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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.

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 349 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

The Colorado Choir and Chorus Organization

Mission Statement

To further the musical training of its members and to demonstrate our passion for music and thus inspire, educate and entertain our audiences.
1 of 349 organizations funded by SCFD
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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 349 organizations funded by SCFD
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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 349 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

The Venue Theatre Company

Mission Statement

To provide an accepting and enriching environment for the youth of our community - for discovery, exploration, and celebration of their unique and extraordinary abilities.
1 of 349 organizations funded by SCFD
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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 349 organizations funded by SCFD
Performers of the Boulder Opera
Performing Arts

Opera Colorado

Mission Statement

To enrich the quality of life through the presentation of opera performances that inspire our audience, and serves the community through education and cultural programs.
1 of 349 organizations funded by SCFD
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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 349 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance

Mission Statement

To provide cross-cultural instruction, performances and enrichment programs empowering all our communities by cultivating the healthy mind, body and spirit development for intergenerational students, artists and audiences.
1 of 349 organizations funded by SCFD
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Natural Sciences

Majestic View Nature Center

Mission Statement

To promote environmental education and nature interpretation for Arvada and surrounding communities.
1 of 349 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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Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Free Days and Nights
Mon Apr 13, 9AM-5PM
Denver, CO
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David Taylor’s Zikr Dance Ensemble

Zikr Dance Ensemble's Open Rehearsal Days! Our SCFD Free Days will be held on April 7 and April 14 from 10:45am - 12:45pm at Premier School of Dance, 12351 Grant Street, Thornton. Members of the public are invited to attend a live rehearsal of our Spring season production. Visitors may attend all or part of either or both rehearsals. Tickets and advance registration are NOT required.
Tue Apr 14, 8AM-5PM
Thornton, CO
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David Taylor’s Zikr Dance Ensemble

Open rehearsal for "Runes" at Premier School of Dance, 12351 Grant St. Thornton 80241
Tue Apr 14, 10:45AM-12:45PM
Thornton, CO
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Mizel Institute

Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL) Free Day: SCFD Free Day
Fri Apr 17, 10AM-4PM
Denver, CO
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Access Gallery

Access Gallery Presents Paper Works from April 3 through May 16, 2026. The exhibition features more than 20 drawings, prints, and other works on paper by Access Gallery artists and was developed through a collaborative curatorial process with Denver artist and longtime Access Gallery collaborator James-Allan Holmes and Access Gallery artists Brittany Murdock and Stephen Ray Esparza.
Fri Apr 17, 6-8PM
Denver, CO
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Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance

Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance Free Days
Sun Apr 19, All Day
Denver, CO
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Thornton Community Band

TCB Jazz Band & Chamber Winds Recital
Sun Apr 19, 1-2:30PM
Thornton, CO
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Denver Botanic Gardens

Free Days at Denver Botanic Gardens - York Street and Chatfield Farms
Wed Apr 22, All Day
Denver, CO
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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.
Fri Apr 24, 9AM-4PM
Morrison, 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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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

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Meet Heidi Echtenkamp, Wardrobe Supervisor at the DCPA with the SCFD Wonder-Cast

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Meet Cynthia Cazanas Garin on the SCFD Wonder-Cast

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