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
Phamaly Theatre Company
Mission Statement
To inspire people to re-envision disability through professional theatre.
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
Gift of Jazz
Mission Statement
To enrich the community through the creation, promotion, and preservation of the art of Jazz in the Rocky Mountain region, and to broaden the audience for jazz music through jazz education and outreach.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Cultural History
Grand Design
Mission Statement
To preserve and keep alive primarily the performing arts of African Americans yet inclusive of other cultural performing arts, community. To provide entertainment and raise the awareness and appreciation of the public through performances, concerts, presentations, visual art exhibits and cultural awareness training for the benefit of the residents of Aurora and the metropolitan area.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
The Upstart Crow Theatre Company
Mission Statement
To staging the finest works of classical theater and providing the community with affordable access to these works.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Natural Sciences
Garden to Table
Mission Statement
Garden to Table empowers school communities with gardens and curriculum to engage all students in experiential outdoor education.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Cultural History
Black American West Museum & Heritage Center
Mission Statement
The Black American West Museum & Heritage Center mission is to promote an understanding of the role African Americans played in the settlement and growth of the western United States through its collections, programs, and exhibits.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Art from Ashes
Mission Statement
Art from Ashes exists to empower struggling youth by providing creative programs that facilitate health and hope through expression, connection and transformation.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Cultural History
Latino Cultural Arts
Mission Statement
The Mission of the Latino Cultural Arts Center is to develop, elevate and showcase the artistic and intellectual contributions of Latinos by centering, celebrating, and activating Latinidad. The LCAC provides education, training, mentoring, and incubation for emerging creatives specializing in visual, digital, performing, musical, culinary, and literary arts.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
North Metro Arts Alliance
Mission Statement
To enrich awareness, education, and access to the arts for North Metro residents throughout the calendar year.
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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Youth On Record
16 LIVE is bringing Denver's Dance & DJ culture to downtown. Two Thursdays a month August - October.
South Suburban Park and Recreation – Cultural Department
Free Family Fun Nights - this event will take place every 3rd Friday from June through September at Sheridan Recreation Center from 5:30pm -7:30pm
Clyfford Still Museum
15th Anniversary Community Celebration
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Moving Stories: A Workshop for families with children aged 3-6 to combine storytelling and dance
Youth On Record
YOR Fest
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
Free Day
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
SCFD Access Sale
Control Group Productions
neverhome geolocated soundwalk – an audio experience played from your digital device, site-specifically "installed" on a route along the Lakewood Gulch Trail from the 40 West Arts Nexus to Parque de la Amistad. The soundwalk stretches about 3 miles and plays through an app on your device, guided by your GPS location. It's available for free anytime you choose. You can go with friends or alone, listen on headphones or a portable speaker (respectful of other park users), and take as long as you want to explore the stories and sounds that comprise the experience.
Denver Architecture Foundation
Common Ground Design Project Reception - This free event falls within the Doors Open Denver 2026 roster of free and ticketed events Sept 24 -27!
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.
Meet Krystin Maloney, Lead Animal Ambassador Care Specialist at Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance
In the season 1 finale of the SCFD Wonder-Cast, meet Krystin Maloney, Lead Animal Ambassador Care Specialist at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance! Learn more about DZCA’s animal ambassador program…
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Meet Kin Quitugua, Master Falconer at HawkQuest
Meet Heidi Echtenkamp, Wardrobe Supervisor at the DCPA with the SCFD Wonder-Cast
