SMU Giving Day Champions

SMU Giving Day Champions

What will you do in one day?

SMU Giving Day

On this one-day giving challenge, Mustangs across the world unite to support their favorite SMU organizations, causes and initiatives. The power of the collective makes a HUGE impact on the Hilltop and beyond.

Be a champion

Lead the charge by becoming a Giving Day Champion – encouraging your network to give back to the clubs, causes and organizations that mean the most to you. Whether you’re supporting the groups that shaped your career, building a connection with the next generation of Mustangs, or embracing a new passion, your leadership inspires others to join the movement.

Participating Champions are eligible to win prizes and compete in exclusive challenges throughout the day. And it’s easy. Just use our sample social media posts, phone scripts, emails and text templates, and customizable graphics to help spread the word about SMU Giving Day

 

BY THE NUMBERS IN 2024


268
SMU causes benefited

387
Champions helped rally

4,158
Donors gave

6,888
Gifts received

     

$3.4 MILLION RAISED


Champions Guide banner

How to get involved

  • 1.  Check out the causes, funds and organizations listed below, and pick one to three of your favorites.
  • 2.  .
  • 3.  Check out to learn about our resources, tips for success and more.
  • 4.  On March 11, spread the word. Post on social media, text or call to encourage your network to make a gift.

Champion your passion

Find the causes that matter most to you. Each cause has a story and a need. Select the cause or causes you would like to champion from the list below are added daily.

Causes, Funds and Organizations

SMU Guildhall

Phi Delta Theta Leadership Endowment

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

SMU Feminist Equality Movement

Water Polo Club

Muslim Student Association

Hilltop LULAC

Alpha Phi Omega

Young Americans for Freedom

SAGE at SMU

SOAC Student Organized Art Collective

SMU Club Tennis

SMU Chabad

Mustang Market

Men’s Club Volleyball

Human Rights Council

It's On Us

Global Medical Brigades

East Asian Student Association

Consult Your Community

Club Sports Media and Marketing

American Cancer Society on the Hilltop

SMU Women's Club Volleyball

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (in Lyle & Student Affairs)

ESports Club

SMU Men's Golf Club

Hillel at SMU

Asian Council

SMU Mock Trial

Alpha Delta Pi

Liberty in North Korea

Hispanic or Latine Association

SMU Rang Bollywood Dance Club

Earth First

South Asian Student Association

Mustangs for Hope

Mustang Chess Club

Mustang Ballroom Dance Club

Phi Chi Theta

Panhellenic Council

National Pan-Hellinic Council (NPHC)

Sigma Nu - Mental Health America

Kappa Kappa Gamma

Interfraternity Council (IFC)

Chi Omega - Bid for Wishes

Beta Upsilon Chi

Alpha Epsilon Pi

Alpha Chi Omega

Belle Tones

Sports Business Society

SMU Southern Gentlemen

Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity

Mustang Mavericks

Korean Student Association

Dance Marathon

SMU Best Buddies

Association of Iranian Students (AIS)

African Student Association

Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity (Lyle & Student Affairs)

SMU Water Ski Club

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) (Lyle & Student Affairs)

National Society of Black Engineers at SMU (Lyle & Student Affairs)

The Big Event

Program Council

Association of Black Students

Paul Layne 542 Endowed Spirit Excellence Fund

Peruna Handling Fund

SMU Ice Hockey Club Team

Women & LGBT Center

Peruna Endowment Fund

Delta Gamma

Student Emergency Fund

Delta Sigma Theta Project Fund

Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Kappa Alpha Project Fund

Sigma Lambda Gamma

Omega Delta Phi

Kappa Delta Chi Project Fund

Fraternity and Sorority Life

SMU Student Foundation

SMU Club Baseball

Catholic Campus Ministry

SMU Rugby Club

SMU Polo Club

SMU Career Closet (Hegi, Cox, and SCIE Partnership)

