The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation is a charity dedicated to the support of women in nine southeastern states. The Foundation devotes most of its resources to the Lettie Pate Whitehead scholarship program, which provides scholarship grants to schools and colleges for deserving female students. The Foundation also supports selected nursing homes and hospices in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia serving the needs of elderly women.
Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans' youngest son, Conkey Pate Whitehead, was born in Chattanooga, reared in Atlanta, and educated in local schools before matriculating at Yale University. He served as an officer of the Whitehead Realty Company and other family business enterprises. Influenced by his parents’ generous example, Conkey provided in his will for the creation of the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation as a memorial to his mother. The Foundation was chartered in 1946 for the aid and benefit of poor and needy Christian girls and women in nine specified states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation is a Georgia not-for-profit corporation governed by a self-perpetuating board of trustees. The Foundation shares a common administrative arrangement with the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, and the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation.
The Foundation does not make grants to individuals. Applications for individual scholarship aid should be made directly to the institutions. All other correspondence, including inquiries from institutions eligible for Foundation support, should be directed to the President of the Foundation.
Contact: P. Russell Hardin, President
Financial Data (year ended 12/31/10) Assets: $1,050,098,964 Grants paid in 2010: $27,609,500 for 215 grants Most recent tax return:
Trustees Dr. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr., Chairman Lyons Gray, Vice Chairman Bolling P. Spalding
Alternate Trustee Herbert A. Claiborne, III
Officers P. Russell Hardin, President J. Lee Tribble, Treasurer Erik S. Johnson, Secretary Elizabeth A. Smith, Grants Officer
Educational Institutions
Alabama Auburn University Foundation Birmingham-Southern College Capstone Foundation of the University of Alabama Huntingdon College Judson College University of Mobile Oakwood College Samford University University of South Alabama Spring Hill College Stillman College Talladega College Tuskegee University University of Alabama in Birmingham Medical Center
Florida Barry University Bethune-Cookman College Eckerd College Florida Institute of Technology Florida Southern College Florida State University Foundation University of Miami Rollins College University of South Florida Stetson University
Georgia Agnes Scott College Andrew College Armstrong Atlantic State University Foundation Atlanta College of Art Augusta State University Berry College Brenau University Brewton-Parker College Clark Atlanta University Clayton State University Covenant College Emory University Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University Georgia College & State University Foundation, Inc. Georgia Southern University Foundation, Inc. Georgia State University Foundation, Inc. Kennesaw State University Foundation LaGrange College Medical College of Georgia Mercer University North Georgia College & State University Oglethorpe University Paine College Piedmont College Reinhardt University St. Joseph's Mercy Foundation Shorter University Spelman College Thomas University Truett-McConnell College Valdosta State University Foundation, Inc. Wesleyan College University of West Georgia Young Harris College
Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana Dillard University Louisiana College Louisiana State University at Alexandria Louisiana State University at Eunice Louisiana Tech University University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of Louisiana at Monroe Foundation Loyola University New Orleans Our Lady of the Lake College Southeastern Louisiana University Foundation Tulane University Xavier University of Louisiana
Mississippi Belhaven College Millsaps College Mississippi College Mississippi University for Women Foundation University of Mississippi Medical Center Rust College University of Southern Mississippi Foundation, Inc. Tougaloo College
North Carolina Barton College Belmont Abbey College Brevard College Cabarrus College of Health Sciences Campbell University Catawba College Chowan College Davidson College Duke University Elon University Forsyth Country Day School Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation Gardner-Webb University Greensboro College Guilford College Lees-McRae College Lenoir-Rhyne College Louisburg College Mars Hill College Meredith College Montreat College North Carolina Baptist Hospital University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of North Carolina School of the Arts North Carolina Wesleyan College Pfeiffer University Queens University of Charlotte St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College St. Augustine’s College Saint Mary’s School Salem Academy Salem College Warren Wilson College Wingate University Winston-Salem State University
South Carolina Anderson University Charleston Southern University Claflin University Clemson University Foundation Coker College College of Charleston Columbia College Converse College Erskine College Furman University Health Sciences Foundation for the Medical University of South Carolina Presbyterian College University of South Carolina Educational Foundation Spartanburg Methodist College Wofford College
Tennessee Baptist College of Health Sciences Belmont University Carson-Newman College Christian Brothers University Cumberland University Fisk University King College Lee University Martin Methodist College Maryville College Meharry Medical College University of Memphis Foundation Rhodes College University of Tennessee Tusculum College Union University University of the South Vanderbilt University
Virginia Averett University Mary Baldwin College Bluefield College Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Bridgewater College The Cameron Foundation Christchurch School Collegiate School Danville Regional Health Foundation Eastern Mennonite University Emory & Henry College Episcopal High School Ferrum College Georgetown University Hampton Roads Academy Hampton University Hollins University Jefferson College of Health Sciences Lewis-Gale Foundation Longwood University Foundation Lynchburg College James Madison University Foundation Marymount University George Mason University Medical College of Virginia Foundation New Community School Christopher Newport University Educational Foundation, Inc. Oak Hill Academy Old Dominion University Radford University Randolph-Macon ColIege Randolph-Macon Woman’s College School of the Richmond Ballet University of Richmond Riverside Hospital Roanoke College St. Catherine’s School St. Margaret’s School St. Paul’s College St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Shenandoah University Stuart Hall Sweet Briar College Theatre IV Virginia Intermont College Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Virginia Union University University of Virginia College at Wise Foundation University of Virginia Fund University of Virginia Medical School Foundation Virginia Wesleyan College University of Mary Washington Foundation, Inc. Washington & Lee University College of William & Mary
Care for Aged Women
Georgia A. G. Rhodes Home Catholic Social Services of Atlanta, Inc. Emory University Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home Presbyterian Village, Austell, Inc. Visiting Nurse Health System-Hospice Atlanta
North Carolina Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community Baptist Retirement Homes Hospice of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Inc. Moravian Home, Inc. Penick Home
Virginia Goodwin House Foundation Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury Foundation Westminster-Canterbury Foundation Westminster-Canterbury in Virginia Beach
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