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Know an organization that’s right for SCFD?

Eligibility applications for organizations new to SCFD are now open. Please share with other organizations who you’d like to see join our family. Eligibility applications will close on September 11, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. You may find a tutorial for the application here. Only new organizations seeking eligibility are required to complete this, currently funded organizations are exempt.

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, The Aurora History Museum, Depot Art Gallery, and the Louisville History Museum. Here are a few free days on tap for September:

• Historic Denver/Molly Brown House Museum SCFD Voter Evening – September 5
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science – September 10 & 30
• Dinosaur Ridge – September 13
• Littleton Symphony Orchestra Family Concert – September 14
• Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum – September 23
• The Art Garage Open Studio – September 27

Get to know our County Cultural Councils

SCFD’s County Cultural Councils make funding recommendations for annual SCFD funds in each of the district’s partner counties. All members are local volunteers appointed by the county’s commissioners or city councils. Learn more here.

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 at 1:00 p.m. on September 26, 2024 at Northglenn Arts. Get information for joining meetings.

Save the Date: Denver Arts Week

Now in its 18th year, Denver Arts Week is a celebration of all things arts & culture in the mile high city with hundreds of free and discounted events from November 1 - 10. Check back here in November to view art walks, museum exhibitions, and more!

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.

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