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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-5451754

Tim and Barb Cerny Foundation

A private foundation in Fairbanks, AK. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $63,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Tim Cerny
1501 Queens Way
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 458-6108
Form and materials
No specific form developed
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $63,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $5,924

  • Tax year 2024

    $123,560

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $43,974

  • Tax year 2023

    $74,750

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $89,526

  • Tax year 2022

    $20,250

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $85,716

  • Tax year 2021

    $52,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $11,857

  • Tax year 2020

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $4,607

  • Tax year 2019

    $35,850

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $15,553

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $12,413

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Monroe FoundationFairbanks, AK

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $20,500
  2. Fairbanks Community Hospital FoundationFairbanks, AK

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $20,000
  3. Georgetown University School of Foreign ServiceWashington, DC

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $10,000
  4. UA FoundationFairbanks, AK

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $3,000
  5. Resource Center for Parents & ChildrenFairbanks, AK

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $2,500
  6. Georgeson Botanical Garden FriendsFairbanks, AK

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $2,000
  7. Alaska Historical SocietyAnchorage, AK

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $1,000
  8. Bishop O'Connell High SchoolArlington, VA

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $1,000
  9. Pioneer MuseumFairbanks, AK

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $1,000
  10. UW FoundationSeattle, WA

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $1,000
  11. KUAC Friends GroupFairbanks, AK

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $750
  12. Humboldt County Historical SocietyEureka, CA

    Programs Benefitting the Community

    $250

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services1 grant $2,50045% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $2,00036% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $1,00018% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alaska8 grants $50,750
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $1,000
  4. Washington1 grant $1,000
  5. California1 grant $250

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Tim CernyPRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Barbara CernyVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Katie LanningGENERAL MANAGER Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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