Woodruff Arts Center gets ‘phenomenal’ $38 million gift

The Woodruff Arts Center is receiving the largest gift in its 46-year history -- $38 million -- from its top benefactor, the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. The grant will kick-start a fundraising campaign of at least $82 million aimed at boosting the Art Center's endowment by more than $50 million as well as investing $32 million in capital improvements -- largely to completely transform the Alliance Theatre.