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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.

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Visual Arts

Open Studios

Mission Statement

To advance and enrich the visual arts and promote the role of artists in the Boulder community.
1 of 350 organizations funded by SCFD
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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 350 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

Rocky Mountain Revels

Mission Statement

To build community through music, dance and drama. To engage audiences in performances that bring the world's cultural traditions to life.
1 of 350 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 350 organizations funded by SCFD
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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 350 organizations funded by SCFD
Community Minded Dance
Performing Arts

Community Minded Dance (CMDance)

Mission Statement

To build healthy, thriving communities, cultivating the next generation of Colorado artists through world-class arts education programs that bring the global culture of social dancing to Colorado youth and adults.
1 of 350 organizations funded by SCFD
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Visual Arts

Think 360 Arts for Learning

Mission Statement

To lead Colorado in cultivating and sustaining the arts as essential to all learning through creative experiences for students and teachers.
1 of 350 organizations funded by SCFD
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Performing Arts

Chamber Music Society of Boulder

Mission Statement

To promote classical musical arts and education to ALL people, through an engaging and profound musical experience.
1 of 350 organizations funded by SCFD
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Visual Arts

Street Wise Arts

Mission Statement

Our mission is to support artists and to build vibrant, resilient communities through public art projects, creative events, and hands-on education programs that beautify spaces and amplify cultural diversity and social justice.
1 of 350 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 350 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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Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

Buffalo Bill's Birthday
Thu Feb 26, 10AM-5PM
Golden, CO
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Four Mile Historic Park

2026 SCFD Free Days (Daytime Admission 10am-4pm)
Fri Feb 27, 10AM-4PM
Denver, CO
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Motus Theater

Motus Theater & Denver District 7 Present: Motus Playback: Loving Our Immigrant Neighbors
Sat Feb 28, 1-3PM
Denver, CO
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Mizel Arts & Culture Center

Denver Children’s Theatre Presents: Pete The Cat: The Musical
Sun Mar 01, 10-10AM
Denver, CO
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Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

Free Admission the First Wednesday of the Month from November 2025-April 2026. For groups of 10 or more please make a reservation. Need a sign language interpreter or CART services? Let us know and we can request that for you from the city of Denver.
Wed Mar 04, 10AM-5PM
Golden, 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 Mar 05, 4-7PM
Denver, CO
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Free Days and Nights
Fri Mar 06, 4-9PM
Denver, CO
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Historic Denver/ Molly Brown House Museum

SCFD Free Evening
Sun Mar 08, 10AM-4PM
Denver, CO
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Thornton Community Band

HerStory - A Celebration of Women in Music
Sun Mar 08, 4-5:30PM
Thornton, 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

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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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