Lettie donated millions of dollars to more than 130 different organizations during her lifetime, particularly in Virginia and Georgia.
Since her sons were financially well off, in 1945 she established the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, which received her entire estate upon her death eight years later.
Thus, between donations in her lifetime and those of the foundation, charitable organizations have received over a billion dollars under her auspices.

Evans was a devout Episcopalian, and gave generously to the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia which was formed in 1919 and encompassed both her hometown and residence after her sons were grown.
She also donated generously to the Virginia Theological Seminary which in 1998 established an award to honor lay church leaders in her name.

Evans served as a trustee of Emory University, Agnes Scott College, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the American Hospital of Paris.
She donated significantly to the Georgia Institute of Technology (whose administration building shown above is named for her), as well as Berry College, the College of William and Mary,  Washington and Lee University, and Bruton Parish in Williamsburg and many other educational and religious institutions.
Lettie donated millions of dollars to more than 130 different organizations during her lifetime, particularly in Virginia and Georgia. Since her sons were financially well off, in 1945 she established the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, which received her entire estate upon her death eight years later. Thus, between donations in her lifetime and those of the foundation, charitable organizations have received over a billion dollars under her auspices.
Evans was a devout Episcopalian, and gave generously to the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia which was formed in 1919 and encompassed both her hometown and residence after her sons were grown. She also donated generously to the Virginia Theological Seminary which in 1998 established an award to honor lay church leaders in her name.
Evans served as a trustee of Emory University, Agnes Scott College, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the American Hospital of Paris. She donated significantly to the Georgia Institute of Technology (whose administration building shown above is named for her), as well as Berry College, the College of William and Mary,  Washington and Lee University, and Bruton Parish in Williamsburg and many other educational and religious institutions.
Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans