UI / Check UI / Close Bear / Coral bear-404 Bear / Blue Bear / Chartreuse Bear / Green Bear / Hero Bear / Lime Bear / Magenta Bear / Maroon Bear / Orange Bear / Yellow plus Bear / Blue Bear / Chartreuse Bear / Green Bear / Hero Bear / Lime Bear / Magenta Bear / Maroon Bear / Orange Bear / Yellow Hero hero-home-10 hero-home-11 hero-home-12 hero-home-13 hero-home-14 hero-home-15 hero-home-16 hero-home-17 hero-home-18 hero-home-19 hero-home-2 hero-home-20 hero-home-3 hero-home-4 hero-home-5 hero-home-6 hero-home-7 hero-home-8 hero-home-9 Bear / Hero Bear / Hero nobg Shape UI / Time Rectangle plus icon-date UI / Full-Part-Volunteer Copy EPS Icon icon-external Bear / eye icon-facebook Grid View Shape icon-link-external Fill-2 List View icon-paw icon-paw-down icon-pin Combined Shape icon-pin-pink Combined Shape Combined Shape Combined Shape Combined Shape Print icon-search icon-search-tribe_event icon-search-job icon-search-organization icon-search-page icon-search-post icon-search-tribe_event icon-twitter icon-type Group Folder LigatureCreative-Logo-FINAL-WhiteReverse SCFD Horizontal Logo Group sidebear sidebear-body sidebear-paws testi-bear-blue testi-bear-coral testi-bear-gold testi-bear-green testi-bear-green-emerald testi-bear-orange-red testi-bear-orange-tang testi-bear-pink

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.

Playground Ensemble logo
Performing Arts

The Playground Ensemble

Mission Statement

To promote the music of our time through performance, new music commissions, education, and community outreach.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Bug Theatre logo
Performing Arts

Bug Performance and Media Art Center

Mission Statement

To foster a supportive community of artists in Denver by providing the opportunity for the development of unique voices, a diverse audience, and dynamic programming. We believe in the spirit of artistry as the driving force behind every production, in the integrity of the creative individual, and in the power of shared artistic experience.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado logo
Performing Arts

Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company

Mission Statement

The Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company presents profound theatrical stories that inspire our audiences and enrich our community.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Cherry Creek Theatre logo
Performing Arts

Cherry Creek Theatre

Mission Statement

To enhance and enrich the vitality of Cherry Creek through theater and the arts by producing a broad range of theatrical and artistic productions of the highest quality that will be entertaining, educational, and diverse.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Spoke N Motion Dance logo
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
Ballet Ariel logo
Performing Arts

Ballet Ariel

Mission Statement

Ballet Ariel presents original ballets that combine classical tradition and images of contemporary culture, while providing dance education and fostering appreciation of the art of ballet.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts

Sage Singers

Mission Statement

The Mission of Sage Singers is: to celebrate the lives of LGBTQ elders through story and song; to create a safe and supportive community for LGBTQ elders; and to serve and engage the general public by sharing our music.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Colorado Repertory Singers logo
Performing Arts

Colorado Repertory Singers

Mission Statement

For the education, cultural enlightenment, and entertainment of the public through the presentation of a variety of choral music; Provides singers of all ages an environment that encourages musical growth, provides access to a full range of vocal works, and fosters a sense of community among its membership.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Latino Cultural Arts Center logo
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
Boulder Friends of Jazz logo
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

Don’t paws here!

SCFD funds over 300 organizations in the 7-county Denver metro area.

Explore More
View All Organizations

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.

Select a discipline by which to filter free days.

Discipline

Select a city by which to filter free days.

Location
(date format: mm/dd/yyyy)
(date format: mm/dd/yyyy)

Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance

Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance Free Days
Wed Nov 11, All Day
Denver, CO
Learn More

Cherokee Ranch & Castle Foundation

Veterans Day Tour - Honoring our Vets
Wed Nov 11, 10-11:30AM
Sedalia, CO
Learn More

Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance

Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance Free Days
Sat Nov 14, All Day
Denver, CO
Learn More

Denver Botanic Gardens

Free Days Denver Botanic Gardens at Plains Conservation Center
Sat Nov 14, 10AM-3PM
Aurora, CO
Learn More

Thornton Community Band

TCB Chamber Winds Fall 2026 Recital
Sat Nov 14, 2:30-3:30PM
Thornton, CO
Learn More

Motus Theater

Motus Theater Presents: What Love Requires in Lafayette, CO
Sat Nov 14, 6:30-8:30PM
Lafayette, CO
Learn More

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge

Celebrate the Sesquicentennial Dino Ridge Style! - Visitors enjoy free entry to our Exhibit Hall at the Main Visitor Center and can save $5 on guided bus tours of Dinosaur Ridge.
Sun Nov 15, 9AM-4PM
Morrison, CO
Learn More

Colorado Hebrew Chorale

Sharing Shalom
Sun Nov 15, 2-3PM
Lakewood, CO
Learn More

Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Free Days and Nights
Mon Nov 16, 9AM-5PM
Denver, CO
Learn More
There's so much culture to experience. Learn more about SCFD-funded organizations here.
Explore More

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.

Emma and Daphne smile at each other over microphones at a white table.

Meet Daphne Rice-Allen, Board Chair of the Black American West Museum & Heritage Center

Dare to wonder with us in this new season of the SCFD Wonder-Cast! In this episode we chat with Daphne Rice-Allen about the Denver metro area’s vibrant Black history and…

Read More

Community is Culture

Read More

Add Sparkle to Your Summer with SCFD

Read More
SCFD Wonder-Cast host Emma sits across from Animal Care Specialist Krystin at a white table on a blue background

Meet Krystin Maloney, Lead Animal Ambassador Care Specialist at Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance

Read More