Missouri · Nonprofit
ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE
ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,847 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES ($16,537). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $0
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $0
What St Louis Urban Debate League does
Mission
Operate debate league for inner city public schools.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Operate debate league for inner city public schools
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Mary Karr
Chairperson, president, director
As listed on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $5.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE’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.
How concentrated its funding is
ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 81% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Organizations like ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE?
- ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,847 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES ($16,537). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $17,847 in grants to ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES is the largest funder on record, with $16,537 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST LOUIS URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 3 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