Campaign FAQs: Your Guide to The Momentum Campaign

Adelphi University is launching the Momentum Campaign to capitalize on Adelphi’s growing stature and to achieve multiple objectives outlined in our Momentum (2015–2021) and Momentum 2 (2022–2027) strategic plans. Among our many accomplishments since 2015, the University has:

• Achieved remarkable increases in retention and graduation rates
• Seen outstanding career outcomes for our graduates
• Welcomed several of the largest, most diverse classes in Adelphi history
• Introduced more than 50 new academic programs
• Earned a dramatic rise in the national rankings
• Gained increasing success in attracting donor support

By initiating the campaign, the University anticipates a significant increase in fundraising, which will provide vital support for its strategic plan.

The Momentum Campaign: Extraordinary Impact will seek to raise $100 million by the campaign’s conclusion in August 2027. The campaign will help Adelphi continue to make an extraordinary impact on students’ lives, our community and our world.

The campaign is organized into six strategic funding priorities:

• 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
• Adelphi Fund: one fund for everyone and everything at Adelphi

• The campaign aims to inspire faith in Adelphi’s vision and potential through deep investment.
• It focuses on the future, highlighting Adelphi’s solid foundation, strategic plan and responsible stewardship in continuing to transform lives and the University.
• The campaign conveys momentum, transformation, deep investment, impact, connectedness and a focus on the future.

• A forward-thinking University with a proven track record of success in changing lives for the better, Adelphi is helping all its students climb the economic ladder.
• A melting pot of cultures, races, abilities and languages, Adelphi is transforming students’ lives, uplifting families and strengthening communities.

• The campaign is inclusive and aims to engage a wide range of participants.
• It extends invitations to alumni, parents, individuals, friends, corporations, foundations, and faculty and staff.
• The campaign seeks to involve diverse stakeholders who are invested in Adelphi’s success and future.

The Momentum Campaign Steering Committee serves as the pivotal force driving the comprehensive campaign’s fundraising endeavors. Composed of dedicated individuals committed to Adelphi’s success, it plays a crucial role in shaping and executing strategies to attain the campaign’s objectives. Learn more about our campaign leadership.

Your gift to any of the six strategic funding priorities will make a lasting impact. You can give to a general purpose like the Adelphi Fund or to a specific cause. Every gift makes a difference.

• Endowment gifts offer stability by providing consistent funding for their designated purpose indefinitely. This stability ensures long-term certainty for students, faculty or programs supported by the endowment.
• Endowments contribute to the overall health and growth of the University’s endowment. The interest generated from these endowed funds serves as the University’s most valuable financial asset.
• Additional contributions to endowed funds further increase their value over time, amplifying their impact and benefiting the University and its community in the long run.

View more information on how to participate in the Momentum 2 Endowment Matching Campaign.

Donors can choose from a diverse range of projects, including:

• Scholarships
• Naming rights
• Global learning opportunities
• Leadership development programs
• Athletics
• Community engagement initiatives

All types of gifts and philanthropic grants contribute toward the campaign goal. This includes traditional donations and grants from philanthropic organizations, as well as pledges and qualifying bequest expectancies.