FOR OAK CLIFF

For Oak Cliff is a place-based, resident-founded 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving the 75216 “Superblock” of South Oak Cliff in Dallas, Texas. The organization operates a 20,000 sq. ft. Community Campus (the former Moorland YMCA) and runs cradle-to-career programming that combines early childhood supports, out-of-school time activities, family stability services, and community-building events. Founded out of a classroom initiative in 2014, For Oak Cliff has grown into a collective-impact backbone organization that organizes annual large-scale events (notably its Back to School Festival), offers GED and workforce programming, maintains weekly food distribution, and partners with local institutions to expand facilities and services. The organization explicitly centers children, families, and long-term community wellbeing while addressing systemic issues like chronic absenteeism, incarceration, and concentrated disinvestment in the neighborhood.