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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

Band of Toughs

Mission Statement

Band of Toughs is committed to producing original, genre-mashing, theatrical work; developing projects in a creative, educational, laboratory process in which the audience is invited to engage in an exchange of ideas as collaborators. Audience responses are incorporated into the ensuing rehearsal process and directly inform the development of final productions.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

Miners Alley Playhouse

Mission Statement

To be an educational and experience oriented professional theatre. To provide opportunities for actors, directors, writers, designers, and technicians to gain valuable experience in a positive and supportive environment and get paid a living wage.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

Mudra Dance Studio

Mission Statement

To enable any person; without any discrimination of caste, creed, color, race, religion, nationality, economic, orientation, educational and social status. To learn the classical, contemporary and folk dances and performing arts of India and participate freely and fully without any reservations in the celebrations of life and diversity through the universal language of dance and music.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

Casa Milagro Youth Solutions

Mission Statement

To provide safe, welcoming and inclusive artistic educational programs primarily to underserved children and teens to create positive options to abuse and healing from abusive situations.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
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Visual Arts

Clyfford Still Museum

Mission Statement

To preserve, exhibit, study, and foster engagement with its unique collections. To generate outstanding exhibitions, scholarly research, educational and other cross-disciplinary programs that broaden the definition of a "single-artist" museum. Be a gathering place for the exploration of innovation and individual artistic endeavor.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

Colorado Symphony

Mission Statement

To create extraordinary musical experiences that transport today's listener, from the best of the past to the edge of the future.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
Colorado Youth Symphony logo
Performing Arts

Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras

Mission Statement

Provide access to musical understanding, fostering social growth, self-esteem, and lifelong love of music for all aspiring musicians.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

Boulder Symphony

Mission Statement

Boulder Symphony's mission is to connect with and profoundly affect the human spirit through performances of symphonic music.
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
Performing Arts

COmpass REsonance

Mission Statement

To enrich lives with performances of music from across time and cultures and to create distinct learning opportunities for musicians and audiences.
1 of 346 organizations funded by SCFD

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

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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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Historic Denver/ Molly Brown House Museum

SCFD Free Day
Wed Aug 26, 10AM-4PM
Denver, CO
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Museum of Outdoor Arts

Marjorie Park SCFD Free Day
Wed Aug 26, 10AM-4PM
Greenwood Village, CO
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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.
Thu Aug 27, All Day
Denver, CO
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Youth On Record

16 LIVE is bringing Denver's Dance & DJ culture to downtown. Two Thursdays a month August - October.
Thu Aug 27, 5-9PM
Denver, CO
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Four Mile Historic Park

2026 SCFD Free Days (Daytime Admission 10am-4pm)
Fri Aug 28, 10AM-4PM
Denver, CO
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Performing Arts Academy

Broadway in the Park - Gather family and friends for a FREE evening of entertainment at PAA’s Broadway in the Park. Similar in spirit to NYC’s Broadway in Bryant Park, where casts of popular Broadway shows perform their biggest hits right in the park, PAA students will perform popular musical theatre songs and dances right in Highlands Ranch! The evening includes family-friendly activities, such as face painting, sing-alongs, a Kona Ice Truck (available for purchase), and much more. Don’t miss this free and fabulous performing arts party in the park! The first 100 families will snag a special giveaway! Bring family, friends, a picnic, and money for Kona Ice.
Fri Aug 28, 6-7:30PM
Highlands Ranch, CO
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Free Days and Nights
Tue Sep 01, 4-9PM
Denver, CO
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Historic Denver/ Molly Brown House Museum

SCFD Free Evenings - First Thursday of each month, free evening for SCFD Residents only from 4-7pm.
Thu Sep 03, 4-7PM
Denver, CO
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Youth On Record

16 LIVE is bringing Denver's Dance & DJ culture to downtown. Two Thursdays a month August - October.
Thu Sep 03, 5-9PM
Denver, CO
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There's so much culture to experience. Learn more about SCFD-funded organizations here.
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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.

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