Agnes Scott College

Grants

Grants Program

The Lettie Pate Evans Foundation invests in education and arts and culture to improve quality of life.

Our Approach

We typically make a small number of large grants for organizations with strong staff and volunteer board leadership, a broad base of financial support, successful program outcomes, and the capacity to sustain work long-term.

We prefer not to be the only funder for a project but to participate with other donors in supporting initiatives led by community partners. We seek to help organizations with a proven track record stretch further to seize new opportunities or to accelerate impact. Most grants support one-time needs rather than ongoing program or operating needs.

Three young women walking and talking together on a college campus, with red brick buildings and trees in the background. 
Spelman College
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by David Stover

What We Fund

The Foundation supports organizations located and operating in Georgia, with a focus on metro Atlanta. We make occasional grants for organizations in Virginia that were supported by Mrs. Evans. In keeping with our founder’s giving interests, we invest primarily in two areas.

People on stage at a school event, with children and adults. Some children are in red and white costumes, holding a banner that says 'New York International School.' One person with a mask is sitting in front, playing a horn. A person is taking a photo of the scene. The stage is decorated with colorful balloons. 
The Atlanta Opera by Raftermen
A man and a young woman having a conversation outdoors in a grassy field with cows in the background. The man is older with dark skin, wearing glasses and a red checkered shirt. The woman has light skin, curly red hair, and is dressed in a gray T-shirt with a logo that reads 'Berry College Department of Animal Science,' holding a clipboard and pen. 
Berry College by Brant Sanderlin