Atlanta's Woodruff Arts Center announced that it has received a $38 million grant from the Woodruff Foundation as a lead gift to a new multi-faceted transformational fundraising campaign. The Woodruff grant will support a wide range of artistic, educational and capital needs on the campus of one of the world’s largest arts centers. It is the largest gift in the 46-year history of the Arts Center.

The largest portion of the grant is $25 million in endowment matching funds to support core artistic and educational programming, including funds to match gifts for musician positions with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Other endowment funding will support core educational and artistic programming at the High Museum of Art, the Alliance Theatre and the Arts Center.

The gift also provides support for a major renovation of the Alliance Theatre’s main performance and production support areas, the first major renovation in the theater’s history. In addition, rehearsal rooms and multi-purpose areas will be significantly improved with the funding. The physical improvements in the Alliance spaces are phase one of a long-term plan to improve the public and performance spaces of the Memorial Arts Building.