Ben B. Cheney Foundation

Welcome

The Foundation is active in communities where the Cheney Lumber Company operated. We make grants to organizations helping improve the quality of life in these communities.

About Us

Ben B. Cheney lived life fully and richly, devoting himself to his work, his family and his community. The Ben B. Cheney Foundation strives to carry on his hopes and dreams for the people and communities that he knew and loved.

Our History

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Community Stories

Feb

Givan Scholarship | Eagle Point, OR

Approaching 50 years of operations, the Ben B. Cheney Foundation’s grantmaking has been funded by the endowment created from the estates of Ben and Marian…

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Jan

New Van | Tacoma, WA

Ashley House provides comprehensive, cost effective, quality care to medically fragile children, teens and young adults in home-like settings. When children with severe medical diagnoses…