SMU Spirit: Cheer, Pom, and Mascot Peruna

Mothers and Dads Club Special Project Fund

Fund for Student Affairs

Mustang Diamond M Club

Multicultural Greek Council

Tri Delta or Delta Delta Delta

SMU Student Senate

Basketball Capital Improvements

Garry Weber End Zone Complex

ACC Competitiveness Campaign

Life After Ball

Men’s and Women’s Diving Excellence Fund

Athletics Cultural Intelligence Fund

Mustang Excellence Fund for Athletics Marketing

Mustang Excellence Fund for Strength and Conditioning

Academic Development of Student-Athletes

Mustang Excellence Fund for SMU Football

Mustang Excellence Fund for the SMU Training Room

Mustang Excellence Fund for Equestrian

Mustang Excellence Fund for Men’s Basketball

Mustang Excellence Fund for Women's Rowing

Mustang Excellence Fund for Women's Volleyball

Mustang Excellence Fund for Women’s Soccer

Mustang Excellence Fund for Women's Swimming and Diving

Mustang Excellence Fund for Men's Swimming and Diving

Mustang Excellence Fund for Women's Basketball

Mustang Excellence Fund for Track and Field

Mustang Excellence Fund for Men’s Tennis

Mustang Excellence Fund for Men’s Soccer

Mustang Excellence Fund for Women’s Golf

Mustang Excellence Fund for Men’s Golf

Mustang Excellence Fund for Women's Tennis

Mustang Athletic Fund

Cox Renovation and Expansion Fund

Cox Community Scholarship Fund

MBA Business Plan Competition

Cox School Latino Leadership Initiative Fund

EMBA Business Plan Competition

BBA Scholars Program

MBA Scholarships

SMU Fund for Cox School of Business

The Fund for Faculty and Research Success

Haberman Fund for Graduate Student Support

Archaeology Research Collections

Department of Biological Sciences Gift Fund

Dean's Research Council

Department of Anthropology

Department of Sociology / Markets and Culture

Sociology Department

World Languages and Literature Fund

Psychology Department Research Colloquium series

Department of Economics

Dedman College Scholars Fund

Religious Studies

SMU Human Rights Program – Travel Fund

SMU Tower Center

SMU DataFest 2025

History Department

SMU Fund for Dedman College

Dr. Aaron Crawford scholarship fund

Christian Legal Society

First-Generation Law Student Association

Hispanic Law Students Association

If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice

JD/MBA Society

Labor and Employment Law Students Association

The Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law

SMU Science and Technology Law Review

State Bar of Texas Law Student Division

Student Bar Association

Innocence Clinic

Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program

Corporate Externship Program

Jennifer M. Collins Women始s Leadership Initiative at Dedman Law

First Amendment Clinic

Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center

VanSickle Family Law Clinic

Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women

Dedman School of Law Scholars Program

Association for Public Interest Law (APIL)

Criminal Clinic

W.W. Caruth, Jr. Child Advocacy Clinic and Institute for Children's Rights

International Law Review Association (ILRA)

SMU Fund for Dedman School of Law

Dedman Law Board of Advocates

Civil/Consumer Clinic

Federal Tax Clinic

Patent Law Clinic

Small Business and Trademark Clinic

U.S. Military Veterans of SMU

Asian Pacific Islander Alumni of SMU Scholarship

Dr. Dennis Simon Civil Rights Pilgrimage

Faith and Learning Scholars

Military Alumni of SMU Scholarship

Black Alumni of SMU Scholarship

Religious Life Initiatives

Engage Dallas Internship Program

Latino Alumni of SMU Scholarship

Hilltop Scholars Program Lead @ SMU Seminar

University Honors Program - Supreme Court Travel Class

Pre-Health Readiness and Enrichment Program (PREP), Office of Pre-Health Advising

Mustang Scholar Open Support Fund

Opportunity SMU

Rotunda Scholars Program

The Feral Cat Group at SMU

Passports for High Need Students - supporting application fees

SMU Study Abroad Program

First-Generation Graduation Regalia Fund

Clements Foundation Scholars Den Renovation – Clements Hall

The University Testing Center Improvement

Friends of SMU-in-Taos

First-Generation Book and Course Materials Fund

Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility

Hunt Scholars Retreat

SMU Fund for Parents

SMU Fund for Scholarships

SMU Fund for Greatest Needs

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (Lyle & Student Affairs)

WISE - Women in Science and Engineering

Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity (Lyle & Student Affairs)

Mustang Rocketry

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) (Lyle & Student Affairs)

National Society of Black Engineers at SMU (Lyle & Student Affairs)

The Lyle Thrive Scholars Program (LTSP)

Lyle School of Engineering Inclusive Excellence Scholarship

Design and Innovation Collaboration with Meadows (DUPE OF MADI)

MADI: Design and Innovation Collaboration with Meadows (in Meadows & Lyle)

Hilltop Motorsports (Society of Automotive Engineers)

National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenge

Lyle Innovative Engineering Curriculum: Deason Innovation Gym (DIG)

Product Design and Innovation

Engineers Without Borders

Center for Digital and Human-Augmented Manufacturing

Center for Energy Research and Technology

SMU Fund for Lyle: The Dean’s Greatest Needs

SMU Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Meadows Museum Acquisitions Fund

Musical Theatre at Meadows: Paving the Way

Creative Computation Research Fund

Student Media Lab Fund

SMU DataArts

Meadows Division of Corporate Communication and Public Affairs (CCPA)

Meadows Division of Film and Media Arts: Grants for Student Productions

Temerlin Advertising Institute

Division of Music

Division of Art: Research in Metal Casting

MADI: Design and Innovation Collaboration with Lyle (in Meadows & Lyle) (copy)

Guest Artist Initiative

SMU Fund for Meadows School of Arts

Mustang Ph.D. Fellowship Fund

SMU Fund for Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

Continuing and Professional Education, CAPE

Grocery Gift Cards for Perkins School of Theology Students

Laptop Loaner Program for Perkins Students

Equipment for Perkins Student Spaces: The Perk @ Selecman Hall

SMU Fund for Perkins School of Theology

Water Bottle Filling Station at Selecman Hall

West Dallas STEM School Operating Fund

SMU College Access

The Simmons Scholars Fund

Budd Center: Involving Communities in Education Operating Fund

SMU Fund for Simmons Education and Human Development

Student Spaces in Fondren Library

Voices of SMU Oral History Project

Friends of SMU Libraries

Students working

Your guide to being a Giving Day Champion

On #SMUOneDay, we help Mustangs and Mustang supporters give to their favorite causes. Follow the steps below to achieve SMU Giving Day Champion success.

Champion action plan

  • SMU on , ,  and 
  • SMU Alumni on on and

 

The SMU team will email you a unique URL to use when you encourage your network to donate to SMU Giving Day. You must use this link to track your individual outreach efforts and be eligible to win prizes like SMU swag and additional challenge funds for the cause of your choice.

 

The contains:

  • Profile images
  • Cover images
  • General graphics for social media
  • Icons and sticker graphics
  • Image library
  • Email banner
  • Sample language for emails, text messages and social posts

Find the most up-to-date list of events in your area, causes and opportunities to unlock matching gifts.

 

Post checklist
  • Be positive. Have fun.
  • Use your unique link.
  • Personalize your message.
  • Always tag #SMUOneDay.
Extra credit
  • “Like,” “favorite,” “share” or “retweet” other #SMUOneDay messages.
  • Send an email to friends. .

Have questions about SMU Giving Day?

We've got the answers .