Virginia · Nonprofit
JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED
JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,312 to it, the largest being THEO B BEAN FOUNDATION ($1,312). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $116k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $743k
What Jefferson Literary and Debating Society Incorporated does
Mission
We, the members of the jefferson literary and debating society at the university of virginia, in order to form a more permanent organization, provide for our common improvement in debate, promote general culture amongst ourselves and those around us, and drill ourselves in all exercises which strengthen us for the free duties of citizenship, do ordain and establish this constitution for our government, and pledge ourselves in its support.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The jefferson literary and debating society is the oldest student-run organization at the university of virginia. The jefferson society is a club where speech, literature, and topics of interest are discussed in good company and with lively spirit. We believe we learn and grow best when our opinions are challenged in open discussion with members of other ideologies and backgrounds.
$34,663 spentof which $2,441 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $34,663.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $618k to $743k (+20%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
94% of JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,312 to it, the largest being THEO B BEAN FOUNDATION ($1,312). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,312 in grants to JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED.
- Who is the largest funder of JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- THEO B BEAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,312 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEFFERSON LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing