Scientific & Cultural Facilities District - SCFD

Thanks to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science for hosting SCFD's Board meeting in May - and for the behind-the-scenes tour of the museum archives! At this meeting, Tier I funded partners presented highlights from their annual certification reports and SCFD's Board of Directors approved Resolution 26-04 pertaining to the budgeted distribution of $50.9 million in grants to Tier I organizations!

Come work with us! Applications for SCFD's new Director of Finance & Administration position close on Friday, June 5. Learn more and apply at https://zurl.co/yD4oJ

This summer, Tiffany Ogburn is joining the SCFD team as our new Digital Media and Marketing Intern! She'll be helping to elevate SCFD and our funded partners through content creation, social media management, and digital marketing efforts over the next few months. Tiffany is an immersive theater artist and dancer with a BFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has danced professionally with Andrea Miller's Gallim Dance and Stephen Petronio Company, and performed in immersive theater productions with Sleep No More NYC, Oddknock Productions, Casa Bonita, and Third Rail Projects' Sweet & Lucky: Echo produced by the DCPA's Off-Center. She brings that creative energy to social media, working with the local non-profit Presenting Denver and now SCFD. Welcome, Tiffany!

Applications are open for another week for SCFD's Director of Finance and Administration position! Learn more and apply here: https://zurl.co/U3MZZ

SCFD's Board of Directors will meet tomorrow, May 28 at 1:00 p.m. at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. All board meetings are open to the public! To learn more about tomorrow's meeting, visit https://zurl.co/JBE3v

The SCFD team is growing! We're hiring a Director of Finance and Administration. The Director of Finance and Administration is a new role to the organization and will be responsible for ensuring the overall accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of all financial reports and accounting systems. The successful candidate will be an individual who possesses integrity, reliability, and initiative, is conscientious, takes responsibility for a job well done, and is a strong steward of tax-payer dollars. Learn more and apply here: https://zurl.co/KcVAF

We are now accepting nominations for the 2026 Rex Morgan Awards! Named after one of the visionaries who brought SCFD to life in the 1980s, these awards celebrate leaders and organizations in our cultural community who embody lifetime leadership, civic engagement and volunteerism, and innovative partnerships. Submit your nominations here: https://zurl.co/ZL6nU

It's Free Day Friday!! Here's a list of free days for the whole family around the metro area this weekend:

May 15: The Mizel Institute's The Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (The CELL) will offer free admission from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

May 16: Colorado MahlerFest is hosting a free symposium on topics related to their season's theme, "Reinvention: Channeling Change into Creativity". Talks begin at 10 a.m., with coffee available during the morning and lunch included! Swing by for just one session or the whole symposium at eTown.

May 17: Colorado Youth Bands' Spring Concert will take place on Sunday from 3:00 - 5:30 at Lakewood High School.

May 17: The Highlands Ranch Concert Band's big band group, Swing Shift, will perform a free concert at the Highlands Ranch Senior Center at 3:00 p.m.

Can't make it to these? SCFD supports free days at cultural institutions all year round! Check out our free days calendar to find wonder near you: https://zurl.co/3xVri

SCFD staff have been out and about in the cultural community - from insect encounters and awards to luncheons and line dancing! Take a look at where we found wonder last month.

It's National Concert Day! We are proud to support many nonprofits in the region who provide concert experiences for district residents, from classical music to bluegrass. Recently, SCFD staff and board members went to a wonderful performance of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and more as part of SCFD Night at the Colorado Symphony. Sound off in the comments - what concerts have you seen recently in the Denver metro area?