University of Alabama Reports More Than $2.1 Billion in Campaign Commitments

Birmingham, AL, October 15, 2026 —

The University of Alabama announced that its decade-long Rising Tide 2.0 fundraising campaign has received more than $2.1 billion in charitable commitments. The university said the total makes the campaign the largest higher education fundraising campaign in Alabama history.

The announced commitments are designated to support several areas: scholarships, faculty, academic programs, and campus construction and renovation projects. The university’s announcement did not provide a breakdown of how the funds are divided among those priorities.

The campaign’s reported total is described as charitable commitments. The announcement, as summarized, does not specify how much has already been paid to the university or how much remains pledged. It also does not identify individual donors or provide details about particular projects funded through the campaign.

Rising Tide 2.0 is described as a decade-long campaign, but its start and end dates were not provided. The announcement also did not state how the total compares with other campaigns outside Alabama or give figures for earlier University of Alabama fundraising efforts.

The reported milestone places scholarships, faculty support, academic programs, and campus building work among the campaign’s stated funding areas. Further information about the distribution of commitments, project timelines, or the campaign’s final accounting was not included in the available summary.

Story summarized from the original created by Trisha Powell Crain on aldailynews.com, see more information here.