Adelphi University Receives $100K from M&T's Amplify Fund to Support New Hour LI Partnership
Garden City, NY (04/10/2025) — Adelphi University has announced a $100,000 grant from the M&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of M&T Bank. This grant will be dispersed over the next 2 years at $50,000 per year as part of M&T's $25 Million Amplify Fund commitment, a supplemental grant program to address inequities, focusing on low-and moderate-income communities and underrepresented, underserved, and marginalized populations.
The M&T Charitable Foundation's Amplify Fund grant will support the "Empowerment Through Employment: Adelphi University & New Hour LI Health Careers Program," helping formerly incarcerated women enroll in professional certificate courses offered by the university's College of Professional and Continuing Studies (CPCS). The LI Health Careers Program offers certification in allied health, preparing participants for in-demand, middle-skill healthcare careers as clinical medical assistants, nurse aides, home health aides, EKG technicians and more. Adelphi also provides career counseling, resume-building assistance, interview preparation and job search assistance.
"Adelphi University is proud to partner with New Hour LI in empowering formerly incarcerated women with the education and career training they need to build brighter futures," said Sandra Castro, PhD, interim dean of Adelphi's College of Professional and Continuing Studies. "Through our professional certificate programs in allied health, we are providing the skills, support, and opportunities that open doors to stable, well-paying careers. Thanks to the generous support of the M&T Charitable Foundation, this initiative will help break cycles of poverty and create lasting economic impact for women and their families across Long Island."
Adelphi is one of 51 nonprofit organizations that received a total of $4.9 million in funding across New England and Long Island and Westchester County, New York, during this third and final round of giving. Grants were awarded to organizations that are centered on advancing financial inclusion and spurring economic growth and prosperity, with a particular focus on creating equitable change through homeownership, small business development and entrepreneurship, career growth, and financial resilience. View the full list of grantees.
"The M&T Charitable Foundation is proud to support organizations like Adelphi University that are dedicated to advancing equity and creating positive and lasting change," said Dominique Goss, executive director of the M&T's Charitable Foundation. "We look forward to seeing the progress of their work and the collective outcomes of our partnerships in the months and years ahead."
Learn more about the Adelphi's College of Professional and Continuing Studies , New Hour LI and M&T Amplify Fund.
About M&T Charitable Foundation
The M&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of M&T Bank, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization founded in 1993 and funded by M&T Bank. The M&T Charitable Foundation awards nearly $40 million in grants per year to thousands of nonprofit organizations focused on improving the quality of life in the areas the bank serves. M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal banking subsidiary, M&T Bank, provides banking products and services in 12 states across the eastern U.S. from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Trust-related services are provided in select markets in the U.S. and abroad by M&T's Wilmington Trust-affiliated companies and by M&T Bank. For more information on M&T Bank, visit www.mtb.com.
About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university in the United States with a personalized approach to higher learning
Adelphi University, New York, US, is a highly awarded, internationally ranked and powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives. It is recognized for small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training at the undergraduate and graduate level with particular strength in its 'Core Four' academic areas: the Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.
Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,250 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York-just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities-and at dynamic learning hubs in Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.
More than 119,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities, and the world.
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Group photo including: Erica Gibson (Adelphi Senior- Psychology Major ‘25) Deirdre Donat (CPCS Academic Advisor) Sandra Castro (Interim Dean CPCS Adelphi) Serena Martin (New Hour Executive Director)