Life-changing student experiences and opportunities • A modern and beautiful campus to call home • A diverse community where all students flourish • The Adelphi Fund: one fund for everyone and everything at Adelphi With a life-changing Adelphi education, our graduates are making an extraordinary impact on their communities and our world. Join our mission at https://www.adelphi.edu/giving. Learn more about Adelphi University at https://adelphi.edu. Read about Adelphi’s historic new fundraising initiative, The Momentum Campaign: Extraordinary Impact: https://www.adelphi.edu/campaign Explore Adelphi’s Corporate and Community Partnerships: https://www.adelphi.edu/advancement/partnership-program/ Subscribe to Adelphi’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/AdelphiUniv?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/AdelphiU https://www.twitter.com/AdelphiU https://www.instagram.com/adelphiu/ https://www.linkedin.com/school/adelphi-university/
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Official Video: Momentum Campaign: Extraordinary Impact

Meet the Million Dollar Roundtable donors who are transforming our campus and strengthening Adelphi for the future. In this video, you’ll see why they were inspired to give back to Adelphi—and why they believe that opening the doors to an Adelphi education is so important for our students, our communities and our world. In this video, we honor all the members of the Million Dollar Roundtable and thank them for their exceptional generosity. They inspire us with their kindness, loyalty and enduring belief in the life-changing impact of an Adelphi education. • Diane Abbey ’59 • Carol A. Ammon, MBA ’79, ’10 (Hon.) • Frank Angello ’77 and Phyllis Angello • Helen Baldwin ’18 • Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78 and Swati Bhisé • LeeAnn Black ’83 and Jeffrey Black • Michael J. Campbell ’65 • Loretta Cangialosi ’80 • Betty L. Forest ’47, ’10 (Hon.) • Samuel Fremd ’69 • Ruth Woodroffe Gangel ’47 and Frank Gangel • Richard K. Garner • John J. Gutleber ’68, MBA ’70 • Amy Hagedorn ’05 (Hon.) and Horace Hagedorn ’01 (Hon.) • Angela Jaggar ’62, MA ’65 and Scott Jaggar • Mildred Loughlin Kahane ’49 • Adele Klapper ’92, MA ’99 • The Family of Jonathan Larson ’82 • Katherine H. Littlefield • Erna S. Lovely, MA ’65 and Thomas D. Lovely ’54, ’04 (Hon.) • Brian D. McAuley ’61, ’06 (Hon.) • Thomas F. Motamed ’71 • Leon M. Pollack ’63 • Mary Jane Poole ’62 and Thomas Poole • Lionel Viret ’95 • Robert B. Willumstad ’05 (Hon.) Learn more about Adelphi University at https://adelphi.edu Give to Adelphi at https://www.adelphi.edu/giving Read about Adelphi’s historic new fund-raising campaign, The Momentum Campaign: Extraordinary Impact at https://www.adelphi.edu/campaign Explore Adelphi’s Corporate and Community Partnerships at https://www.adelphi.edu/advancement/partnership-program Subscribe to Adelphi’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/AdelphiUniv?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/AdelphiU https://www.twitter.com/AdelphiU https://www.instagram.com/adelphiu/ https://www.linkedin.com/school/adelphi-university/
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Meet the Members of Our Million Dollar Roundtable

Joe Sawma came from Lebanon with a dream for a better life for himself and those around him. The food insecurity relief program he launched at Adelphi earned him a Newman Civic Fellowship. Adelphi’s Momentum makes things happen. In early 2021, Adelphi’s senior leadership and the entire community began developing our University’s current strategic plan, Momentum 2. The five-year plan emphasizes remaining nimble, modern and relevant in today’s rapidly changing educational environment. It stays true to Adelphi’s mission of providing a rigorous, personalized education that transforms the lives of our students. With this new plan, our legacy of transforming for the future continues. _______________________   Read about the Momentum 2 plan at https://www.adelphi.edu/strategic-plan/ Find out more about Sawma’s efforts to help his fellow students and his Newman Civic Fellowship at https://www.adelphi.edu/news/meet-our-2023-2024-newman-civic-fellowship-winner/ Learn more about Adelphi University at https://adelphi.edu. Subscribe to Adelphi’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/AdelphiUniv?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/AdelphiU https://www.twitter.com/AdelphiU https://www.instagram.com/adelphiu/ https://www.linkedin.com/school/adelphi-university/ https://www.tiktok.com/@adelphiu
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Joe Sawma’s dream began at Adelphi

Our Donors

Patrick L. Ross Fellowship
Celebrating milestones at the 20th President’s Gala, Adelphi University commemorated 65 years of its renowned Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology. The Patrick L. Ross Fellowship Fund, honoring Professor Ross, reached $1.25 million, aiding underrepresented doctoral students since 2012. A Professor’s Legacy
Robert B. Catell ’99 (Hon.)
Robert B. Catell ’99 (Hon.) pledged to increase his Catell Family Endowed Scholarship Fund to $125,000, aiming to aid Brooklyn students, influenced by his ties to Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School and Adelphi's impactful education. Catell’s Scholarship Expansion
Mark Grossman, MD
Since 2002, Dr. Mark Grossman has served as head team physician at Adelphi University. His $25,000 contribution in 2022 established the Dr. Mark Grossman Athletic Training Enhancement Fund, aiding athletic trainers' professional growth. Decades of Dedication
Judith Ammerman
This devoted member of the Adelphi Forever Gold Society blends the expertise acquired at Adelphi, harmonizing his love for music with his role as an ESL teacher. Transformative Philanthropy
Regina Axelrod Endowment
In memory of longtime Adelphi political science faculty member Regina Axelrod, PhD, her husband, Leonard Kahn, established the Regina Axelrod Faculty Excellence Fund and the Regina Axelrod Endowed Internship Fund, supporting Adelphi's political science faculty and students with $36,000 gifts each. Honoring Faculty & Student Excellence
Emerita Sullivan ’79
To commemorate our 125th anniversary, Trustee Emerita Sullivan ’79 pledged $125,000 to establish a new endowed scholarship for first-generation students. Largest Giving Day Commitment

University Advancement

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516.877.6890
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