Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital is only $10 million shy of its $165 million fundraising goal for two capital projects, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
The safety-net hospital already received $60 million and $30 million commitments from Fulton and DeKalb county governments respectively, $50 million from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, and smaller grants from Gilead Sciences, the Marcus Foundation and others.
The $165 million will fund the construction of a seven-story surgical services center across the street from the main hospital building and renovations at Grady's Ponce de Leon Center, which treats HIV/AIDS patients.
"We've just been so pleasantly overwhelmed by the community’s response," Renay Blumenthal, president of the Grady Health Foundation, told The Atlanta Journal Constitution. "It shows the community understands the importance of Grady."
The hospital has until spring 2018 to raise the last $10 million it needs for construction.