Open Foundations · Arizona

Armstrong Mcdonald Foundation

Tucson, Arizona · EIN 363458711. 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 $2.7M across 21 grants in 2025, a median of $115K each.

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$2.7M
paid in 2025
21
grants paid
$115K
median grant
3%
to first-time recipients
$30.0M
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
MICHAEL BOUCHARD
Address
PO BOX 70110, TUCSON, AZ, 857370110
Phone
5209402492
Form the request should take
APPLICATION MUST BE DOWNLOADED FROM WEBSITE AT WWW.ARMSTRONGMCDONALDFOUNDATION.ORG AND COMPLETED IN ITS ENTIRETY, INCLUDING ALL REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS.
Submission deadline
PER WEBSITE
Restrictions on awards
PER WEBSITE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601329349105020. 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 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

equipment

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 21 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Reid Park ZooAZ$610,000EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING & EQUIPMENT
2University of Arizona Foundation-steele Children's Research CenterAZ$191,222RESEARCH CENTER
3Bellevue UniversityNE$183,900ARMSTRONG MCDONALD FOUNDATION 2024 NATURAL SCIENCES EQUIPMENT
4Children's Museum Tucson IncAZ$152,9252025 PROGRAMMING & EXHIBIT UPDATES
5Tu NiditoAZ$152,925TU NIDITO'S CONTINUUM OF BREAVEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
6University of Arizona Foundation-flandrau Science Center & PlanetariumAZ$152,925K12 FIELD TRIPS & NEW ASTONOMY EXHIBIT
7Mobile Meals of Southern ArizonaAZ$150,000MORE THAN MEALS
8Southern Arizona Aids FoundationAZ$150,000SAAF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES PROGRAMS
9Emerge Center Against Domestic AbuseAZ$135,000LAY LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS 2025
10MosaicNE$130,180RENOVATIONS FOR HOME CARMEL IN AXTELL
11Nortwest School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing ChildrenWA$115,000CLASSROOM SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT FOR DEAF AND HARD-OR HEARING STUDENTS
12Western National Parks AssociationAZ$91,600CONNECTING YOUTH & FAMILIES TO ARIZONA NATIONAL PARKS
13Mosaic Senior Services IncAZ$76,460SUPPORTING STAYING AT HOME
14Special Olympics Arizona IncAZ$76,4602026 TEAM ARIZONA
15Special Olympics Nebraska IncNE$76,460SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA STATE GAMES SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201$1.4M
202124$2.1M
202222$1.2M
202319$1.2M
202422$1.8M
2025 (partial year)21$2.7M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Arizona71%
Nebraska24%
Washington5%

Who decides

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

Laurie BouchardPRESIDENT · 2025
Michael J BouchardSECRETARY/TREASURER · 2025
Ryan M BouchardVICE PRESIDENT · 2025
Todd McdonaldVICE PRESIDENT · 2025

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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