Plotkin Foundation Incorporated
The website (The Peter & Masha Plotkin Memorial Foundation) presents the Plotkin family foundation’s mission supporting student artists, a gallery in Lake Forest, CA, board bios, and contact details including an email and address. The site includes program and gallery information but does not prominently list an application or grant guidelines. Multiple funder databases associate this foundation/site with EIN 45-4584526.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small arts, culture, or student-artist program seeking modest project support that aligns with the foundation’s gallery/arts focus and typical grant sizes.
Good Fit
- • Mission focused on arts, culture, or support for student artists.
- • Project or program budgets in the low-thousands to single-digit thousands range.
- • Clear, concise proposals that can be submitted via the website contact form or by mail.
- • Local or small regional cultural organizations or established specialty museums/heritage centers.
Geography
Observed grants across multiple states (recently to Massachusetts and Washington/DC, with prior activity also in New York), indicating a small multi-state footprint rather than a single-city focus.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows only two distinct recipients and overall giving across the two observed years funds a very small set of organizations (with one repeat recipient), so the recipient pool appears narrow.
New Applicants
The foundation publishes rolling submission guidance and a contact route and documented one new grantee in the latest year, but overall giving is concentrated among a tiny circle and repeat funding occurs, so direct evidence of wide access is limited.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
