Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$3,123,308

Total expenses

$1,434,875

Contributions and grants received

$3,147,415

Grants paid

$186,427

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$39,350

Other revenue

-$63,457

Total assets, end of year

$3,135,766

Total liabilities, end of year

$108,493

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,027,273

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$996,114

Management and general expenses

$190,094

Fundraising expenses

$248,667

Program service expenses (Part III)

$996,114

Program services were 69.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• IN 2024, THE URBAN DEBATE NETWORK SERVED OVER 10,000 DEBATERS FROM 800 SCHOOLS IN 20 URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES. OVER 70% ARE FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND OVER 80% ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR.

  Expenses $590,651 · Grants $31,000

• NAUDL'S URBAN DEBATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (UDNC) WAS HELD IN CHICAGO, IL IN FY24. EACH OF NAUDL'S 19 LEAGUE PARTNERS WERE ELIGIBLE FOR TWO VARSITY HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE PAIRS TO COMPETE. UDNC SERVED AS A FORUM TO HOST THE ANNUAL NAUDL COACH APPRECIATION CEREMONY, CELEBRATING THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION OF THE NEARLY 800 COACHES IN THE URBAN DEBATE NETWORK. THE DEBATER OF THE YEAR AND SEVEN FINALISTS RECEIVED SMALL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. A COACH OF THE YEAR WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED WITH A SMALL STIPEND.

  Expenses $256,413 · Grants $155,427

• THE NAUDL FELLOWS INTERNSHIP IS A SCALABLE (VIRTUAL) WORKPLACE SKILLS/MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR QUALIFIED URBAN DEBATE ALUMNI (AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE COMPLETED). PROJECTS ENGAGE FELLOWS IN MULTIPLE ROLES AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD AN INITIATIVE, FUNCTION OR PROCESS WITH NAUDL OR A LEAGUE. NAUDL SENIOR STAFF PROVIDED ONGOING OVERSIGHT, COACHING AND ASSESSMENT. ADDITIONALLY, GROUP ROUNDTABLES ARE HOSTED (VIA ZOOM), FEATURING PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS, IN THE WIDELY- ACCEPTED EIGHT COMPETENCIES FOR CAREER-READINESS. IN 2024, WE HAD 10 FELLOWS INTERNSHIPS AND SPENT $50,000. ADDITONALLY IN FY24, NAUDL RELEASED A RESTRICTED GRANT OF $54,050 TO SUPPORT THE NAUDL FELLOW PROGRAM THROUGH THE ALUMNI SUCCESS PROGRAM AND SCHOLARSHIPS/ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR URBAN DEBATERS OR DEBATERS OF EXTREME FINANCIAL NEED. NAUDL HAS BEEN TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS WE HAVE BEEN SERVING IN THE MANNER WHICH CREATES THE MOST BENEFIT FOR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

  Expenses $104,050

• PILOT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR FIVE (5) STUDENTS -- IDENTIFIED FROM THE BOSTON, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, MINNESOTA, AND BAY AREA LEAGUES TO ATTEND ANNUAL SUMMER DARTMOUTH DEBATE INSTITUTE. SELECTION OUTREACH WAS BASED ON LEAGUE PARTNERS THAT HAVE A HISTORY OF COMPETITIVE DEBATE, HAVE SHOWN A CONSISTENCY IN RESPONSIVENESS, AND THAT EXPRESSED AN ACTIVE INTEREST TO NOMINATE DEBATERS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP. EXPENSES COVERED TUITION, ROOM AND BOARD, STUDENT TRAVEL AND INCIDENTALS.

  Expenses $45,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• SILICON VALLEY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE

  $20,239

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT/IRESOLVE

• DALLAS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE

  $17,836

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT/IRESOLVE

• WASHINGTON URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE

  $17,381

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT/IRESOLVE/DART MOUTH INSTITUTE SUMMER CAMP GRANT

• BAY AREA URBAN DEBATE COMMISSION

  $11,872

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT/DART MOUTH INSTITUTE SUMMER CAMP GRANT

• LOS ANGELES METRO DEBATE LEAGUE

  $10,433

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT/DART MOUTH INSTITUTE SUMMER CAMP GRANT

• CHICAGO DEBATES COMMISSION

  $10,255

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT/DART MOUTH INSTITUTE SUMMER CAMP GRANT

• BOSTON DEBATE LEAGUE

  $9,956

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT/DART MOUTH INSTITUTE SUMMER CAMP GRANT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202530519349301123

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