Distinguished Achievement Award
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Award Type: Recognition Award (not a grant/funding opportunity)
The Distinguished Achievement Award is presented annually at the Wings Club Foundation's Annual Awards Gala to recognize individuals who have made lasting contributions to the field of aviation.
History: Past recipients include many notable figures in aviation history.
Recent Recipients:
- 2023: Ray Conner, Chairman, Pursuit Aerospace; Retired Vice Chair, The Boeing Company; Retired President and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
- 2022: Bill Franke, Managing Partner, Indigo Partners LLC
- 2021: Doug Parker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Airlines Group Inc.
Presentation: Awarded at the Annual Awards Gala in October
Contact:
- Phone: +1 212 867 1770
- Email: info@wingsclub.org
- Address: 200 Park Avenue, East Mezzanine, Suite 11, New York, NY 10166
Note: This is a recognition award, not a financial grant or scholarship.
What The Wings Club Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 11
- Total given
- $290K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $10K–$110K
- By dollars: Florida 38%, New York 22%, Missouri 9%. Top recipient cities: Flushing, NY; Saint Louis, MO; Tuskegee, AL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 18% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology · Flushing, NY
Aviation scholarships
$65K
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL
Aviation scholarships
$20K
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation · Reston, VA
Aviation scholarships
$10K
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA
Aviation scholarships
$10K
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN
Aviation scholarships
$10K
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