OUR MISSION
4DWN Project is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation whose mission is fostering the sustainable health and well-being of our kids, families and environment through programs emphasizing recreation, education, cultivation and conservation.
4DWN is both an organization and facility, rooted in skateboarding culture, established by prominent skaters Mike Crum and Rob Cahill in 2015. Since then, it has evolved into a unique service-driven community and resilience hub serving the needs of hundreds of kids and families each week, creating upward mobility opportunities, and distributing thousands of pounds of healthy food in a circular, closed-loop fashion.
”Being rooted in skate culture for us, means that we’re drawn to challenges. We take action. We’re open, and have fun learning. It means that we naturally celebrate ingenuity, resilience, and inclusion. We’re inherently hopeful; we know that what’s possible can outperform what’s probable.
Rob CahillCo-Founder of 4DWN
”Everything we do is built around shared values. So the values here at 4DWN aren’t unique, but the community that’s grown around them is.
Mike CrumCo-Founder of 4DWN
OUR ORIGIN
4DWN Project was established in 2015 by Mike Crum & Rob Cahill, offering a “safe space for skate culture” celebrating skateboarding, art, music & food.
”We started by asking what could we do to give back to the culture that helped us. Then a much more interesting question emerged: “What can we do as skaters? How can we use our innovative, action prone, open way of being to make an impact in the world around us?
Rob CahillCo-Founder of 4DWN
Since then, applying the skateboarding ethos of better, bigger, faster & further, 4DWN has continued to evolve. What started as highly exclusive has grown to be completely inclusive. The same tenacious process applied to skateboarding is applied to issues faced by our local kids and families with the help of our unique community of volunteers, partners & supporters.
”We’ve grown to become this service-driven community, operating a very unique facility in South Dallas. On one hand, we’re an international destination for the world’s top skaters and skate companies. On the other hand, we’re a resource hub in one of of the country’s largest food and infrastructure deserts.
Mike CrumCo-Founder of 4DWN
