Peter & Masha Plotkin Foundation
The Peter & Masha Plotkin Memorial Foundation supports arts education by funding student scholarships, art supplies, and student exhibitions. The foundation operates a gallery and event space in Lake Forest, CA and documents donations and programs on its site. The website includes organizational history, board information, and contact details.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A California-based arts or music education organization serving youth (schools, community arts programs, college arts departments, or small arts nonprofits) with program budgets and requests in the $5k–$30k range.
Good Fit
- • Located in California and serving youth arts or music education.
- • Programs that support student scholarships, art supplies, exhibitions, or after-school arts instruction.
- • Request size aligns with past grants (roughly $5,000–$31,000).
- • Existing local relationships, referrals, or prior informal contact with foundation leadership or board.
Geography
Observed giving is fully concentrated in California across the available years, with all grants recorded in-state in the latest filings.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 14 distinct grantees (and similar counts in prior years) with a mix of schools, colleges, and community arts groups, and nine new recipients in the most recent year.
New Applicants
Behavioral evidence shows the foundation did add new grantees (nine new recipients in the latest year), but the foundation publicly states it funds only preselected applicants and does not offer an open competitive application, suggesting new entrants are possible but typically through nomination or relationship channels.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
