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Cheney Award

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 526025637

Cheney Award is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $2,448 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $816 and the largest $816. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $5,836 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$00$83,626
2024$5,8363$87,079
2025$2,4483$96,593

How to apply

ContactCheney Award Board - Department of
Air Force Manpower and Personnel Ce, Randolph Air Force Bas, TX 78150
Phone or email(210) 652-5151
RestrictionsThe award is bestowed for an act of valor or of extreme fortitude or self-sacrifice in a humanitarian interest, which shall have been performed in connection with aircraft.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in District of Columbia.

StateGrantsAmount
District of Columbia3$2,448

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Captain Brandon J Schneider
Washington, DC
Cheney award$816
Staff Sergent Cody Usher
Washington, DC
Cheney award$816
Staff Sergeant Alfredo Barrios
Washington, DC
Cheney award$816

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cheney Award accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Cheney Award give?

$2,448 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $816.

Who runs Cheney Award?

Its 2025 filing lists PNC Bank N A (Trustee).

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