Scholarship Program
The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation devotes most of its resources to the Lettie Pate Whitehead scholarship program. Mrs. Whitehead was an ardent supporter of education, and she gave generously to many educational institutions during her life.
Mrs. Whitehead’s Life & Legacy
Mrs. Whitehead’s remarkable life and legacy serve as an inspiration to many students the Foundation supports, including Trinity Hutchins, who received Lettie Pate Whitehead scholarship funding while a student at Berry College.
Taking the Leap
Whitney Palmer is earning a doctorate in higher education from Clark Atlanta University. Her story is one of achievement despite overwhelming odds – a journey that would not have been possible without need-based scholarship support.
The Foundation’s scholarship program awards annual grants for the education of deserving female students with financial need at more than 200 accredited educational institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Most of the scholarship grants support undergraduate higher education, though the Foundation maintains a special interest in health education. A significant number of our grants target education in the medical, nursing and allied health fields. In accordance with the will that established the Foundation, grantee institutions use Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation grants to award need-based scholarships to Christian women who live in one of the specified states. More than 10,000 students receive scholarships each year in individual amounts determined by their respective institutions.
Scholarship applicants should contact their institution for information on how to apply. The Foundation does not award scholarships directly to individuals. Please see below for a list of institutions that participate in our scholarship program. Note the Foundation rarely adds new institutions to this program. For more information, contact Carrie Conway at conway@woodruff.org.Participating Institutions
Alabama
- Auburn University
- Auburn University at Montgomery
- Huntingdon College
- Oakwood University
- Samford University
- Spring Hill College
- Stillman College
- Talladega College
- Tuskegee University
- University of Alabama
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of Mobile
- University of South Alabama
Florida
- Barry University
- Bethune-Cookman University
- Eckerd College
- Florida Institute of Technology
- Florida International University
- Florida Southern College
- Florida State University
- Rollins College
- Stetson University
- University of Miami
- University of South Florida
Georgia
- Agnes Scott College
- Andrew College
- Augusta 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
- Georgia Gwinnett College
- Georgia Southern University
- Georgia State University
- Kennesaw State University
- LaGrange College
- Mercer University
- Oglethorpe University
- Piedmont University
- Reinhardt University
- Shorter University
- Spelman College
- Thomas University
- Truett McConnell University
- University of Georgia
- University of North Georgia
- University of West Georgia
- Valdosta State University
- Wesleyan College
- Young Harris College
Louisiana
- Centenary College of Louisiana
- Dillard University
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
- Louisiana Christian University
- Louisiana State University at Alexandria
- Louisiana State University at Eunice
- Louisiana Tech University
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Southeastern Louisiana University
- Tulane University
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- University of Louisiana at Monroe
- Xavier University of Louisiana
Mississippi
- Belhaven University
- Millsaps College
- Mississippi College
- Mississippi University for Women
- Rust College
- Tougaloo College
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- University of Southern Mississippi
North Carolina
- Barton College
- Belmont Abbey College
- Brevard College
- Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
- Campbell University
- Catawba College
- Chowan University
- Davidson College
- Duke University
- Elon University
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Gardner-Webb University
- Greensboro College
- Guilford College
- Lees-McRae College
- Lenoir-Rhyne University
- Louisburg College
- Mars Hill University
- Meredith College
- Montreat College
- North Carolina Wesleyan College
- Pfeiffer University
- Queens University of Charlotte
- Saint Augustine’s University
- Saint Mary’s School
- Salem Academy
- Salem College
- St. Andrews University
- University of Mount Olive
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Warren Wilson College
- Wingate University
- Winston-Salem State University
South Carolina
- Anderson University
- Charleston Southern University
- Claflin University
- Clemson University
- Coker University
- College of Charleston
- Columbia College
- Converse University
- Erskine College
- Furman University
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Presbyterian College
- Spartanburg Methodist College
- University of South Carolina
- Wofford College
Tennessee
- Baptist Health Sciences University
- Belmont University
- Carson-Newman University
- Christian Brothers University
- Cumberland University
- Fisk University
- King University
- Lee University
- Maryville College
- Rhodes College
- Sewanee-The University of the South
- Tennessee State University
- Tusculum University
- Union University
- University of Memphis
- Vanderbilt University
Virginia
- Averett University
- Bluefield College
- Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing
- Bon Secours Southside College of Health Sciences
- Bridgewater College
- Christchurch School
- Christopher Newport University
- The College of William & Mary
- Collegiate School
- Eastern Mennonite University
- Emory & Henry College
- Episcopal High School
- Ferrum College
- George Mason University
- Hampton Roads Academy
- Hampton University
- Hollins University
- J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- James Madison University
- Longwood University
- The Madeira School
- Mary Baldwin University
- Marymount University
- The New Community School
- Oak Hill Academy
- Old Dominion University
- Radford University
- Randolph ColIege
- Randolph-Macon College
- Riverside College of Health Careers
- Roanoke College
- The School of Richmond Ballet
- Sentara College of Health Sciences
- Shenandoah University
- St. Catherine’s School
- St. Margaret’s School
- St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School
- Stuart Hall School
- Sweet Briar College
- University of Lynchburg
- University of Mary Washington
- University of Richmond
- University of Virginia
- University of Virginia’s College at Wise
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Episcopal School
- Virginia Repertory Theatre
- Virginia Union University
- Virginia Wesleyan University
- Washington and Lee University