Community and School Partners

The Budd Center supports the work of nonprofits and schools to enable them to deepen their impact. The Budd Center harnesses the full resources of SMU to support our School Zone partners — through staff training, networking events, faculty-led professional development, and volunteer placement. The TSZ model embodies the true spirit of collective impact.

Nonprofit Partners

826 Project
Bachman Lake Together
Big Thought
Brother Bill’s Helping Hand
Bridge Builders
Buckner Children and Family Services of North Texas
Builders of Hope
C5
ChildCareGroup
City of Dallas
Communities in Schools
Dallas Afterschool
Dallas College
Dallas Free Press
Dallas ISD Youth & Family Services
Dallas ISD Family and Community Engagement
Education is Freedom
Engage Dallas
Foundation for Choice
Girl Scouts of North Texas
KERA
Mercy Street
Momentous Institute
Readers 2 Leaders
Sci-Tech Discovery
Trinity Park Conservancy
Trinity River Audubon Center
United Way
Voice of Hope Ministries
Wesley-Rankin Community Center
West Dallas Multipurpose Center
West Dallas 1
Youth Guidancce

School Partners

Arcadia Park Elementary
C.F. Carr Elementary
Dallas Environmental Science Academy
Eladio R. Martinez Elementary
Gabe P. Allen Charter School
L.G. Pinkston High School
Lorenzo de Zavala Elementary
Raul Quintanilla Sr. Middle School
Jesús Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard
Stevens Park Elementary School
West Dallas Jr. High School