SCFD Distributes $5,929,234.52 to Denver Metro County Cultural Organizations

Denver, October 2012 - The Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) Board of Directors approved distribution of $5,929,234.52 for scientific and cultural organizations in seven Denver Metro Counties at their meeting on Thursday, September 27, 2012.

 Two hundred and fifty-seven (257) organizations receiving funding will provide a variety of scientific and cultural programming and activities to residents of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties. A breakdown of the distribution by county is as follows: Adams, $790,001.36; Arapahoe, $1,187,172.53; Boulder, $596,783.00; Broomfield, $162,756.16; Denver, $1,745,553.75; Douglas, $561,410.00; and Jefferson, $885,557.72. These funds will be distributed at public check ceremonies in each of the counties on the following dates: Boulder, October 16; Adams, October 18; Arapahoe, October 18; Denver, October 22; Broomfield, October 23; Douglas, October 23; and Jefferson, October 24. A complete list of funded organizations, awards, and check ceremony information is available online at www.scfd.org.

            County Commissioners or City Council members appoint citizen volunteers to a County Cultural Council to review grant requests for SCFD funds. The County Cultural Council Chairs from each county for the 2012 grant cycle were: Joyce Downing, Adams County; Peter Faris, Arapahoe County; Barry Knapp, Boulder County; Kirsty Lockhart, Broomfield County; Michael Uhlenkamp, Denver County; Ann Speer, Douglas County; and Rob Johnson, Jefferson County.The Councils reviewed a combined total of 522 grant requests and awarded 506 grants. County Commissioners or City Council members reviewed and approved the funding plans prior to sending them to the SCFD Board of Directors for final approval.

             Denver Metro area voters created the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District in 1988 so that scientific and cultural facilities could provide for the enlightenment and entertainment of the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, advancement or preservation of art, music, theater, dance, zoology, botany, natural history or cultural history. Voters approved a 0.1% (1¢ on every $10) retail sales and use tax collected in the seven-county District. Counties comprising the SCFD include Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas (except for Castle Rock and Larkspur) and Jefferson.