Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231352614
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
Phone
6109222300
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,764,439
Expenses
$20,158,357
Assets
$44,483,190
Liabilities
$27,325,444

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JONATHAN ZABUSKY (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT ERLBAUM (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • LISA B SANDLER (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFREY N RETIG (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • HOWARD TREATMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARSHALL LESACK (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $306,269 total reported compensation
  • ALEX STROKER (CHIEF OPERATIONS & DEVELOP): $258,918 total reported compensation
  • REBECCA TRAJTENBERG (EMPLOYEE): $175,233 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Jack m. Barrack hebrew academy is a pluralistic jewish day school for students in grades six through twelve from a broad variety of backgrounds. The school integrates a comprehensive and rigorous college preparatory curriculum with the teaching of essential jewish and american values and texts. Barrack graduates value diversity, celebrate the richness of judaism's language, culture, and history, and have a strong connection to israel. Barrack prepares future leaders of the american, jewish, and global communities who work for a better world through acts of justice and compassion.

What it reported doing in 2024

Tuition and fees, transportation and trimester in israelthe school provides quality education to students in grades 6 to 12. As barrack students learn, they are challenged by a rigorous curriculum of mathematics, humanities and sciences, including a full range of advanced placement courses that provide thorough preparation for college. Our college preparatory courses are complemented by an enriching jewish studies curriculum. As barrack students grow, they are mentored and supported by talented and caring faculty and by counselors and administrators who work in concert to help each student achieve their full potential.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.9%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.4%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.21; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.9% of revenue deployed · 79.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $306K · 27 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $353K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.