Iowa · Public charity
National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc
The national speech and debate association connects, supports, and inspires a diverse community committed to empowering students toward higher education through competitive speech and debate.
- $300k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,260
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,260
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $28k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $180k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $49k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kentucky | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Rivers School District | $22,145 | 2 | n/a |
| Usd #305 | $18,026 | 2 | n/a |
| Harrisburg School District 41-2 | $15,775 | 2 | n/a |
| Graystone Elementary School | $13,216 | 2 | n/a |
| Hutchinson Public Schools | $7,975 | 1 | n/a |
| McPherson High School | $6,904 | 1 | n/a |
| Sioux Falls School District #49-5 | $6,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Chs Speech & Debate Boosters | $6,640 | 1 | 9% |
| Ashland High School | $6,484 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kentucky | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Rivers School District | $22,145 | 2 | n/a |
| Usd #305 | $18,026 | 2 | n/a |
| Harrisburg School District 41-2 | $15,775 | 2 | n/a |
| Graystone Elementary School | $13,216 | 2 | n/a |
| Hutchinson Public Schools | $7,975 | 1 | n/a |
| McPherson High School | $6,904 | 1 | n/a |
| Sioux Falls School District #49-5 | $6,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Chs Speech & Debate Boosters | $6,640 | 1 | 9% |
| Ashland High School | $6,484 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Rock School District | $6,004 | 1 | n/a |
| Plymouth High School | $5,775 | 1 | n/a |
| Clear Creek Independent School District | $5,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Speech and Debate Coaches Association | $5,530 | 1 | n/a |
| San Lorenzo Valley Hs Speech and Debate | $5,380 | 1 | n/a |
| Wood County Schools | $5,326 | 1 | n/a |
| Usd 469-Lansing | $5,236 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest High School Booster Club | $5,180 | 1 | n/a |
| Nampa School District | $5,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Navajo Preparatory School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc
- How much does National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc give?
- National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $5,260, out of $300,071 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (61%), Education (36%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Kentucky ($180k), Three Rivers School District ($22k), Usd #305 ($18k).
- Does National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), GenYOUTH Incorporated, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc based?
- National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc is based in IA.
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