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 2022–2025. 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
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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