Milestones in Creating Culture for All

2024 has been a landmark year for many of our funded partners, marking anniversaries of service to our community and corresponding programming to celebrate! The below organizations have uplifted arts, culture, and science in our region by exposing residents to the power of song, nature, dance, storytelling, history, theatre, and cultural exchange. Happy anniversary to:

• Colorado Symphony, 100 Years
• Filipino-American Community of Colorado, 70 Years
• Symphony of the Rockies/Arapahoe Philharmonic, 70th Season
• Thorne Nature Experience, 70 Years
• Colorado Children's Chorale, 50 Years
• Philippine American Society of Colorado, 40 Years
• Cherry Creek Chorale, 45th Season
• Phamaly Theatre Company, 35 Years
• Bluff Lake Nature Center, 30 Years - The organization will be breaking ground on a new welcome center in January 2025 to kick off the next 30 years. Stay tuned on their social media for more details.
• The Bug Theatre, 30 Years
• Wings Over the Rockies, 30 Years
• A Child's Song, 25 Years
• Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet, 25 Years
• Boulder Chamber Orchestra, 20th Season - Celebrate with BCO at its 20th anniversary Carnegie Hall performance on May 18, 2025.
• Boulder International Film Festival, 20 Years
• Denver Chorale, 15 Years – Celebrate 15 years of community engagement and singing with the group's fall concert, "Disney Dreams" on November 9 and 10.
• Flamenco Denver, 10 Years
• SeriesFest, 10 Years

Did we miss your organization's 2024 anniversary? Submit it to emma@scfd.org for inclusion in the final newsletter of 2024.

Engage with Us

SCFD Welcomes Program Officer, Kirsten Lang

We are excited to welcome new Program Officer, Kirsten Lang, to the SCFD team! She brings over eight years of experience in nonprofit programming and grant administration to the position and was formerly the founding program administrator for the Diversity in the Arts Internship. Meet Kirsten.

County Cultural Council Openings - Support the exciting arts, culture, and science programs in your backyard!

Each SCFD county has a county cultural council made up of volunteers who live in that county and are appointed by either their board of county commissioners or city council. Council members review grant applications from Tier III organizations and make funding decisions, which are then reviewed by the board of county commissioners or city council and approved by the SCFD board of directors. There are several openings:

Adams County Cultural Council: The Adams County Cultural Councils is seeking to fill three council seats for 2025. Interested applicants can learn more and apply here by December 15 or contact Zoe Ocampo, the Adams County Cultural Council Liaison, at zocampo@adcogov.org with questions.

Boulder County Cultural Council: The Boulder County Cultural Council is seeking to fill two council seats. Applicants need to be 18 years old or older and live in Boulder County. Interested applicants can learn more and apply here or contact Aleta Sherman, the Boulder County Cultural Council Liaison, at asherman@bouldercounty.gov with questions.

Free Days/Events

Organizations from across the metro area provide hundreds of free days and free programs each year, made possible in part, by funding from SCFD. Some organizations are free every day such as Broomfield Veterans Museum, Foothills Art Center, Colorado Music Hall of Fame, Depot Art Gallery, and the Louisville History Museum. Here are a few free days on tap for November:

• Historic Denver/Molly Brown House Museum SCFD Voter Evening – November 5
• Denver Zoo – November 9
• Platte Valley Players, The Little Prince – November 9
• Dinosaur Ridge – November 15
• Denver Botanic Gardens – November 29

SCFD Board of Directors News

A board of directors governs the SCFD with representation from district member counties Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson and four governor's appointees. The board oversees district funding and ensures the district is running the way voters intended. The board meets eight times a year and all meetings are open to the public.



• The next meeting of the SCFD Board of Directors will be held virtually at 1:00 p.m. on November 21, 2024. Get information for joining meetings.

Other News You Can Use

Did you know you can stay up to date on all things SCFD more than just once a month through our newsletter? Check out our News You Can Use webpage! In recent news:

• SCFD Board of Directors Approves $14 Million in Grants to Tier III Organizations

We Fund Culture

Thanks to the voters and residents of the seven-county metro area, SCFD has come a long way in its more than 35 years of existence. SCFD is the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, a tax collected and distributed to more than 300 cultural organizations in our seven-county Denver metro region including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties. Just one penny on every $10 spent in the district creates vibrancy for us individually and collectively.