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Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc at a glance

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Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$21M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$8.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$47MEducation$43MArts & Culture$26MEnvironment$17MAnimals$8.0MHuman Services$6.0MReligion$1.6MYouth Development$850kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,300,036
Median grant
2
States reached
$244M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta$8,600,031
Atlanta Botanical Garden$5,000,044
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia$2,000,000
Greater Atlanta Christian School$1,500,000
Robert W Woodruff Arts Center$1,300,036
Whitefield Academy$1,000,000
Boys Home of Virginia$550,000
Lowndes-Valdosta Arts Commission$500,000
Young Harris College$500,000
Georgia Historical Society$500,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $800k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Westminster Canterbury Foundation: $500k → 9%Moving in the Spirit: $300k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$103M · 15 repeat orgs$46M to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
32

Total granted

$103M
$40M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+11%

Still filing today

93%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $38M · revenue +33%
  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $8.2M · revenue +62%
  • AS
    Agnes Scott College
    2× · 2022–2023 · $7.0M · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • AF
    ATLANTA FULTON COUNTY ZOO INC
    one grant, 2023 · $8.0M · revenue -9%
  • CH
    Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $7.4M
  • YO
    YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta
    one grant, 2020 · $5.0M
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

The broad mission of the ASCSA has remained constant over its distinguished history: teaching research archaeological exploration publication and dissemination of research. Founded in 1881 the ASCSA provides graduate students and scholars…

Arts & Culture
5
Rollins College

Education and Public Service Mission: Rollins College educates students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. We are committed to liberal arts ethos and…

Education
6
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
7
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
8
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
9
Chesterton Academy of Atlanta Inc

The corporation will serve to establish and direct a classical high schoolgrounded in the catholic faith in western cobb county, georgia, usa.

Education
10
Amazement Square

The museum's mission is dedicated to motivating children and adults of all backgrounds and abilities toward greater creativity and understanding of themselves and the world through hands-on learning.

Arts & Culture
11
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
12
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School

We engage a diverse community of learners in a collaborative educational experience, preparing them for college success and a lifetime of meaningful engagement with the broader world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Ballet Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gracepoint School Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
25/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $38,200,145 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLAN…+2 more: $1,500,000 · HealthChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation: $7,400,051 · OtherChildren's Healthcare …Agnes Scott College: $7,000,000 · OtherAgnes Scott CollegeYMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta: $5,000,037 · OtherYMCA of Metropolitan A…HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC: $2,000,000 · OtherHOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOP…THE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC: $2,000,000 · OtherTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INCHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $1,500,000 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN VIRGINIA: $1,000,000 · OtherWHITEFIELD ACADEMY INC: $1,000,000 · Other+8 more: $3,050,000 · Other+8 moreSpelman College: $12,000,007 · EducationSpelman CollegeThe Westminster Schools Inc: $4,000,001 · EducationThe Westminster School…PACE ACADEMY INC: $2,000,000 · EducationPACE ACADEMY INCTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $2,000,000 · EducationTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOP…WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $1,750,000 · EducationWESLEYAN COLLEGEGREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $1,500,000 · EducationWESLEYAN SCHOOL INC: $1,500,000 · EducationYOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE: $1,500,000 · EducationBRENAU UNIVERSITY INC: $1,500,000 · EducationValdosta State University Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 · Education+2 more: $1,000,000 · EducationROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $8,200,062 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF …VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,500,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA HISTORICA…Fernbank Inc: $2,500,000 · Arts & CultureFernbank IncTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF GEORGIA INC: $2,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF CONT…THE ATLANTA OPERA INC: $1,800,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ATLANTA OPERA …SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATIONINC: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $1,000,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $3,870,000 · Arts & Culture+10 moreTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $15,000,084 · EnvironmentTHE ATLANTA …THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,000,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FO…ATLANTA FULTON COUNTY ZOO INC: $8,000,025 · AnimalsWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Human ServicesMOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $500,000 · Philanthropy
Health$39,700,145Other$29,950,088Education$29,750,008Arts & Culture$23,870,062Environment$17,000,084Animals$8,000,025Human Services$800,000Philanthropy$500,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $38,200,145 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $15,000,084 over 2y, 13% of budgetSpelman College: $12,000,007 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $8,200,062 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetATLANTA FULTON COUNTY ZOO INC: $8,000,025 over 1y, 17% of budgetAgnes Scott College: $7,000,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $4,000,001 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,500,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetFernbank Inc: $2,500,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPACE ACADEMY INC: $2,000,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $2,000,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC: $2,000,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF GEORGIA INC: $2,000,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTHE ATLANTA OPERA INC: $1,800,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetWESLEYAN COLLEGE: $1,750,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetGREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWESLEYAN SCHOOL INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetYOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE: $1,500,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $1,500,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetBRENAU UNIVERSITY INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATIONINC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetValdosta State University Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetWHITEFIELD ACADEMY INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetCENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC: $750,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetThe Theatrical Outfit Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society: $500,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetLOWNDES-VALDOSTA ARTS COMMISSION I: $500,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC: $500,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCANTERBURY COURT INC: $500,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetGRACEPOINT SCHOOL INC: $500,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAURORA THEATRE INC: $500,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOL INC: $500,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetATLANTA BALLET INC: $500,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCherokee County Historical Society: $300,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetMOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $300,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $200,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHISTORIC RURAL CHURCHES OF GEORGIA INC: $150,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetBREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetATLANTA CONTEMPORY ART CENTER INC: $120,000 over 1y, 20% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…The Arthur M Blank Fa…Georgia Power Foundat…J Bulow Campbell Foun…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Fraser-Parker Foundat…The Imlay Foundation …Community Foundation …Charles Loridans Foun…Raymond James Charita…AEC TrustTr Walter Rich Et Al …
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA38.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Fraser-Parker Foundation · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Charles Loridans Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · AEC Trust · Tr Walter Rich Et Al Mem Fd Uw

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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