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
Parker Arts
Mission Statement
To enhance local economic vitality and quality of life by offering unique gathering spaces and providing access to a wide variety of high-quality performances, exhibits, and educational programs in arts, culture, history and science.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Metropolitan Choral Festival
Mission Statement
Established in 2013, the Metropolitan Choral Festival is Denver’s only non-auditioned summer chorus that provides volunteer singers the opportunity to perform Choral Masterworks with the Denver metro area’s best professional symphony orchestra musicians. We believe that this collaboration of musicians from all walks of life and musical levels is a powerful force for good. It brings people together in harmony, builds community, and inspires hope
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Inside the Orchestra
Mission Statement
To bring orchestra music to young children in the greater Denver metropolitan community, cultivating music appreciation and enhancing their education through an engaging first-hand experience with the orchestra.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Boulder MUSE
Mission Statement
Boulder MUSE is a free music education program designed for under-resourced K-8 students in Boulder County. Our fundamental philosophy is that all children should be able to study music regardless of their financial circumstances.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Visual Arts
The Art Garage
Mission Statement
To inspire, empower and promote creative self-expression by people of all ages.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Rocky Mountain Storytelling
Mission Statement
To create annual storytelling events that perpetuate the art of oral storytelling. To educate and expose the community to storytelling. To promote the history and traditions of storytelling from various social and cultural backgrounds; and provide a forum for the art, craft, and techniques of storytelling.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Visual Arts
Foothills Art Center
Mission Statement
We create stronger community through art.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
VIVA Theater
Mission Statement
The Society for Creative Aging/VIVA Theater is a non-profit cultural organization whose mission is to encourage healthy and vibrant aging through creative expression by providing opportunities for older adults to participate in the arts as performers, learners and audience.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Turning the Wheel
Mission Statement
Turning the Wheel Productions is a national nonprofit arts and education organization dedicated to making body-based creative expression and play accessible to individuals of all ages, experiences, genders, and cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. We are committed to being a contributing force in fostering vibrant, healthy communities nationwide.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Muse Performance Space
Mission Statement
Mission Statement: to share uplifting experiences through authentic music and visual arts in a welcoming and beautiful environment. We offer a warm and intimate space to connect artists with audiences and mentors with students.
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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Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver Museum of Nature & Science Free Days and Nights
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Free Night: Sturm Family Wing Grand Opening
Historic Denver/ Molly Brown House Museum
SCFD Free Evenings - First Thursday of each month, free evening for SCFD Residents only from 4-7pm.
Youth On Record
16 LIVE is bringing Denver's Dance & DJ culture to downtown. Two Thursdays a month August - October.
Control Group Productions
The Truth About 250-150 is a free, immersive gallery installed inside a renovated school bus, a cargo trailer, a tipi, and a shade tent. Created in response to Colorado's 150th anniversary and the nation's 250th, it challenges official state narratives and bears witness to the legacy of violence, land dispossession, and systemic injustice against Native peoples — amplifying Native voices through murals, interactive installations, a zine, youth art, audio, and video. The experience combines education, artistry, and somatic practice to invite guests into healing, reflection and reparations. See website for full tour info.
Control Group Productions
The Truth About 250-150 is a free, immersive gallery installed inside a renovated school bus, a cargo trailer, a tipi, and a shade tent. Created in response to Colorado's 150th anniversary and the nation's 250th, it challenges official state narratives and bears witness to the legacy of violence, land dispossession, and systemic injustice against Native peoples — amplifying Native voices through murals, interactive installations, a zine, youth art, audio, and video. The experience combines education, artistry, and somatic practice to invite guests into healing, reflection and reparations. See website for full tour info.
Control Group Productions
The Truth About 250-150 is a free, immersive gallery installed inside a renovated school bus, a cargo trailer, a tipi, and a shade tent. Created in response to Colorado's 150th anniversary and the nation's 250th, it challenges official state narratives and bears witness to the legacy of violence, land dispossession, and systemic injustice against Native peoples — amplifying Native voices through murals, interactive installations, a zine, youth art, audio, and video. The experience combines education, artistry, and somatic practice to invite guests into healing, reflection and reparations. See website for full tour info.
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.
South Suburban Parks and Recreation – Nature Programs
Nature Center and Park Visitation - The Carson Nature Center is open Tuesday through Friday for drop in visitation from 12 - 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.
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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