Open Foundations · Alaska

Tim and Barb Cerny Foundation

Fairbanks, Alaska · EIN 205451754. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $124K across 14 grants in 2024, a median of $2K each.

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$124K
paid in 2024
14
grants paid
$2K
median grant
87%
to first-time recipients
$44K
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
TIM CERNY
Address
1501 QUEENS WAY, FAIRBANKS, AK, 99701
Phone
9074586108
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NO SPECIFIC FORM DEVELOPED
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523109349100747. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

benefitting community

Biggest grants in 2024

All 14 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Fairbanks Community Hospital FoundationAK$91,500Programs Benefitting the Community
2Georgetown University School of Foreign ServicesDC$10,000Programs Benefitting the Community
3Golden Heart Community FoundationAK$5,000Programs Benefitting the Community
4Fairbanks Rescue MissionAK$3,810Programs Benefitting the Community
5Uaf FoundationAK$3,000Programs Benefitting the Community
6Resource Center for Parents & ChildrenAK$2,500Programs Benefitting the Community
7Georgeson Botanical Garden FriendsAK$2,000Programs Benefitting the Community
8Bishop O'connell High SchoolVA$1,000Programs Benefitting the Community
9Boys & Girls ClubAK$1,000Programs Benefitting the Community
10Bread Line IncAK$1,000Programs Benefitting the Community
11Pioneer MuseumAK$1,000Programs Benefitting the Community
12University of Washington FoundationWA$1,000Programs Benefitting the Community
13Hospice of the ValleyAZ$500Programs Benefitting the Community
14Humboldt County Historical SocietyCA$250Programs Benefitting the Community

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20202$30K
202111$52K
202216$20K
202314$75K
202414$124K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Alaska64%
District of Columbia7%
Virginia7%
Washington7%
Arizona7%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Barbara CernyVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Katie LanningGENERAL MANAGER · 2024
Tim CernyPRESIDENT · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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