Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc
Atlanta, GA · EIN 58-6004644. Reported 53 grants totalling $106.9M to 39 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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 $1,750,000; 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $23.4M | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | $12.0M | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Botanical Garden | Atlanta, GA | $10.0M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 | $5,200,026 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Wesleyan School | Peachtree Corners, GA | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Young Harris College | Young Harris, GA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Historic Oakland Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Pius X Catholic High School | Atlanta, GA | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Gracepoint School | Marietta, GA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
11 of 39 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 27%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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 recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
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 |
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 27 of them, worth $114.0M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Botanical Garden | Atlanta, GA | $40.0M |
| 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 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 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 |
| Trust for Public Land | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 |
| The Paideia School | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 |
| Wesleyan School | Peachtree Corners, GA | $1,500,000 |
| Greater Atlanta Christian School | Norcross, GA | $1,500,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 94% of this one's giving went to organizations in Georgia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
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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