Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SILICON VALLEY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,272,517
Total expenses: $987,681
Contributions and grants received: $1,195,493
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $215,180
Investment income: $1,378
Other revenue: -$139,534
Total assets, end of year: $653,991
Total liabilities, end of year: $85,226
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $568,765
Program services expenses (Part IX): $731,251
Management and general expenses: $65,823
Fundraising expenses: $190,607
Program service expenses (Part III): $731,251

Program services were 74.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1c · Fundraising events

$438,418
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$150,000
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$607,075
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$88,569
2a · Program service revenue: Program fees

total $94,739 · related or exempt $94,739
2b · Program service revenue: Sales

total $77,808 · related or exempt $77,808
2c · Program service revenue: Consulting

total $42,633 · related or exempt $42,633
3 · Investment income

total $1,378 · excluded $1,378
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$438,418
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$139,534
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$139,534 · excluded -$139,534

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $217,447 · program services $162,596 · management and general $8,188 · fundraising $46,663
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $326,588 · program services $245,608 · management and general $12,240 · fundraising $68,740
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $9,629 · program services $6,644 · management and general $385 · fundraising $2,600
9 · Other employee benefits

total $43,333 · program services $29,194 · management and general $2,715 · fundraising $11,424
10 · Payroll taxes

total $41,362 · program services $28,540 · management and general $1,654 · fundraising $11,168
11c · Fees: accounting

total $26,275 · management and general $26,275
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $48,000 · fundraising $48,000
11g · Fees: other

total $152,022 · program services $152,022
13 · Office expenses

total $8,830 · program services $5,507 · management and general $2,787 · fundraising $536
14 · Information technology

total $24,758 · program services $24,610 · management and general $132 · fundraising $16
16 · Occupancy

total $7,256 · program services $6,893 · management and general $363
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $23,421 · program services $22,393 · management and general $247 · fundraising $781
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $2,473 · program services $311 · management and general $2,052 · fundraising $110
23 · Insurance

total $4,626 · program services $581 · management and general $3,838 · fundraising $207
24a · Other expenses: Food

total $21,521 · program services $21,393 · management and general $114 · fundraising $14
24b · Other expenses: Other

total $13,961 · program services $13,694 · management and general $242 · fundraising $25
24c · Other expenses: Supplies

total $9,053 · program services $8,999 · management and general $48 · fundraising $6
24d · Other expenses: Bad debt

total $4,913 · program services $618 · management and general $4,076 · fundraising $219
24e · All other expenses

total $2,213 · program services $1,648 · management and general $467 · fundraising $98

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $219,679 · end of year $436,831
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $5,148 · end of year $6,290
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $66,666
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $25,085 · end of year $128,492
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $1,064 · end of year $681
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$9,892
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$4,946
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $7,419 · end of year $4,946
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $12 · end of year $10,085
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $74,478 · end of year $85,226
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $183,930 · end of year $398,470
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $99,999 · end of year $170,295

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Our mission is to empower Silicon Valley students, regardless of their race or socioeconomic status, to reach their full potential to become professional and community leaders by teaching critical thinking and communication skills through speech and debate programming.

During the 2022-2023 school year, SVUDL worked with 13 high school partners in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, serving more than 900 students. Of these students, 562 students participated in the highest level of involvement attending 10+ practices and at least 1 tournament. In addition to afterschool Speech & Debate programming, SVUDL has been more active in the classroom working with our high school partners to develop a customized plan that also includes Speech & Debate Curriculum offerings and Debate Centered Instruction (DCI). This comprehensive approach provides for rigorous instruction, student engagement, and teacher support. SVUDL staff and teacher coaches spent more than 27,000 hours with students throughout the year. In addition, studentsparticipated in 13 Professional Access visits.

Expenses $731,251 · Revenue $215,180

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Andrew Gold

Board Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
John Castelly

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Nadia Arid

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Matt Abrahams

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Julia Alloggiamento

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
James Basile

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sahil C Bhardwai

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Willie Hernandez

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Christopher Hersey

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mark Lemley

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
John Sheputis

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Leslie M Spencer

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bryson Santaguida

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rick Tinsley

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Carrie Williamson

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rolland Janairo

Executive Director

Total calculated

$217,447

From this org

$202,406

From related orgs

$0

Other

$15,041

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$202,406

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$6,072

Nontaxable benefits

$8,969

Filer's total

$217,447

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

Answered yes

3 · Form 990 of other organizations
3 · Written employment contract
3 · Compensation survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
7 · Other non-fixed payments
8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 3: The SVUDL Board used nonprofit compensation data from two commercially available surveys to review market compensation for this position considering geography, type of nonprofit work performed, organization size, position, title, and responsibilities. The Executive Director's compensation was set by a unanimous vote of the full Board, and documented in the offer letter to the Executive Director, after considering this material, without any participation by the Executive Director. It is the intent of the SVUDL Board to follow substantially the same process each year in reviewing and adjusting as appropriate the Executive Director compensation.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 17 June 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.1
Source object: 202401709349300725

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