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The Barrack Family Foundation is a private, grant-making foundation based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, established in 1982. It is led by Leonard Barrack, a prominent Philadelphia-area attorney and alumnus of the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy (formerly Akiba Hebrew Academy), and his wife, Lynne Barrack. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, its primary charitable activity is providing financial support to Jewish community institutions, educational organizations, and other causes, with a particularly strong and long-standing relationship with its namesake school, the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy. The foundation's grant-making is funded primarily through investment income, which in fiscal year 2022 totaled nearly $2 million. Its other known grantees include Har Zion Temple and KleinLife, both located in the greater Philadelphia area, indicating a focus on supporting the local Jewish community. IRS Form 990-PF data confirms the foundation's ongoing support, with a $955,000 unrestricted grant made to the school in fiscal year 2022, demonstrating its role as a major, consistent financial backer. The foundation's most prominent philanthropic relationship is with the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, to which it has donated over $25 million across several decades. This includes a transformative $5 million gift in 2007 that led to the school's renaming from Akiba Hebrew Academy to its current name, and a subsequent $10 million gift in 2025, which stands as the largest single donation in the school's history. The 2025 gift directly enabled the school to purchase a significant portion of its Bryn Mawr campus, a property it had previously leased from the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, leading to its renaming as the Leonard and Lynne Barrack Campus for Jewish Life.