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Tracked since
April 2026

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Eligible organizations

  • Grants awarded to participating senior care facilities (not to individuals)

Other requirements

  • Facilities must be among the designated 15 institutions

Not eligible / not funded

  • Not eligible: Individuals

Overview

Senior Care Program

Geographic Scope: 15 senior care facilities in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia

Focus Areas:

  • Need-based financial assistance for senior Christian women

  • Care of senior women of limited means

  • Support for senior women who have met with adversity
  • Key Information:

  • Supports 15 facilities across three states

  • Small but significant part of the Foundation's grants portfolio

  • Inspired by Mrs. Whitehead's personal history and her bequest of home furnishings and antiques to residents

  • Ongoing annual grants to eligible facilities
  • Participating Senior Care Facilities:

    Georgia:

  • A.G. Rhodes

  • Crestview Health & Rehabilitation Center

  • Our Lady of Perpetual Health Home

  • Presbyterian Homes of Georgia, Inc. (Austell and Quitman)

  • Sadie G. Mays Health and Rehabilitation Center
  • North Carolina:

  • Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community

  • Moravian Home, Inc. (Salemtowne)

  • Penick Home Senior Services

  • ThriveMore

  • Trellis Supportive Care
  • Virginia:

  • Goodwin Living

  • Rappahannock

  • Westminster-Canterbury

  • Westminster Canterbury Richmond

  • Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay
  • Eligibility:

  • Grants awarded to participating senior care facilities (not to individuals)

  • Facilities must be among the designated 15 institutions
  • What They Don't Fund:

  • Grants to individuals

  • New institutions are rarely added to the grants program
  • Contact Information:

  • Email: fdns@woodruff.org

  • Phone: 404.522.6755

  • Contact persons: Carrie Conway or Emily Patteson
  • How to Apply

    Application Process

    Note: The Foundation does not make grants to individuals. Individuals seeking senior care assistance must contact their facility directly.

    For Participating Senior Care Institutions:

    Institutions submit annual grant requests through the grant portal:

    1. Grant Acceptance Letter (Due: March 15)
    - Log in to grant portal with designated primary contact credentials
    - Click "Submit Other Requirements"
    - Upload signed letter on letterhead confirming acceptance of proposed grant
    - Accept grant conditions

    2. Senior Care Report of Awards (Due: September 1)
    - Log in to grant portal with primary contact credentials
    - Click "Submit Other Requirements"
    - Complete report with details about each person receiving funds from the Foundation

    3. Grant Request Letter (Due: September 30)
    - Click "Submit Grant Request Letter for Senior Care Institutions"
    - Log in with primary contact credentials
    - Upload signed letter on letterhead with institutional update and grant request for upcoming year

    What Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc actually gave

    Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024

    Grants in 2024
    208
    Total given
    $63.29M
    Median grant
    $254K
    Range
    $73K–$2.94M
    • By dollars: Virginia 28%, Georgia 26%, North Carolina 18%. Top recipient cities: Richmond, VA; Winstonsalem, NC; Atlanta, GA.
    • 65% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
    • <1% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

    Example grants

    • Emory University · Atlanta, GA

      For general, nursing, allied health and public health scholarships

      $2.94M

    • Mercer University · Macon, GA

      For general and nursing scholarships

      $942K

    • Westminster-Canterbury Foundation · Richmond, VA

      For the care of senior women

      $814K

    • Radford University Foundation Inc · Radford, VA

      For nursing and allied health scholarships

      $811K

    • Medical College of Virginia Foundation · Richmond, VA

      For nursing scholarships

      $809K

    IRS Form 990 filing, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    seniorschristian-nonprofits

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