Funding search · EIN 586012629 · Atlanta, GA

Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation

Name: Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

627
grants reported: $186.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $252,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship scholarships nursing health care women allied aged

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Nursing scholarships at Southeastern colleges and health science schools
General undergraduate scholarship support at private liberal arts colleges
Allied health, medical, dental and public health scholarships
Residential care of senior women at retirement communities
Scholarships at historically Black colleges and women's colleges

Typical grant

The median grant is $252,000 and the middle half falls between $167,500 and $355,000, with a long tail up to $2.9 million for Emory. The biggest checks go to large university systems with multiple health science schools; the smaller ones go to single-program nursing schools, community college foundations and senior care homes. With 627 grants to 212 recipients across three years, nearly every grantee is funded annually, so this is a renewing portfolio rather than a rotating one.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“For nursing scholarships”
“For general scholarship support”
“For nursing and allied health scholarships”
“For the care of senior women”
“For general, nursing, allied health and public health scholarships”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame the ask as named scholarships for women students, not program operations, faculty lines or research.
Anchor to nursing or allied health if your institution sits in VA, NC, GA, TN or SC.
Ask in the $170,000 to $355,000 band unless you house multiple health science schools.
Senior care applicants should describe residential care of older women specifically, matching the retirement community grantees.

Worth knowing: This is a scholarship funder for women, not a research funder, and the record shows no project or program grants at all. Giving concentrates heavily in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia at a stable set of institutions that repeat every year, so a new entrant is competing for a small share of an already committed pool.

3 grants matching “palliative and hospice care” · $480,000

$165,000
Hospice & Palliative Care Center · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
For the care of senior women.
$165,000
Hospice & Palliative Care Center · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
For the care of aged women.
$150,000
Hospice & Palliative Care Center · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
For the care of aged women.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Emory University3 grants · $8.6M
Mercer University3 grants · $2.8M
Radford University Foundation3 grants · $2.4M
Medical College of Virginia Foundation3 grants · $2.4M
University of Virginia Medical School Foundation3 grants · $2.4M
Spelman College3 grants · $2.3M
Westminster-Canterbury Foundation3 grants · $2.3M
Augusta University Foundation3 grants · $2.2M
Berry College3 grants · $2.2M
A G Rhodes Home3 grants · $2.0M

Giving over time

$59.1M

2022

$64.0M

2023

$63.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 627 grants.

$2.9M
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
For general, nursing, allied health and public health scholarships.
$2.9M
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$2.8M
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$942,000
Mercer University · Macon, GA · 2024
For general and nursing scholarships.
$942,000
Mercer University · Macon, GA · 2023
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$868,000
Mercer University · Macon, GA · 2022
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$813,500
Westminster-Canterbury Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024
For the care of senior women.
$810,500
Radford University Foundation · Radford, VA · 2024
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$810,500
Radford University Foundation · Radford, VA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$809,000
Medical College of Virginia Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024
For nursing scholarships.
$809,000
Medical College of Virginia Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023
For nursing and nurse practitioner scholarships.
$804,800
University of Virginia Medical School Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
For medical and nursing scholarships.
$804,800
University of Virginia Medical School Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
For medicine, nursing and allied health scholarships.
$802,000
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$802,000
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$793,500
Westminster-Canterbury Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023
For the care of aged women.
$760,000
Augusta University Foundation · Augusta, GA · 2024
For nursing, medical, dental, public health and allied health scholarships.
$760,000
Augusta University Foundation · Augusta, GA · 2023
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$752,000
Radford University Foundation · Radford, VA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$750,000
Berry College · Rome, GA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$750,000
Berry College · Rome, GA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$750,000
Medical College of Virginia Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2022
For nursing and nurse practitioner scholarships.
$745,000
University of Virginia Medical School Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
For medicine, nursing and allied health scholarships.
$743,000
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$736,000
Westminster-Canterbury Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2022
For the care of aged women.
$704,000
Augusta University Foundation · Augusta, GA · 2022
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$700,000
A G Rhodes Home · Atlanta, GA · 2024
For the care of senior women.
$700,000
A G Rhodes Home · Atlanta, GA · 2023
For the care of aged women.
$695,000
Berry College · Rome, GA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$668,750
University of Virginia Alumni Association · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$668,750
University of Virginia Alumni Association · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$647,000
A G Rhodes Home · Atlanta, GA · 2022
For the care of aged women.
$625,000
University of Virginia Alumni Association · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$616,000
Agnes Scott College · Decatur, GA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$616,000
Agnes Scott College · Decatur, GA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$615,000
Oglethorpe University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$615,000
Oglethorpe University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$605,000
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$605,000
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$577,000
Presbyterian Homes of Georgia · Quitman, GA · 2024
For the care of senior women.
$577,000
Presbyterian Homes of Georgia · Quitman, GA · 2023
For the care of aged women.
$571,000
Agnes Scott College · Decatur, GA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$570,000
Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024
For nursing scholarships.
$570,000
Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023
For nursing scholarships.
$570,000
Oglethorpe University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$560,000
Georgia State University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$560,000
Georgia State University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$547,000
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$545,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$545,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$534,000
Presbyterian Homes of Georgia · Quitman, GA · 2022
For the care of aged women.
$518,000
Georgia State University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$515,000
Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2024
For general and nursing scholarships.
$515,000
Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2023
For general and nursing scholarships.
$513,500
Millsaps College · Jackson, MS · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$513,500
Millsaps College · Jackson, MS · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$500,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$499,000
Georgia Southern University Foundation · Statesboro, GA · 2024
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$499,000
Georgia Southern University Foundation · Statesboro, GA · 2023
For nursing scholarships.
$486,000
Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2022
For general and nursing scholarships.
$485,000
Millsaps College · Jackson, MS · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$481,000
Birmingham-Southern College · Birmingham, AL · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$480,777
University of Virginia'S College at Wise Foundation · Wise, VA · 2024
For general, nursing and allied health scholarships.
$480,777
University of Virginia'S College at Wise Foundation · Wise, VA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$470,000
University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$470,000
University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$463,000
Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer · Atlanta, GA · 2024
For the care of senior women.
$463,000
Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer · Atlanta, GA · 2023
For the care of aged women.
$463,000
Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer · Atlanta, GA · 2022
For the care of aged women.
$462,000
Georgia Southern University Foundation · Statesboro, GA · 2022
For nursing scholarships.
$460,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
For nursing and medical scholarships.
$460,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$455,000
The University of North Carolina · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
For general and nursing scholarships.
$455,000
The University of North Carolina · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$454,000
Birmingham-Southern College · Birmingham, AL · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$447,330
University of Virginia'S College at Wise Foundation · Wise, VA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$446,000
Lagrange College · Lagrange, GA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$446,000
Lagrange College · Lagrange, GA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$445,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2024
For general, medical and master of social work scholarships.
$445,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
For medical and master of social work scholarships.
$442,000
The University of North Carolina · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$440,640
Marymount University · Arlington, VA · 2024
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$440,640
Marymount University · Arlington, VA · 2023
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$440,000
University of Mississippi Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2024
For nursing, dental, medical and allied health scholarships.
$440,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
For nursing scholarships.
$440,000
University of Mississippi Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2023
For scholarships in nursing and health related professions.
$440,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
For nursing scholarships.
$433,080
James Madison University Foundation · Harrisonburg, VA · 2024
For nursing scholarships.
$433,080
James Madison University Foundation · Harrisonburg, VA · 2023
For nursing scholarships.
$430,920
Shenandoah University · Winchester, VA · 2024
For nursing scholarships.
$430,920
Shenandoah University · Winchester, VA · 2023
For nursing and allied health scholarships.
$430,000
University of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$430,000
University of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$428,000
University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$427,000
Young Harris College · Young Harris, GA · 2024
For general scholarship support.
$427,000
Young Harris College · Young Harris, GA · 2023
For general scholarship support.
$425,000
Lagrange College · Lagrange, GA · 2022
For general scholarship support.
$424,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
For medical and master of social work scholarships.
$420,000
Queens University of Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
For general and nursing scholarships.
$420,000
Queens University of Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
For general scholarship support.

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.