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US nonprofit · EIN 200832182 · Cherokee, OKiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 200832182) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

AEC Foundation's network

8 people2 organisationsi8 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Cari DietzDirector2018
8 yrs
Darrin LancasterDirector2018
8 yrs
Debbie BibyPresident2018
8 yrs
Keith SmithDirector2018
8 yrs
Paul JacksonDirector2018
8 yrs
Rob DaughheteeCompany secretary2022
4 yrs
Stan MichaelDirector2018
8 yrs
Terry PedersonVice President2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Gail RidgwayFoundation Mgr.since 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Darrin LancasterDirector0$0
Terry PedersonVice President0$0
Debbie BibyPresident0$0
Paul JacksonDirector0$0
Stan MichaelDirector0$0
Keith SmithDirector0$0
Cari DietzDirector0$0
Rob DaughheteeSecretary0$0
Gail RidgwayFoundation Mgr.0$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Aec Foundation
EIN
200832182
Address
305 W 12th St, Cherokee, OK, 73728-4015
State
Oklahoma
Activity (NTEE)
T31 Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 January 2005
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsCari Dietz
≥8years on the filingsDarrin Lancaster
≥8years on the filingsDebbie Biby
≥8years on the filingsKeith Smith

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$44k
Net assets or fund balances
$44k