Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc
Atlanta, GA · EIN 58-6004644. Reported 63 grants totalling $128.3M to 45 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500,000 and $2,000,000; the smallest was $120,000 and the largest $10.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $32.0M | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Atlanta Botanical Garden | Atlanta, GA | $15.0M | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | $12.0M | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Fulton County Zoo | Atlanta, GA | $8,000,025 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $7,400,051 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Agnes Scott College | Decatur, GA | $7,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center | Atlanta, GA | $6,500,062 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Virginia Historical Society | Richmond, VA | $3,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA | $3,000,001 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Episcopal High School | Alexandria, VA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Holy Innocents' Episcopal School | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pace Academy | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Paideia School | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trust for Public Land | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wesleyan College | Macon, GA | $1,750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brenau University | Gainesville, GA | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fernbank Inc | Atlanta, GA | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Atlanta Christian School | Norcross, GA | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wesleyan School | Peachtree Corners, GA | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Harris College | Young Harris, GA | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Atlanta Opera | Atlanta, GA | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Springer Opera House Arts Association | Columbus, GA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Columbus Museum | Columbus, GA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Valdosta State University Foundation | Valdosta, GA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whitefield Academy | Smyrna, GA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Historic Oakland Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Pius X Catholic High School | Atlanta, GA | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys Home of Virginia | Covington, VA | $550,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| All Saints St Luke's Episcopal Home for the Retired Inc | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Ballet | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aurora Theatre | Lawrenceville, GA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bruton Parish Church | Williamsburg, VA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia Historical Society | Savannah, GA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Gracepoint School | Marietta, GA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lowndes-Valdosta Arts Commission | Valdosta, GA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trinity School | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cherokee County Historical Society | Canton, GA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moving in the Spirit | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Telfair Museum of Art | Savannah, GA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Actor's Express | Atlanta, GA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brewton-Parker College | Mount Vernon, GA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historic Rural Churches of Georgia | Atlanta, GA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Push Push Arts | Decatur, GA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Contemporary Art Center | Atlanta, GA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
12 of 45 (27%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 26%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Atlanta Botanical Garden
$150 million campaign to expand the Garden by eight acres and construct a new entrance on the Atlanta Beltline. - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Pediatric medical residency program conducted by Children's in partnership with the Emory University School of Medicine. - Atlanta Fulton County Zoo
$22 million campaign to construct the Animal Health Center. - Spelman College
Construction of the Center for Innovation and the Arts as part of $250 million campaign. - Agnes Scott College
$31.8 million campaign to renovate Main Hall. - Virginia Historical Society
Construction of the Evans Orientation Theater and renovation of the Evans Gallery as part of $30 million campaign.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 42 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $23.3M | $1,200,000 |
| 2022 | 13 | $25.2M | $1,000,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $29.9M | $1,000,000 |
| 2024 | 12 | $28.5M | $1,100,013 |
| 2025 | 10 | $21.5M | $1,150,018 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc has 33 of them, worth $137.6M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Botanical Garden | Atlanta, GA | $40.0M |
| The Atlanta Opera | Atlanta, GA | $10.0M |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $8,600,000 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $8,600,000 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $8,600,000 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $8,000,000 |
| Zoo Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $8,000,000 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $7,400,000 |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | $6,000,000 |
| Agnes Scott College | Decatur, GA | $3,500,000 |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center | Atlanta, GA | $2,800,000 |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center | Atlanta, GA | $2,600,000 |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond, VA | $2,500,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 |
| Trust for Public Land | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 |
Where its money goes
95% of its giving went to organizations in Georgia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Georgia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 191 Peachtree Street Ne 3540, Atlanta, GA, 30303. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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