Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,331,533

Total expenses

$1,818,871

Contributions and grants received

$1,353,855

Grants paid

$372,698

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$27,990

Other revenue

-$50,312

Total assets, end of year

$2,590,691

Total liabilities, end of year

$48,407

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,542,284

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,308,031

Management and general expenses

$195,614

Fundraising expenses

$315,226

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,308,031

Program services were 71.9% 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 · 2024

• IN 2025, NAUDL SERVES AS A BACKBONE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING 20 DEBATE LEAGUE PARTNERS ACROSS 20 CITIES IN METROPOLITAN AND PREDOMINANTLY UNDERSERVED AREAS NATIONWIDE. THROUGH THE URBAN DEBATE NETWORK, NAUDL COLLABORATES WITH THESE FORMAL PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH, STRENGTHEN, AND SUSTAIN DEBATE PROGRAMS, PRACTICES, AND COMPETITIONS SERVING APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS FROM 800 SCHOOLS. THE URBAN DEBATE NETWORK SERVES SCHOOLS WHERE 71% OF STUDENTS ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, ADVANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH FROM COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT.

  Expenses $763,628 · Grants $31,000

• URBAN DEBATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (UDNC): NAUDL'S MARQUEE EVENT, AND THE PINNACLE OF THE SEASON, THIS TOURNAMENT WELCOMES 80 PLUS OF THE NETWORK'S TOP POLICY DEBATERS TO COMPETE AND NETWORK ON A RENOWNED COLLEGE CAMPUS. EACH LEAGUE IS ELIGIBLE TO HAVE TWO QUALIFYING TEAMS (FOUR STUDENTS) REPRESENT THEM IN THE COMPETITION. THE 2025 TOURNAMENT WAS HELD AT EMORY UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA, GA. NO ENTRY FEES ARE CHARGED FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPAING IN THE TORUNAMENT. NAUDL COVERS A PORTION OF ALL TRAVEL AND HOTEL, AS WELL AS FOOD AND OTHER TOURNAMENT COSTS, FOR ALL TEAMS.DEBATE EN ESPANOL (DEE): DEE IS A CURRICULUM AND COMPETITION CREATED FOR, AND BY, SPANISH-SPEAKING DEBATERS, COACHES AND JUDGES, ENSURING LANGUAGE IS NOT A BARRIER TO ACCESS. DEE WAS ADDED AS A NEW DIVISION FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE UDNC IN 2025 AND IS ALSO A CRITICAL AVENUE TO INCREASE OVERALL ACCESS AND INVOLVEMENT IN DEBATE ACROSS THE NETWORK. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, DEE PROGRAMMING HAS GROWN FROM TWO LEAGUES TO NINE.

  Expenses $406,055 · Grants $273,350

• NAUDL FELLOW: THE NAUDL FELLOWS INTERNSHIP IS A SCALABLE (VIRTUAL) WORKPLACE SKILLS/MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR QUALIFIED URBAN DEBATE ALUMS (AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE COMPLETED). PROJECTS ENGAGE FELLOWS IN MULTIPLE ROLES AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD AN INITIATIVE, FUNCTION OF 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 2025, WE HAD 8 FELLOWS INTERNSHIPS AND SPENT $50,000. ADDITIONALLY IN FY25, NAUDL RELEASED A RESTRICTED GRANT OF $20,000 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 $70,000

• "I RESOLVE" SEEKS TO SHOWCASE THE POWER OF DEBATE FOR A PUBLIC AUDIENCE WHILE EXPLORING SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES IN OUR SOCIETY. ITS VALUE IS IN THE PERSPECTIVE, VOICE AND VALUES OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS: HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS. THE 90-MINUTE PROGRAMS ARE CENTERED AROUND STUDENT ARGUMENTS AND SUBSEQUENT FEEDBACK, DISCUSSION, AND Q&A VIA A PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED CIVIC AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. PRESENTERS ARE JOINED BY AN AUDIENCE OF STUDENT PEERS, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LEAGUE LEADERS, NAUDL AND LEAGUE DONORS, PARTNERS, AND DEBATE CHAMPIONS. IN FY25, WE HAD I RESOLVE EVENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: SILICON VALLEY/BAY AREA, DALLAS AND WASHINGTON DC. SPORTS DEBATE GROUNDBREAKING SERIES USES SPORTS TOPICS AND THE LEAGUES, RULES, AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE SPORTS INDUSTRY, AS A FRAMEWORK TO SPARK INTEREST IN DEBATE AND ACCELERATE RECRUITMENT. IT ALSO URGES STUDENTS TO RESEARCH, DEVELOP, AND ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTIONS AROUND THESE ISSUES, ENHANCING CIVIC EDUCATION WHILE ALSO INTRODUCING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO CAREER PATHWAYS IN SPORTS AND SPORTS MEDIA. SPORTS DEBATE WAS PILOTED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TULSA DEBATE LEAGUE IN APRIL 2025.

  Expenses $68,348 · Grants $68,348

As filed on the 2024 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

• CHICAGO DEBATES COMMISSION

  $40,864

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT, DEE, DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE SUMMER CAMP GRANT, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT, SPECIAL PASSTHROUGH HARDSHIP GRANT

• MINNESOTA URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE

  $26,858

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT, DEE, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT, MAYORS CHALLENGE SPONSORSHIP

• SILICON VALLEY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE

  $24,132

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT, DEE, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT, I RESOLVE

• WASHINGTON URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE

  $22,050

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT, DEE, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT, I RESOLVE

• LOS ANGELES METRO DEBATE LEAGUE

  $20,713

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT,DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE SUMMER CAMP GRANT, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT

• TULSA DEBATE LEAGUE INC

  $18,269

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT, SPORTS DEBATE

• DALLAS URBAN DEBATE ALLIANCE

  $18,033

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT, I RESOLVE

• BAY AREA URBAN DEBATE COMMISSION

  $16,669

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT, I RESOLVE

• PORTLAND URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE

  $13,873

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT

• SACRAMENTO URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE

  $13,733

  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LOCAL LEAGUE GRANT, LEAGUE NETWORK GRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202640439349300739

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