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National Association for Urban Debate Leagues
Advancing debate education in urban public schools to amplify youth voices and to develop confidence for future success.
- $373k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $326k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,733
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,864
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations National Association for Urban Debate Leagues funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $326k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $98k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $35k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $86k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $239k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $421k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate Commission | $373,007 | 7 | 8% |
| The Chicago Debate Commission | $242,794 | 7 | 10% |
| Washington Urban Debate League Inc | $159,547 | 6 | 30% |
| Dallas Urban Debate Alliance | $145,895 | 6 | 5% |
| Miami Dade Urban Debate League | $104,208 | 4 | 28% |
| Silicon Valley Urban Debate League | $94,211 | 5 | 6% |
| Bay Area Urban Debate Commission | $87,061 | 5 | 7% |
| Houston Urban Debate League | $71,085 | 4 | 27% |
| New York City Urban Debate League Inc | $68,070 | 3 | 3% |
| Boston Debate League Incorporated | $44,238 | 4 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
National Association for Urban Debate Leagues supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About National Association for Urban Debate Leagues
- How much does National Association for Urban Debate Leagues give?
- National Association for Urban Debate Leagues reported 19 itemized grants totaling $326,142, out of $372,698 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Association for Urban Debate Leagues fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (90%), Recreation & Sports (4%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are National Association for Urban Debate Leagues's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate Commission ($373k), The Chicago Debate Commission ($243k), Washington Urban Debate League Inc ($160k).
- Does National Association for Urban Debate Leagues fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Association for Urban Debate Leagues?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good.
- Where is National Association for Urban Debate Leagues based?
- National Association for Urban Debate Leagues is based in IL.
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