Life is more colorful with SCFD
We fund culture
Seven counties. 300 organizations. One mission: To make sure you have amazing experiences. Let us introduce you to our funded partners.
Performing Arts
Boulder Chorale
Mission Statement
Our mission is to enrich and inspire a broad community through music.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Rocky Mountain Revels
Mission Statement
To build community through music, dance and drama. To engage audiences in performances that bring the world's cultural traditions to life.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Boulder Friends of Jazz
Mission Statement
To preserve, support, promote and encourage Traditional - Dixieland Jazz and cooperate with organizations and individuals to broaden the appreciation and understanding of traditional jazz in its various forms
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Cultural History
Chicano Humanities and Arts Council
Mission Statement
To celebrate Chicano/Latino culture through arts and education.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Parker Symphony Orchestra
Mission Statement
To perform orchestral music that will educate, entertain, and inspire the people of Parker, Colorado and the surrounding communities.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Mission Statement
To celebrate and elevate the human condition with engaging arts, humanities, education, and entertainment that expand the cultural landscape for everyone who visits us.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Spoke N Motion Dance
Mission Statement
Spoke N Motion Dance’s mission is to unite the talents of dancers with and without disabilities in integrated dance, expanding opportunities for dance and challenging perceptions about people with disabilities.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra
Mission Statement
Our purpose is to establish an active community within the freedom and culture expressed inauthentic and engaging jazz experiences. As a performing arts organization, our goal is to strengthen the community through jazz performances, recordings, and education. Jazz musictransports the listener through the best of the past, as well as the direction of the future.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Longmont Concert Band
Mission Statement
To provide quality concert band music to the general public, to provide a fun and invigorating atmosphere for local amateur musicians to create music, and to increase the sense of community in the local area by actively participating in local events.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Visual Arts
CherryArts
Mission Statement
To provide access to art experiences and support arts education in Colorado.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Free Days Are Back
Enjoy in-person and virtual programming from the cultural community. Please always check with organizations prior to attending as dates and times are subject to change.
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Four Mile Historic Park
2026 SCFD Free Days (Daytime Admission 10am-4pm)
South Suburban Parks and Recreation – Nature Programs
Nature Center and Park Visitation - The Carson Nature Center is open for drop in visitation weekends from 9:30am - 4:30pm. Visit live animals, build city on our flood table, and explore exhibits. Over 6 miles of trails in the open space, and five fishing lakes are open sunrise to sunset daily.
Motus Theater
Motus Playback Theater Presents: Stories of Your Family Rooting in Erie
Highlands Ranch Concert Band
Music for a Darkened Theatre
Museum of Outdoor Arts
SCFD Free Day - Our dates are the 7th and 28th of October, and Nov 18th. The park opens at 10am on these dates and the last admission is 4pm...park closing at 5pm.
South Suburban Parks and Recreation – Nature Programs
Hudson Gardens Self-Guided Field Trips - Explore the Gardens with your group at your own pace. Facilitators are welcome to bring their own activities and lessons to aid in the field trip experience.
Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum
Free EVERY DAY! We are open Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, and on Saturday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
SCFD Access Sale
Phamaly Theatre Company
Pericles: An Adaptive Show for People with Cognitive Disabilities - From the creative hub of Flute Theatre in London, this adaptation of Shakespeare’s Pericles utilizes The Hunter Heartbeat Method – a unique style of storytelling geared towards audiences with all types of cognitive disabilities. Through a series of engaging sensory drama games, the audience will be transported into Shakespeare’s classic tale of adventure, loss, and redemption in this groundbreaking production, which aims to bring the gift of theatre to those who may not have ever experienced its transformational power. Have a cognitive disability? Sign up to participate in the drama games or watch from the outside. No prior knowledge of Shakespeare is necessary! All ages are welcome. Shows at 10am & 2pm.
Wonder looks good on you
Culture creates vibrancy for us individually and collectively. It gives our kids a unique perspective and understanding of the world. It inspires all of us to get off the couch, discover the radical and the beautiful, and stretches our capacity to be transformed. Through our diverse, local culture, we come together, we come to new ideas, we come to our senses.
Community is Culture
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