· Private foundation
Peter & Masha Plotkin Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $175k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL | $19,000 |
| OTIS COLLEGE | $15,000 |
| INNER-CITY ARTS | $15,000 |
| FAIRBURN YOUTH ASSOCIATION | $15,000 |
| LOS ANGELES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| HUMA HOUSE INC | $15,000 |
| CHILDREN CAN ACHIEVE | $11,000 |
| FRIENDS OF VOCAL MUSIC | $10,000 |
| LAGUNA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| APA MUSIC THEATER GUILD | $10,000 |
| TRABUCO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| KIDSINGERS | $10,000 |
| LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN | $10,000 |
| IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| VISTAMAR SCHOOL | $7,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LCLAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN8× · 2017–2025 · $87k · revenue +322%
- IAINNER-CITY ARTS5× · 2019–2025 · $82k · revenue +27%
- KKIDSINGERS6× · 2019–2025 · $57k · revenue +26%
Funded once
- THTHE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLAone grant, 2023 · $22k · revenue -14%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $20k
- WCWISH CHARTER SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $15k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…
Tk-12 charter public school focused on educational equity and success for all students with a priority on tradionally underserved populations.
To prepare students for leadership in the arts and business; where creativity, academic knowledge and financial literacy are essential for success. we are providing an education that integrates the four lenses of learning: academics, arts,…
Hollywood Schoolhouse knows, values, and encourages fearless curiosity. Through a blended program of innovative academics and structured learning, our diverse community inspires students to be academically strong, artistically proud,…
White Hall Arts Academy Foundations mission is to use the power of the arts to educate empower and encourage low income communities. We strive to bridge the gap between mental health social emotional learning arts development and creative…
Empower and heal communities through art
Maranatha high school is a christ-centered, evangelical college preparatory school that celebrates the whole student by equipping hearts and minds to reflect god's glory through academics, as well as the arts, athletics, and service. we…
To establish and maintain a positive school culture in which all students are motivated to learn, support each other, and have structures in place that assist students in accessing their full artistic and academic potential.
Da Vinci Schools: LA County consists of a public charter school, RISE High, which exists to provide our students an individualized education through the coalescence of their personal and professional goals, their interests, and the…
Calarts is a multidisciplinary community of artists. our ongoing educational endeavor is grounded in openness, experimentation, critical engagement, and creative freedom. through artistic practice, we transform ourselves, each other, and…
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN ↗
- Who funds INNER-CITY ARTS ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KIDSINGERS ↗
- Who funds WESTCHESTER ENRICHED SCIENCE MAGNETS SCHOOL PTO ↗
- Who funds FAIR BURN YOUTH ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Huma House Inc ↗
- Who funds THE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLA ↗
- Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF PLAYA VENICE SUNRISE ↗
- Who funds VISTAMAR SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Irvine Valley College Foundation ↗
- Who funds WISEBURN EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WESTSIDE INNOVATIVE SCHOOL HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds Friends of the Academy of Music Inc ↗
- Who funds Apa Musical Theater Guild Fund ↗
- Who funds LAX COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Peter & Masha Plotkin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peter & Masha Plotkin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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