Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans was the wife of Joseph B. Whitehead, one of the original bottlers of Coca-Cola. After Mr. Whitehead's death in 1906, Lettie Pate Whitehead assumed management of his business affairs and served as director of The Coca-Cola Company for almost 20 years. She remarried and moved with her husband, Col. Arthur Kelly Evans, to Hot Springs, Virginia. During her lifetime Mrs. Evans gave generously to causes in Georgia and Virginia. She established the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation in 1945 and made periodic gifts to the Foundation until her death in 1953.

The Foundation is governed by a self-perpetuating board of trustees under the laws of the State of Georgia. Grants are limited to specified public charities in Georgia and Virginia.

Financial Data (year ended 12/31/07)
Assets: $331,845,123
Grants paid in 2007: $8,000,000 for 6 grants
(high: $3,500,000; low: $500,000; general range: $500,000 - $1,000,000)

Trustees
James B. Williams, Chairman
James M. Sibley, Vice Chairman
Dr. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr.
Wilton D. Looney
Charles H. McTier

Staff
P. Russell Hardin, President
J. Lee Tribble, Treasurer
Erik S. Johnson, Secretary
Elizabeth A. Smith, Grants Officer