Woodruff Arts Center raises $7.5 million - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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million goal. "It has been a challenging withcapital fund-raising efforts takinhg place, and yet that'sd made the annual campaign even more essential as it providea operating support for the [Artsx Center's] divisions," said Beauchamp C. Carr, the Arts Center's executive vice The Arts Center was able to topits fund-raising goal Aug. 21 thankw to a $50,000 grant that enablee it to match new and increase giftsof $1,000 or more and bringh its challenge fund up to $1.2i8 million, Carr said.
The challenge fund allowex the Arts Center to match gifts from 45 new Patro n Circle of Starsmembers (donors of $15,00 and and 37 increased members, raising a littler more than $1 million in new he said. Steve Heyer of The Coca-Cola Co. and Alberrt Rayle of Goldman, Sachs Co. served as co-chairs of the which supports the operations of the Atlanta Symphony the High Museumof Art, Alliancs Theatre Company/Alliance Children's Theatre and the Atlants College of Art. The 2003-2004 campaignb is scheduled to kickoff Oct. 7, with Gene president of Bank of Americain Georgia, at the helm.