FCE's research arm, the J. McDonald Williams Institute, aims to change the national conversation about poverty through rigorous, action-oriented research and analysis. To that end, the Institute created the Wholeness Index, a unique and powerful new tool for quantifying and mapping the disparities that weaken Dallas and other cities.

FCE and its sister organization, Frazier Revitalization Inc., mobilize resources for positive change in South Dallas. Our Community Initiatives staff helps residents articulate an agenda, exercise their capacity for change, forge ties with external institutions, and create conditions for new, resident-driven development.

FCE was instrumental in creating the Dallas Achieves Commission, which is committed to the radical transformation of the Dallas public schools. Working at both the campus and district level, Dallas Achieves is helping DISD implement the best practices of the nation’s most effective urban school systems.