Open Foundations · Georgia

Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc

Atlanta, Georgia · EIN 586004644. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $21.5M across 10 grants in 2025, a median of $1.2M each.

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$21.5M
paid in 2025
10
grants paid
$1.2M
median grant
28%
to first-time recipients
$243.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Erik S Johnson President
Address
191 Peachtree St NE Suite 3540, Atlanta, GA, 30303
Phone
4045226755
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
Application form not required. Proposals should be submitted via the Foundation's online application portal on its website. Before submitting a formal grant request, prospective grantees are encouraged to submit an informal inquiry to [email protected]. The grant requests should be made in letter form and include the following information: - A description of the organization, its purposes, programs, staffing and governing board - The organization's latest financial statements including the most recent audit report - A description of the proposed project and full justification for its funding - An itemized project budget including other sources of support in hand or anticipated - Evidence from the IRS of the organization's tax-exempt status and that the applying organization itself is not a private foundation.
Submission deadline
Grant applications are considered in April and Nov. for requests received by Feb. 1 and Aug. 15th.
Restrictions on awards
The Foundation makes grants to public charities located in Georgia and Virginia, with a particular focus on private secondary and higher education, arts and culture, and museums and historic preservation. Grants in Georgia are typically reserved for organizations operating in metropolitan Atlanta; grants in Virginia are typically reserved only for those organizations that Mrs. Lettie Pate Evans supported during her life. Traditionally, preference has been given to one-time capital projects and to other extraordinary needs of well-established organizations with a broad base of community support and proven ability to meet an annual operating budget. Grants for regular operating expenses are avoided. No grants are made to individuals.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202611349349102611. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2025

All 10 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Children's Healthcare of AtlantaGA$8,600,031Pediatric medical residency program conducted by Children's in partnership with the Emory University School of Medicine.
2Atlanta Botanical GardenGA$5,000,044$150 million campaign to expand the Garden by eight acres and construct a new entrance on the Atlanta Beltline.
3Museum of Contemporary Art of GeorgiaGA$2,000,000$14.5 million campaign to establish a permanent facility at the Goat Farm Arts Center.
4Greater Atlanta Christian SchoolGA$1,500,000Construction of Student Learning Commons as part of $30.82 million campaign.
5Robert W Woodruff Arts CenterGA$1,300,036Continuation of Family Fun program to expand access to the Woodruff Arts Center campus.
6Whitefield AcademyGA$1,000,000Construction of Learning Commons as part of $39.2 million campaign.
7Boys Home of VirginiaVA$550,000Support of critical facility needs for residential campus serving at-risk boys.
8Georgia Historical SocietyGA$500,000Expansion of education and outreach programs as part of $30 million comprehensive campaign.
9Lowndes-valdosta Arts CommissionGA$500,000$8.9 million campaign to construct the Children's Imagination Station at the Turner Center for the Arts.
10Young Harris CollegeGA$500,000Development of work-study program to improve student success and job readiness.

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202015$21.2M
202111$23.3M
202213$25.2M
202317$29.9M
202412$28.5M
2025 (partial year)10$21.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Georgia90%
Virginia10%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

David P StockertTrustee · 2025
E Jenner Wood IiiTrustee- Chair · 2025
Eli P NiepokyTreasurer · 2025
Erik S JohnsonPresident - elected 2/1/2025 · 2025
Lawrence L Gellerstedt IiiTrustee- Vice Chair · 2025
Lizanne ThomasTrustee · 2025
Lyons GrayTrustee · 2025
P Russell HardinPresident - retired 1/31/2025 · 2025
Sara E BlalockSecretary - elected 2/1/2025 · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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