Funding search · EIN 860647807 · Tucson, AZ

Margaret E Mooney Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

41
grants reported
$6.9M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$125,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • University of Arizona Foundation4 grants · $1.1M
  • Children'S Museum Tucson2 grants · $980,000
  • Literacy Connects2 grants · $610,249
  • United Way of Tucson and So Az4 grants · $608,000
  • Habitat for Humanity1 grant · $565,136
  • Mobile Meals of Southern Az2 grants · $500,000
  • El Rio Health Center Foundation1 grant · $500,000
  • Stratford Art Works3 grants · $303,000
  • Drawing Studio1 grant · $300,000
  • Reid Park Zoological Society2 grants · $250,000

Giving over time

$1.9M
2022
$1.7M
2023
$1.7M
2024
$1.7M
2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

  • $750,000

    Children'S Museum Tucson · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $565,136

    Habitat for Humanity · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Capital fund - land donation

  • $500,000

    El Rio Health Center Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    Health facility capital funds

  • $500,000

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    Azpm - building bridges campaign

  • $360,249

    Literacy Connects · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Community literacy programs - mortgage relief

  • $300,000

    Drawing Studio · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Community capital funds

  • $250,000

    Literacy Connects · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    Endowment

  • $250,000

    Mobile Meals of Southern Az · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Community capital funds

  • $250,000

    Amerind Foundation · Dragoon, AZ · 2022

    Community capital funds

  • $250,000

    Mobile Meals of Southern Az · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Community capital funds

  • $240,000

    Ymca of Southern Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Capital funds for youth programs

  • $230,000

    Children'S Museum Tucson · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    Capital campaign

  • $225,000

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Education - camp cooper (capital)

  • $225,000

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Camp cooper program

  • $220,000

    Tucson Children'S Museum · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Youth capacity capital

  • $200,000

    Stratford Art Works · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Community - teatro carmen restoration

  • $175,000

    United Way of Tucson and So Az · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    C2c partnership - cradle to career

  • $175,000

    United Way of Tucson and So Az · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    C2c partnership - cradle to career

  • $150,000

    United Way of Tucson and So Az · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Cradle to career (c2c partnership

  • $125,000

    Reid Park Zoological Society · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Capital campaign

  • $125,000

    Pima Council On Aging · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Education - building funds for caregiver training institute

  • $125,000

    Reid Park Zoological Society · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Capital funds for red panda exhibit

  • $108,000

    United Way of Tucson and So Az · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Education - capacity building funds

  • $100,000

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Education - african american museum of so. Az (program)

  • $100,000

    Community Foundation of Southern Az · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Community capital funds

  • $100,000

    Stratford Art Works · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Community - capital improvement funds for new building

  • $52,500

    Arizona Theater Company · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Community theater - unrestricted

  • $51,500

    Arizona Opera Company · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    Music - unrestricted gift and sponsorship of 'barber of seville'

  • $51,000

    Pima Community College Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Education - endowed scholarships

  • $50,000

    Loft Cinema · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Community arts - capital funds (elevator)

  • $25,000

    Jewish Community Center · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Taglit program

  • $25,000

    Act One · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Program underwriting

  • $25,000

    Homicide Survivors · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Community unrestricted funds

  • $10,000

    Foundation for Creative Broadcastin · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Capital renovations

  • $3,000

    Stratford Art Works · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Community arts - filmfest sponsorship

  • $2,500

    Arizona Theater Company · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    General operating - unrestricted gift

  • $2,500

    Arizona Theater Company · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Community theater - unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Arizona Opera Company · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    Music - unrestricted funds

  • $2,500

    Arizona Theater Company · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Community theater - unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Arizona Opera Company · Phoenix, AZ · 2025

    General operating - unrestricted gift

  • $1,000

    Arizona Opera Company · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    Music - unrestricted gift

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.