Save the Date: SCFD Day at the Capitol

Join SCFD at the Colorado State Capitol on the morning of February 21, 2024! Art, culture and science will once again fill the halls in celebration of Culture for All. Stay tuned for more details!

Read Our 2022 Annual Report!

SCFD's 2022 Annual Report, "A Kaleidoscope of Culture" is available on our website! In the report, we spotlight the collaborative, immersive and visionary programming of our funded organizations and share the impacts of SCFD's largest year of funding yet.

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 and the Louisville History Museum. Here are a few free days on tap for January:

• Denver Museum of Nature & Science – January 8
• Denver Botanic Gardens – January 15
• Plains Conservation Center – January 18
• Denver Zoo – January 21

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. 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 February 22. Get information for joining meetings.

DITA Internship Application Now Open!

Are you a college student looking for experience in the arts and culture sector? Apply for the Diversity in the Arts (DITA) Internship program! Interns gain real workplace experience at a Colorado nonprofit, build skills for DEI advocacy, learn about careers in the arts, and join a network of young professionals dedicated to creating a more equitable cultural sector. Learn more and apply here.

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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