Empowerment through education

Our Mission

The Barnik Tarbut Foundation supports enhanced educational and business development opportunities for underserved communities in the United States and in Israel. 

The Foundation is focused on funding early-stage educational programs which provide leadership, management, and business training for underserved communities as well as latter-stage start-up incubation, micro-financing, and other services to help advance the economic and social statuses of individuals within such communities.

As part of its effort, the Foundation is also focused on promoting tolerance, stigma reduction and non-discrimination through supporting opportunities for interaction and collaboration between underserved community members and the larger business community.

Moshe Barnik (1895 - 1939)

About

The Barnik Tarbut Foundation was established in honor of the prolific work and achievements of Moshe Barnik and the Tarbut Organization. 

Moshe Barnik was born in Rozhnyatow, Eastern Galicia, Poland, and went on to study in a rabbinical seminary in Vienna before deciding to lead a secular life. In his twenties, he became the President and Principal of a network of Hebrew Schools centered in Levov, Poland, known as the Tarbut Organization. Through Moshe Barnik's leadership, the Tarbut Organization grew to hundreds of K-12 Jewish Schools in cities and towns throughout Poland prior to the Holocaust.

The Barnik Tarbut Foundation derives it's mission of education and other support services, focusing on minorities and underserved populations, in honor of of Moshe Barnik and his work.